This 1890s photograph shows a Chinese street barber tending to a Chinese male customer who is seated on a stool. Both men sport similar hairstyles with the front and sides of their heads shaven, and are barefoot. A police constable is seen standing, on the right of the photograph. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.

Credit Line

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

Subjects

• Ethnic Communities
• Men--Singapore--Photographs
• Ethnology--China--Photographs