On back: "黃振聲敬赠 / 華發先生存念 / 28.10.1949"

Title
On back: "黃振聲敬赠 / 華發先生存念 / 28.10.1949"
Year/Period
28 October 1949
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: 10.0 x 7.6 cm
Accession No.
2015-01782
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This photograph shows a man and a woman, who wears a necklace. 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.