Wooden shutters of a shoe shop, 1960s : two people



Photograph

01 Jan 1960

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A young girl is seen carrying her little brother outside her father's shoe shop at 71 Middle Road. The siblings are standing along the five-foot-way, near the wooden shutters of the shop. The shop owner had to slot in the wooden planks one piece at a time at the end of a business day. Photograph donated by Liew Moy Yin, and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_152. Title devised by Library staff.


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This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Liew Moy Yin.

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