On back: “伍亚成”

This photograph shows a nyonya in baju panjang with kerosang. The back of the photograph is stamped with the address of “Teik Hin Stone Factory” and inscribed with Chinese characters 伍亚成”. 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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