詩家董百貨公司 (C.K. Tang)
Advertisement for one of Singapore's oldest departmental store
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C. K. Tang (S) Pte Ltd (詩家董(新)有限公司) |
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| Year |
1975 |
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Dimensions: 260 x 188 mm
Printer: Tiger Press
The department store C.K. Tang started in the 1920s when Tang Choon Keng arrived in Singapore and started selling wares out of a tin trunk. In 1932, he set up shop named after himself in River Valley before expanding into a larger department store along Orchard Road in 1958.
It is this store featured on this advertisement on the back cover of 新加坡(Singapore), Issue 98, a magazine published by the People's Action Party. Its distinctive green-tiled roof was modelled after the Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
Collection of Chee Fook Tuck
| References |
Lee, Siew Yeen. "C. K. Tang (Tang Choon Keng)" Singapore Infopedia, https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_534_2005-01-09.html. |
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