Seaman from Bugis ship mending sails : 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 Bugis seaman mending the sails for a ship. He is wearing a songkok. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Date of creation estimated. 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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