Bencoolen Street building : exterior [1]



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14 Dec 1986

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This 1986 photograph shows a building at Bencoolen Street corner, at Bras Basah Road. Bencoolen Street is named after the British colony of Bencoolen in Sumatra, of which Sir Stamford Raffles was Lieutenant Governor. Title devised by Library staff.


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Streets--Singapore--Photographs

Commercial buildings--Singapore--Photographs

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Streets and Places

Commercial buildings

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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