Ah Kew : half-length portrait [1]



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22 Jun 1986

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1986 photograph shows a bespectacled elderly lady named Ah Kew, sitting on a chair and posing for a photograph against a louvre door. She is wearing a traditional Chinese long-sleeved shirt. Title devised by Library staff.


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Chinese--Singapore--Photographs

Older women--Singapore--Photographs

Ethnic costume--Photographs

Categories

Women

Ethnic costumes

Heritage and Culture

Personalities

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

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