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This 2007 photograph shows the distinctive Pearl Bank Apartments in the background through a misty curtain of raindrops. A shophouse, several street lamps and the blue-coloured Lower Barracks at Pearl's Hill Terrace are also partially seen in the picture, in the foreground. Title devised by Library staff.
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