Title
Receipt for a Singer Sewing Machine
Year/Period
1931
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 10.5 x 14.0 cm
Accession No.
2024-00961
Collection of
Credit Line
Donated by the family of the late Mdm Lau Ah Loy
This is a receipt for a Singer Sewing machine purchased in 1931 for 130 dollars. The sewing machine belonged to Choy Ah Thim, and later to her daughter, Lau Ah Loy. After Choy’s husband passed away in 1943, Choy used the sewing machine to make and alter clothing to supplement the income she earned from working on a rubber plantation and later in a tobacco factory. Lau later inherited the sewing machine and used it to sew leather uppers for shoes from home. This allowed her to balance the demands of earning an income with taking care of her children.
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