SATAY MAN PREPARES FOOD AT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF MADAM TAN TECK NEO, WIFE OF LEE CHOON GUAN AT MANDALAY VILLA IN AMBER ROAD, KATONG  (C.1950S)
"Satay" seller fanning charcoal in portable grill to cook for birthday celebration of Madam Tan Teck Neo at Mandalay Villa, No. 29 Amber Road. Madam Tan, born 18 December 1877, was the second wife of Straits-born Chinese businessman and philanthropist Lee Choon Guan. In the background are children and guests in the garden of this grand bungalow which was built in 1902 and well known for parties thrown by Madam Tan that brought the Chinese and British communities together in those days when they seldom mixed.
1950s
19990003441 - 0095
91,131/19A
2005-007155-KFW
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Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Photograph taken by Wong Ken Foo (K F Wong)

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"Satay" seller fanning charcoal in portable grill to cook for birthday celebration of Madam Tan Teck Neo at Mandalay Villa, No. 29 Amber Road. Madam Tan, born 18 December 1877, was the second wife of Straits-born Chinese businessman and philanthropist Lee Choon Guan. In the background are children and guests in the garden of this grand bungalow which was built in 1902 and well known for parties thrown by Madam Tan that brought the Chinese and British communities together in those days when they seldom mixed.

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