Title
On back: “M. Cheah/ 25 Oct 1938/ Dear Dengdong (?)”
Year/Period
1938
Region
Straits Settlements or Indonesia
Material
Dimension
Object size: 6.3 x 8.5 cm
Accession No.
2015-00932
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a man with binoculars and a woman with a book sitting on the stairs. The back of the photograph reads “M. Cheah/ 25 Oct 1938/ Dear Dengdong (?)”. This large group of photographs provides important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.
