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This photograph has the stamped numbers "10" on the back. It shows a street in Chinatown that is lined with rundown shophouses. Along the street, there are cars, pedestrians and hawkers manning food carts. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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