This is a black-and-white postcard with a photograph of a Kling boy in a dress. He is performing to music played by two Indian men, one playing a portable keyboard while the other has an instrument with a string. The back of the postcard is unwritten. Date of creation estimated.

This is a black and white postcard with a photograph of an Indian man being prepared for a Thaipusam ceremony. The man is carrying a kavadi, while another man is piercing the spokes of the kavadi into his body. Around him are several Indian men busy making preparations. Title devised...

This is a black and white postcard with a photograph of a group of men. It shows British soldiers, wearing uniforms and helmets, standing with several dignitaries. The dignitaries are wearing traditional South Asian garb and turbans. Title devised by Library staff. Date of creation estimated.

This is a black and white postcard with a photograph of an Indian man carrying a kavadi during a Thaipusam ceremony. The man is wearing an undergarment and has the spokes of the kavadi pierced into his body. He is walking barefoot on a street lined on both sides with...

This is a black and white postcard with a photograph of an Indian man carrying a kavadi during a Thaipusam ceremony. The man has two sharp objects pierced into his cheeks and one sharp object pierced through his tongue. The words "Thaipusam, Singapore" are printed at the bottom of the...

This is a black-and-white postcard with a photograph of a street scene outside Tong Cheong Tailor along South Bridge Road, at the junction with Cross Street. Several Chinese shops are seen along the road. Indian hawkers and Chinese coolies are seen on the street. This postcard has a divided back....

A black and white postcard of palm trees lining the paths of a garden in Tanjong Katong. The popularity of palms as ornamental plants for drive-ways and gardens in Malaya was partly due to the ease of growing these trees in the tropics. The four men walking in between the...

This is a black and white postcard with a photograph of several Indian men and boys wearing loincloths and turbans, and a girl in a sari. One of the men is holding a pole in the air. At the other end of the pole is a man holding a gymnastic...

This shows the front and back of a coloured picture postcard with a divided back. The front shows a photograph of several Indians walking along Lavender Street.

This is a coloured postcard with a photograph that carries the printed caption: “Kling hawker of breads and cakes, waiting for customers, Singapore”. The breads and cakes are neatly stacked in a round container with cover. Part of a wooden building and the surrounding fence is seen behind the hawker. The...