Poster ‘Singapore: The City of Tropical Splendour’

Title
Poster ‘Singapore: The City of Tropical Splendour’
Year/Period
1955
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Frame size: 84.1 x 63.1 x 2.3 cm,
Image size: 66.2 x 45.0 cm
Accession No.
2014-00170

This is a 1955 poster advertising Singapore as 'The City of Tropical Splendour'. It depicts Singapre's waterfront, as well as an array of tropical fruit, a trishaw man and a man selling satay. There is a woman in a sarong kenaya and headscarf, and a depiction of the statue of Stamford Raffles as well.