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This is a photograph of a charcoal shop at Ord Road. An elderly Chinese man is piling up charcoal sticks onto a basket. On the right is a scooping tray made of tin meant to scoop the charcoal sticks. Photograph donated by Yang Wanna and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_618
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Yang Wanna.
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