“Wiewiek, doedoek No 2 dari kanan, kajak ja ja oh!” ("Wiewiek, seated No. 2 from the right, like a show-off!")

This school photograph shows a group of schoolboys in white uniforms arranged in 2 rows. Inscribed on verso: Kwee Liong Pien, MC. Inscribed at the bottom of mounting board: Wiewiek, doedoek No 2 dari kanan, kajak ja ja oh! (Wiewiek, seated No. 2 from the right, like a show-off!) Peranakans commissioned photographs to document their families and important life events such as births, marriages, and deaths. They also commissioned photographs to record their involvement in business enterprises, and in social causes such as schools, academic societies, religious groups, and in community and cultural associations.

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“Doedoek didierekan depan, No. 2 dari kanan (jang ketjiel sendiri)… siapa?” (“Seated along the front row, No. 2 from the right (that small one alone)... who?")

On back: “Ini gambar dari kulawanga Thio Keng Hoen Kurunan dari Thio Soen Hwa"

潮音: 老玉春香孟鹿君宿店老丑色武 鸟衫巧香Disc: 1 and 2

Figure drawing - Seated man 2