THE CONVENT, SINGAPORE
View of gothic linkway and verandah, with pointed arches below and arcade of coupled pointed arches above, at Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ). The convent, located at corner of Bras Basah Road and Victoria Street and thus affectionately called "Town Convent", was founded by Father Jean Marie Beurel who bought the former private residence of H C Caldwell, built by George Coleman in the 1840s. In the background is the steeple of Cathedral of Good Shepherd, located opposite the convent, along Victoria Street.
1903-1907
19980005503 - 0107
92,155/28
124415
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Arshak C Galstaun Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
This image is reproduced from a postcard
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