Photograph of students taken outside the Singapore Yi Ying Sewing and Embroidery Studio

Collections
1615945
Title
Photograph of students taken outside the Singapore Yi Ying Sewing and Embroidery Studio
Year/Period
1950s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
photographic prints
Material
photographic paper
Technique
photographic processes
Dimension
Image size: 13.6 x 8.6 cm
Accession No.
2025-00843
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of the Tan family, of the late Tan Ah Kang

This is a photograph of female students outside a sewing and embroidery studio. During the 1950s, both private and government vocational institutes were established to meet the needs of industrialisation and create a skilled industrial workforce.