Title
On back: “Thio Chan Bee & Ong Hay Way’s Wedding Jan 1927”
Year/Period
1927
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 20.7 x 15.7 cm
Accession No.
2015-00747
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This wedding photograph shows the Peranakan bride and groom in western wedding attire. The back of the photograph is inscribed with “Thio Chan Bee & Ong Hay Way’s Wedding Jan 1927”. 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.
