Dutch East Indies Photograph Album, ca. 1920

Summary

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album of the Dutch East Indies [Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea], by the Wurffel Photostudio, Batavia, ca. 1920. Contains 113 black/white professional photographs of varying sizes, with calligraphed captions in white ink. Includes images of Bali (women, some palaces and temples), New Guinea (mainly Papua inhabitants), Java (Malang, Soerabaia, Grissee, Solo, Madioen - people, buildings, street scenes, temples, volcanoes, crater-lakes), Sumatra (Palembang, Bencoolen, Sabang, Krakatau, Ambon and Ceram - local population and scenery), Lombok (Maharaja of Lombok with two children), Perak (harbor, lighthouse, important buildings), and Banka (Telok Betong and Muntok).

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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