Great World Amusement Park

Title
Great World Amusement Park
Year/Period
1940s-1960s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
positives (photographs), photographic prints, Entertainment
Material
photographic paper, ink
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Image size: 8.9 x 14.2 cm
Accession No.
1998-00328
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

Great World Amusement Park at Kim Seng Road was the biggest of three amusement parks that provided affordable mass entertainment during their heyday between the 1920s and the 1960s. Besides the bandstands, food stalls and popular theatre in these parks, fairground cinemas were a novelty and main attraction.

 

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