On back: “梁錦桃敬送星加坡四月影相” – Gift of Liang Jin Tao. The photograph was taken in the 4th month.

This is a hand-coloured photograph of a woman with her arm rested on the fence. She is holding onto a roll of newspapers. The back of the photograph is inscribed with: “梁锦桃敬送星架坡四月影相/ Leong (?) a trained nurse / fortunate (with her compliments (?)/ gives at Singapore / fourth month made picture (May 1914)” 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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On back:“光緒玖年癸未葭月初九日，和一八八三年十弍月初八日給，庚寅五拾四嵗”–Given on the 9th day of the 11th month of the guiwei year of the Guangxu reign, or 8 December 1883, [born] gengyin year [1830], 54 years old

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