Malay child : full-length portrait
This is a pre-1914 photograph from E. A. Brown's collection. It shows a Malay child carrying water, while standing barefoot in a forested area. Two large metal containers are suspended from a carrying pole balanced on the child’s shoulder. No date of creation provided. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.
Credit Line
From the Edwin A. Brown Collection. All rights reserved, Celia Mary Ferguson and National Library Board, Singapore 2008
Subjects
- Commerce and Industry>>Labour and Employment
- Business, finance and industry>>Industry
- Children--Photographs
- Malays (Asian people)--Photographs
- Working poor--Photographs
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