Title
A street corner barber (小巷理发师) at Keong Saik Road
Creator
Year/Period
2001
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 80.0 x 54.0 cm,
Image size: 80.0 x 54.0 cm
Image size: 80.0 x 54.0 cm
Accession No.
2022-00121
Collection of
Credit Line
Photograph by Sha Ying, Collection of the National Museum of Singapore
This photograph shows a back-alley street barber with his tools of trade and set-up. Such forms of trade are now increasingly rare and this photograph serves almost as a form of documentation for a time in Singapore's history where such trades were more commonly found.