Image size: 21.4 x 28.9 cm
This photograph shows Lim Tjin Ham in Madarin court attire. English and Chinese characters inscribed are: “Xian Xian Tong Kongsi President/ Long Hoei Bio Kongsi President/ Padang (贤贤堂公司大总理/灵惠庙公司大总理)” and “Tiiong Hoa Hoie Koan/ Siong Hoa Siong Hoie (?) （把东中华商会协理/把东中华会馆协理）” 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.
