Title
Group photo of Tan Hong Neo, Tan Chong Beng and Lee Chuan Neo
Year/Period
Ca. 1930s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 6.5 x 10.8 cm
Accession No.
2021-00440
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mona Tan
This is a group photo of Peranakans, Tan Hong Neo, Tan Chong Beng (1908 – 1975) and Lee Chuan Neo, (1912 – 1989). As was fashionable of the time, women had short hair and wore cheongsams, while men wore western suits. Tan Hong Neo and Tan Chong Beng were siblings, while Tan Chong Beng and Lee Chuan Neo married in 1933. In the same year, Tan Hong Neo married Wee Bit Chay and were the birth parents of the donor, Mona Tan. After the premature death of Wee, Mona was adopted by Tan Chong Beng and Lee Chuan Neo.
