Title
The Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall
Year/Period
1950s-1960s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: L:10cm W:8.8cm
Accession No.
2002-00863-108
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Wu Sijing
The Victoria Memorial Hall was completed in 1905 while the Victoria Theatre (originally the Town Hall) was opened in 1909. The 54-metre clock tower was completed in 1906 and was sponsored by the Straits Trading Company. The Memorial Hall was renovated in 1979 to serve as a concert hall. Today, the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall are used for cultural shows and concerts respectively. 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.
