GROUP OF CHINESE HAWKERS, SINGAPORE
Chinese street hawkers plying their trade outside Telok Ayer Market or Lau Pa Sat, Singapore c. 1915-1920s. Hawkers who operated food carts and stalls, like those in the image, were a familiar sight in Singapore until they were moved to more sanitary modern hawker centres starting from the 1950s.
c.1915
19980005118 - 0008
S2333
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Chinese street hawkers plying their trade outside Telok Ayer Market or Lau Pa Sat, Singapore c. 1915-1920s. Hawkers who operated food carts and stalls, like those in the image, were a familiar sight in Singapore until they were moved to more sanitary modern hawker centres starting from the 1950s.

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