Title
View of High Street from Fort Canning
Year/Period
c. 1890
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Image size: 7.3 x 13.7 cm,
Unknown Type: 8.9 cm
Unknown Type: 8.9 cm
Accession No.
1995-01575
Collection of
This postcard depicts a view of High Street which was taken from Fort Canning Hill. It was given this name due to its topographically elevated position. Raffles Place and High Street developed as the centres of Singapore's retail sector and continued to remain so until the 1960s.
