Title
‘Malay Beauties and a Tamil man, Penang’
Year/Period
c. 1902
Region
Malaysia
Dimension
Image size: L 13.9 x W 8.9 cm
Accession No.
1999-02273
Collection of
Postcards with multiple vignettes were popular during the early 1900s. The three Malay women are wearing a ‘baju panjang’ (long dress) and ‘kerosong’ (brooches), while the Indian man is wearing a turban. South Indians made up the bulk of Indian immigrants who made their way to Singapore and Malaya to find jobs and a better life.
