On back: “布目孝义（？）奥（？）芙纳（？）/ 郑林凡卿及/小儿林鸣敬赠/一九四八。五。三一号”

This photograph shows a woman carrying a child. The back of the photograph is inscribed with “布目孝义（？）奥（？）芙纳（？）/ 郑林凡卿及/小儿林鸣敬赠/一九四八。五。三一号”. 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.

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