This is a pre-1914 photograph from E. A. Brown's collection. It shows four young Chinese squatting down (in the foreground), eating food from street hawkers. A crowd of children are seen in the middle ground, with some of them dressed in school uniform and straw boater hats. A building with pointed arch windows can be partially seen in the background. No date of creation provided. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.

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From the Edwin A. Brown Collection. All rights reserved, Celia Mary Ferguson and National Library Board, Singapore 2008

Subjects

• Commerce and Industry
• Commerce and Industry>>Labour and Employment>>Vanishing Trades
• Ethnic Communities>>Food
• Cookery>>Food
• Street vendors--Photographs
• Dinners and dining--Photographs
• Children--Photographs