Title
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Year/Period
c. 1876
Region
Singapore
Object Type
positives (photographs), photographic prints
Material
photographic paper, ink
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Image size: 19.9 x 25.2 cm
Accession No.
1994-04838
Collection of
NLB Type
Photograph
The photograph shows the second site of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital at Serangoon Road near the junction of Balestier Road. The hospital had to be relocated from Pearl's Hill as the government had acquired the land for military barracks. Tan Tock Seng had arrived in Singapore in 1819 from Malacca where he started out as a vegetable seller before eventually becoming a wealthy businessman. He had made a generous donation for the building of the hospital in 1844.
