Life is good when young : full-length portrait



Photograph

01 Jan 1950

Photographed By Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-

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This is a 1950s photograph illustrating a young Chinese toddler, dressed in Western clothes (overalls) and sandals, standing in the middle of a road in Malaya. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Title transcribed from album. Date of creation estimated.


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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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