Singapore Through Different Lenses
There is no doubt Singapore’s physical landscape has undergone profound changes over the past two centuries as it developed from a British trading post to one of the strongest economies in the region. These changes were captured in prints and visual mediums such as books, photographs and paintings that are now part of the collections of the National Library and National Archives. Using these materials together with new visualisation tools found here, we have put together the following perspectives to observe the ever-changing physical transformation of Singapore.
Before & After | |
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Find out how much Singapore has changed with these before and after images of places and buildings. |
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1. Virtual Showcase photo by Erwin Soo [CC BY-SA 2.0]
2. Before & After photos from Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore