A Storied Past, A New Lease

A view of Chinatown from Pearl's Hill in 1847 by J.T. Thomson. The open space in the foreground will be the future People's Park, Majestic Theater and the Great Southern Hotel building landmarks.

A street vendor selling home supplies.

A conference meeting in progress.

A street market scene.

A gathering of street hawkers and others at the junction of South Bridge Road and Cross Street in Chinatown, Singapore

A street vendor selling Chinese medicine.

A street vendor selling home supplies.

Children peeping out of a window during Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's tour of the Chinatown areas.

Children peeping out of a window.

Chinese Medicine Hall with its many medicine drawers.

Eu Yan Sang flagship store along South Bridge Road.

Interior shot of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road.

Interior shot of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road

Interior shot of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road.

Lee Kong Chye Goldsmith (Pte) Ltd at 185 South Bridge Road.

Men playing a game of Chinese chess.

Old storage system at Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road.

South Bridge Road in 1888. On the right is the police court building while on the left is the general police station.

Street scene of South Bridge Road.

Street view of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road

Streets in Chinatown, off South Bridge Road, where most of the jinrickshaw pullers lived in tiny cubicles.

View of rows of medicine drawers at a Chinese Medicine Hall..

View of South Bridge Road at the junction with North Canal Road (foreground), with Fook On departmental store visible on right..

Woman crossing the street.

A monk crossing the street.

A street vendor selling dried fish.

A street vendor selling used goods

A street vendor.

An old man seated by the street.

Anna May Wong, popular starlet from the 1920s and 30s.

Changi Bus Company Austin Bus on South Bridge Road on strike service

Eu Tong Sen.

Eu Yan Sang flagship store along South Bridge Road.

Letter writer in Chinatown

Man reading the newspaper on a rickshaw.

South Bridge Road.

Street scene of Chinatown showing laudry hanging out of shophouses and rickshaws on street.

Traditional Chinese medicine man in Chinatown.

Woman filling a prescription with Traditional Chinese Medicine herbs.

A Chinese Medicine Hall.

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A Chinese Medicine Hall.

A view of Chinatown from Pearl's Hill in 1847 by J.T. Thomson. The open space in the foreground will be the future People's Park, Majestic Theater and the Great Southern Hotel building landmarks.

A street vendor selling home supplies.

A conference meeting in progress.

A street market scene.

A gathering of street hawkers and others at the junction of South Bridge Road and Cross Street in Chinatown, Singapore

A street vendor selling Chinese medicine.

A street vendor selling home supplies.

Children peeping out of a window during Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's tour of the Chinatown areas.

Children peeping out of a window.

Chinese Medicine Hall with its many medicine drawers.

Eu Yan Sang flagship store along South Bridge Road.

Interior shot of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road.

Interior shot of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road

Interior shot of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road.

Lee Kong Chye Goldsmith (Pte) Ltd at 185 South Bridge Road.

Men playing a game of Chinese chess.

Old storage system at Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road.

South Bridge Road in 1888. On the right is the police court building while on the left is the general police station.

Street scene of South Bridge Road.

Street view of the Eu Yan Sang flagship store on South Bridge Road

Streets in Chinatown, off South Bridge Road, where most of the jinrickshaw pullers lived in tiny cubicles.

View of rows of medicine drawers at a Chinese Medicine Hall..

View of South Bridge Road at the junction with North Canal Road (foreground), with Fook On departmental store visible on right..

Woman crossing the street.

A monk crossing the street.

A street vendor selling dried fish.

A street vendor selling used goods

A street vendor.

An old man seated by the street.

Anna May Wong, popular starlet from the 1920s and 30s.

Changi Bus Company Austin Bus on South Bridge Road on strike service

Eu Tong Sen.

Eu Yan Sang flagship store along South Bridge Road.

Letter writer in Chinatown

Man reading the newspaper on a rickshaw.

South Bridge Road.

Street scene of Chinatown showing laudry hanging out of shophouses and rickshaws on street.

Traditional Chinese medicine man in Chinatown.

Woman filling a prescription with Traditional Chinese Medicine herbs.