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This is a photograph of a child resting against the rocks at the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Buddhist Temple. The temple was completed in 1912 and located in Toa Payoh. It was gazetted as a national monument in 1980. Photograph donated by Dorothy Seah Lee Khim and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_241. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Dorothy Seah Lee Khim.
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