Vehicle register for Singapore and Malaysia

This is one of the pages of the Malaysia and Singapore Vintage Car Register. This large group of photographs provides important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.

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Driving licence (no. 14252) issued by the Registry of Vehicles

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Receipt issued by the Registrar of Vehicles of the Municipality of Singapore