Title
Dutch East Indies identity card
Year/Period
c1930s
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 14.8 x 10.2 (Close),
Object size: 14.8 x 20.5 cm (Open)
Object size: 14.8 x 20.5 cm (Open)
Accession No.
2024-00204
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the Family of the late Mdm Lim Chor Koon (林初君)
This is a Dutch identity card used by Lim Chan Ngam 林赞岩 (1904-1967). Lim was a pre-WWII immigrant who came to Singapore from China and became a successful trader dealing in rubber in the Riau islands. He made a substantial fortune until unfortunate circumstances led to the collapse of his business. Lim, his two local wives and their married children and spouses lived in a 3-storey house at No.13 Rowell Road.
