Title
On back: "To Mrs Ng Min Choo/With fondest love, From Lim Kwee Ee"
Year/Period
around 1910s
Region
Penang
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 11.4 x 6.8 cm
Accession No.
2015-00785
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This is a photo of a nyonya in baju panjang with a cupboard and mirror in background. The back of the photograph reads "To Mrs Ng Min Choo/With fondest love, From Lim Kwee Ee". 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.
