Wooden school chair used in Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS)

This school chair was used by students attending the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS). SCGS first opened in 1899 as a result of the reform movement led by Song Ong Siang and Lim Boon Keng to educate women on local rather than foreign (missionary) initiative.

 

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On back: “Chinese Girls’ School, 1898”

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