Title
The Tan Kim Seng fountain
Year/Period
1950s-1960s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
positives (photographs), photographic prints
Material
photographic paper, ink
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Object size: L:7.8cm W:6.8cm
Accession No.
2002-00863-058
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Wu Sijing
NLB Type
Photograph
Built to honour businessman and philanthropist Tan Kim Seng, the Victorian-style fountain was erected in Fullerton Square in 1882. It was later shifted to Queen Elizabeth Walk in 1925. This photograph was donated by Si Jing (pen name of Ng Soo Lui), a prolific female writer in the Chinese community who has written extensively on her childhood and life in Chinatown. Her husband, Huang Da Li, was an amateur photographer.
