Photograph of Indian wedding couple surrounded by guests

Collections
1320055
Title
Photograph of Indian wedding couple surrounded by guests
Year/Period
1913
Region
Malacca
Dimension
Object size: 25.3 x 30.3 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 14.9 x 21.2 cm
Accession No.
2015-00752
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows an Indian wedding couple surrounded by their guests.An inscription on the back of the photograph records the following information:““Tamils or Hindoos from India/ (?)tham’s wedding aug 2, 1913 / Every person in the picture is India./ (?) at a’s left was married two weeks previous to a man she had never seen before. She came from India to marry him here. / 3 (?) married the groom are his sons./ Behind a is her new stepdaughter. / at groom's right is a teacher in govt.H.S.. / At the right, a Hindu. / Tallest of the three little girls in front is my Sag(?)thalah, others are her sisters. / Woman with white hair at right wears only a sari. / Don't miss the caste marks on foreheads of some. / White race / B.E. (?) / St Cloud (?)"