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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 167026, member: 360&quot;]Not exactly an &#039;antique&#039; as such, but it&#039;s from around 1950. This is an old family photograph of my grandmother&#039;s generation. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b3/d5/3d/b3d53db66975462c5851211eeb92c0f4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Granny is second-right, in the dark dress. If the photograph was taken in around 1950, then she would be in her...mid-late 30s here. </p><p><br /></p><p>Scattered around her are her sisters-in-law (first, third and fifth in photograph), her sisters (second and seventh), her brother (middle-back), and her mother (my great-grandmother. Seated, front). </p><p><br /></p><p>Not shown is a FOURTH sister, who for reasons unknown, is absent from the photo-shoot. </p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re wearing a mix of Western (suit and bowtie), Chinese (Cheongsam), and traditional Straits Chinese (Sarong Kebaya) outfits. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a pity the photograph is in black-and-white, because Straits Chinese sarong kebaya outfits are really colourful. </p><p><br /></p><p>Like...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Kebaya_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>...REALLY colourful!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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