Title
On back: “brug Redjoso no. 33”
Year/Period
around 1910s
Region
Java, Pasuruan
Material
Dimension
Image size: 14.9 x 19.8 cm,
Object size: 19.7 x 23.9 cm
Object size: 19.7 x 23.9 cm
Accession No.
2015-00955
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a family of Peranakans, with a woman seated in the centre. An inscription on back reads: “brug Redjoso no. 33” – Redjoso bridge. 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.
