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This 1982 photograph shows Selegie Road, at Middle Road corner (from Peace Centre). Selegie is believed to be a Malay word that refers to a wooden spear sharpened and hardened by fire. Title devised by Library staff.
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Selegie Road : general view
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This 1982 photograph shows Selegie Road (from Prinsep Street towards Middle Road). Selegie is believed to be a Malay word that refers to a wooden spear sharpened and hardened by fire. Title devised by Library staff....
Selegie Road shophouses : general view
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This 1982 photograph shows shophouses, located at Selegie Road. Selegie is believed to be a Malay word that refers to a wooden spear sharpened and hardened by fire. Title devised by Library staff....
Selegie Road shophouses : general view
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This 1982 photograph shows shophouses, located at Selegie Road. Selegie is believed to be a Malay word that refers to a wooden spear sharpened and hardened by fire. Title devised by Library staff....
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This 1982 photograph shows a building, located at Selegie Road (Prinsep Street corner). Selegie is believed to be a Malay word that refers to a wooden spear sharpened and hardened by fire. Title devised by Library staff....
Middle Road, at Selegie Road : general view
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This 1982 photograph shows Middle Road, at Selegie Road junction (from Wilkie Road). Middle Road is named because it formerly served as a demarcation line which separated the civic area from the ethnic settlements of Singapore. Title devised by Library staff....
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This 1982 photograph shows shophouses no. 239 - 243 Middle Road. Middle Road is named because it formerly served as a demarcation line which separated the civic area from the ethnic settlements of Singapore. The road mentioned is near Selegie Road. Title devised by Library staff....
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Selegie Road building : general view [3]
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This 1986 photograph shows a building at Selegie Road corner, at Prinsep Street. Selegie Road may have been named after a famous Bugis pirate chief, and the Bugis residing there who were named Orang Selegie. Selegie Road is near Orchard Road....
Selegie Road, from Serangoon Road : general view
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A [1978] photograph showing Selegie Road (from the corner of Serangoon Road towards Bukit Timah Road). The roads mentioned are in the Little India area....
