Labels:text | screenshot OCR: TRAVEL had several interior photos we'd never seen. It was chit, a steamer trunk sticker from the 1920s and a a great help in reconstructing decorative details." hotel brochure showing Raffles Hotel on the eve of Mrs Helfert found the aged publication among World War II. memorabilia left by her fa- The Raffles Hotel Museum displays all the ther-he died half a century memorabilia collected over the years including ago-and sent it to Raffles original Raffles Hotel crockery and silverware, and Hotel, after reading a story many personal letters and photographs that bring about the restoration pro- the history of the hotel vividly to life. ject The museum was opened in November 1991, Among the precious after more than two years of research and sourcing items sent in response to of memorabilia. the international appeal are a Singapore Sling recipe handwritten on a 1936 bar Display of HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE items from ENGLISHMAN, THE SCOTSMAN AND THE Raffles Hotel's WELSHMAN who, helped by two historical Australians, downed 131 Singapore Slings at collection, a single, 2 hour sitting? The case was duly which has no w documented by the head barman of the day, found a whose signed testimony to the event you'll permanent find at Raffles Hotel Museum to this day. home-in the Raffles Hotel RAFFLES HOTEL Museum TEL (65)337 1886 SINGAPORE FAX (65) 339 7650
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