Title
A steamer
Year/Period
1900s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 7.6 x 9.7 cm,
Frame size: 8.7 x 13.7 cm
Frame size: 8.7 x 13.7 cm
Accession No.
1995-01610
Collection of
Situated at the crossroads of trade, steamers brought mail and passengers from all over the world to Singapore, and vice versa. The picture postcard was first introduced to Singapore in 1897 and was priced at 3 cents a card. Early picture postcards featured real photographs pasted onto postal stationery postcards, with an undivided back. By 1905, hand-tinted picture postcards were very common.
