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The Chung Thye Phin Building And Itoh's Photo Studio
This photograph shows Belfield Street at the junction with Station Road. The photograph clearly shows the Chung Thye Phin Building (on the right) completed in 1909 and in the hands of Oldfield's Dispensary Ltd and which had previously been the Medical Hall, established by Dr R M Connolly.
Across the road from Oldfield's was the premises of the Japanese photographer I Itoh, a "High-class Photographer and Frame-maker", at No.101-103 Belfield Street. This was one of the four Japanese photo studios, in Ipoh in 1921.
Tasaka's Hairdressing Saloon was at No. 97.
Parts of this article are adapted from “Ipoh’s Heritage Buildings [ 1999 Janus Print & Resources as published by the Perak State Government]”
To read more about Chung Thye Phin click here.
To read more about Station Road, Ipoh, click here.
To read about the original Mr Oldfield, click here.
To read more about Belfield Street, click here.
To read more about the book ‘Kinta Valley’, click here.