Title
On back: "8.5/ A Straits Chinese family, 1910s"
Year/Period
1910s
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 13.9 x 9.0 cm
Accession No.
2015-00736
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a Straits Chinese family. It was previously in the collection of Singapore National Archives & Records Centre Photos. This large group of photographs provides important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.
