Title
2 photographs from an album
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Penang
Material
Dimension
Image size: 15.2 x 10.7 cm
Accession No.
2017-00733-001
Collection of
These photographs were originally from the same album. The first shows a seated nyonya, and the other a large group before a banner inscribed with ‘会洽自族家川馆.’With continuous improvement of camera technology, it became possible to take photographs without the assistance of a studio in the first decades of the 20th century. Many middle-class families collected photographs in albums as a way of documenting family life. Ranging from formal studio portraits to albums of snapshots of everyday life and stately ancestral portraits, this large group of photographs reveals the many forms of photography available and gives insight into the various aspects of the lives of Peranakans.
