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This photograph shows a woman in cheongsam with jewellery. The back of the photograph is stamped with the mark of “(?) Acknowledge Source/ (?) Brothers Studio/ (?) of National Archives of Singapore/ Acc No: 129240”. 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.

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