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English: No, 257 - View of Maxwell and Prangin Roads, Penang. Prangin Canal shown in the middle of the photograph-cum-postcard. Prangin Road is the lane on the left, while Maxwell Road is the right. The latter would be demolished and disappear on the map after the construction of Komtar between 1973 and 1985. Only a rump section of Maxwell Road remains.
Date Presumably 1928
Source Penang postcard collection, 1899-1930s (Khoo Salma Nasution, Malcolm Wade)
Author Unknown photographer

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