In Pictures: Artefacts from We Built A Nation exhibition

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May 31, 2016, 08:07 AM
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Sep 22, 2015, 09:00 AM
Singapore's first Law Minister Edmund William Barker's horsehair barrister wig (left). The Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Johor regalia (right) was bestowed on Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Barker by Sultan Mahmood Iskandar of Johor in recognition of their contributions in maintaining good relationships between Johor and Singapore. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Dr Goh Kim Swee's Albatross file in 1965. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Looking back by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra in 1977. This copy of the Tunku's memoirs, Monday Musings And Memories, was presented to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in 1977. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
An ivory and mother of pearl model sailing ship (mid-20th century). ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Clockwise from top: Sten gun recovered during Konfrontasi (1960s); hand grenade recovered from an underground communist group in Malaysia (1976 to 1977); magnifier with built-in light (1950s to 1960s) used by Special Branch officers to read small print in coded messages; matchboxes by communists; propaganda printing plate and booklet (mid-1970s); and booklet (1975) containing list of wanted persons. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Scale model of 38 Oxley Road. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Furniture and personal items from Mr Lee Kuan Yew's Oxley Road home. These include a wood and formica dining table from the basement dining room where the first generation of leaders gathered around on Sunday afternoons in the early 1950s to discuss their political opinions. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Mr Lee Kuan Yew's white shirt and trousers in the 1960s (right), writing table (centre) and other furniture. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Clothes worn by Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Pictured also is his red exercise bike which he had used for more than a decade. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Mr S. Rajaratnam's Samsonite leather briefcase in the 1960s. He suffered from dementia in his later years and inscribed the date of his wife's death on the inside of the briefcase. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Lessons In The Amoy Vernacular by A.I. Warnshuis (1955, bottom left); and A Practical English-Hokkien Dictionary by Chiang Ker Chiu (1950, second from left). ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Two earthenware storage jars (mid-20th century) which were used in the bathroom of Lee Kuan Yew's Oxley Road home. The family bathed with water stored in these jars well into the 21st century. A modern heater was installed after Mrs Lee suffered her first stroke in 2003. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Chinese tea sets with phoenix, dragon and double happiness motifs (1960, left) which were a gift to Mr Lee Kuan Yew from former leftist PAP members and radical trade union leaders. Letter from Mr S. Rajaratnam to former Education Minister Ong Pang Boon on Feb 18, 1966 (right). The national pledge was conceptualised in October 1965 - two months after Singapore's independence - at the suggestion of Mr Ong. He thought a pledge would inculcate national consciousness and patriotism in students. Two versions were drafted and sent to Mr Rajaratnam, who made revisions in his reply. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Portrait of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's great grandfather Mr Lee Bok Boon in the robes of a Grade 7 Qing official (left). Mr Lee Kuan Yew's century notebook, titled The Returned Scholar (right). ST PHOTOS: DESMOND WEE
Lladro handmade figurine titled Fishing With Gramps 1993. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

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