Bidadari Cemetery entrance gate : general view [2]



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30 Jan 1983

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1983 photograph shows the entrance gate to Bidadari Cemetery, opposite Upper Serangoon Technical School (along Upper Serangoon Road). The iron gates, which bore the lion emblem of the Singapore Municipal Council, are now placed at the entrance of the Bidadari Garden. Title devised by Library staff.


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Cemeteries--Singapore--Photographs

Gates--Singapore--Photographs

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Cemeteries

Architecture

Streets and Places

Customs

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

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