Feb 27, 2014 - Sale 2340

Sale 2340 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 9,000 - $ 12,000
(SINGAPORE)
An outstanding 360º panorama of Singapore composed of 11 photographs. Unmounted sepia-toned silver prints, overall size 8 1/2x102 inches (21.6x259.1 cm.), joined together and depicting the harbor, Cavenagh Bridge (built in 1868), and the city. 1908

Additional Details

This photograph is accurately dated by the appearance of construction workers laying the foundation for Anderson Bridge, which began in 1908. Anderson Bridge was built to cope with the city's growing vehicular and pedestrian traffic, which was more than Cavenagh Bridge could manage. When the Anderson Bridge was completed in 1910, Cavenagh Bridge was spared demolition and was converted to a footbridge..