“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?")

This school photograph shows a group of schoolboys in white uniforms posing outdoors. Inscribed below the photograph: 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?)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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