Chinese girl at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, circa 1950s : full-length portrait
Photograph
01 Jan 1950
Photographed By Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
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This is a 1950s photograph of a small girl under a parasol in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. She is wearing her ethnic costume, a cheongsam, while walking in the gardens. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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