How Tock Lan in front of a 1964 Tokyo Olympics banner

Title

Year/Period

1964

Region

Japan

Object Type

photographic prints

Material

photographic paper, ink

Technique

photographic processes, photographic techniques

Dimension

Object size: 12.0 x 8.1 cm,
Image size: 11.8 x 8.0 cm

Accession No.

2025-00213

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

Credit Line

Gift of How Tock Lan

This is a photograph of How Tock Lan in front of a 1964 Tokyo Olympics banner. She studied hairdressing at Yamano Beauty School, Tokyo in 1964 for 3 months. Upon returning to Singapore, she worked at her father How Poh San’s Hong Kong Hair Salon (香港理发院) in Toa Payoh.