Hairdressing salon and barber shop : interior [3]



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01 Jan 1980

Photographed By Kouo, Shang-Wei, 1924-1988

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This 1980s photograph shows a hairdresser, shaving the beard of her customer, inside a hair salon. This shop was located at Sago Street, in the heart of Chinatown. The ground floor units of shophouses typically carried on lively retail trade in food and daily necessities. Physical dimensions of original: 35 mm. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.


Subjects

Barbershops--Singapore--Photographs

Shaving--Singapore--Photographs

Beauty operators--Singapore--Photographs

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Trade and industry

Commercial buildings

Business enterprises

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All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007

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