On back: “Hatoerken Banjak Trima Kasie / Tan Giem Nio / Dengen Swamie / Paron, 12 December 1937” (“With Many Thanks From / Tan Giem Nio / With husband / Paron, 12 December 1937”)

Title

Year/Period

14 December 1937

Region

Indonesia, Java

Object Type

gelatin silver prints

Material

photographic gelatin, silver gelatin paper, paper (fiber product)

Technique

gelatin silver process

Dimension

Gross measurement: 43.0 x 36.0 cm,
Object size: (Mount) 36.0 x 43.3 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 22.6 x 28.2 cm

Accession No.

2020-00134

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift or Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This wedding photograph shows a bride and groom surrounded by flowers. The groom wears a dark suit and white bow tie and the bride wears a Western-style white wedding dress and long veil. A label pasted on the back reads: Hatoerken Banjak Trima Kasie / Tan Giem Nio / Dengen Swamie / Paron, 12 December 1937 (“With Many Thanks From / Tan Giem Nio / With husband / Paron, 12 December 1937”)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.