“Indische Dame in Morgen-gesp. Haus Kleide”

This carte de visite shows an Indies lady (a European or Eurasian woman) in Indies house dress. It is inscribed “Indische Dame in Morgen-gesp. Haus Kleide” on the border. Studios were already established across the Strait Settlements and the Dutch East Indies by the 1840s and became increasingly prevalent in the 1850s. During the 1920s, Chinese-owned studios dominated the studio photography trade in Southeast Asia.

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