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Vintage travel brochures & photographs
M09 (click on image to enlarge)
Dimensions:
97 x 139 mm
2
Publisher:
Nederlandsch-Indisch Publiciteitsbureau N.V.*
Printer:
M. Lindenbaum & Co., Amsterdam
Date:
1910
Description:
English-language booklet promoting the town of Buitenzorg
as a destination for tourists and business travellers. It has
17 pages of text about the history of Buitenzorg, its main
attractions, and facilities. The booklet includes five colour
postcards (Palace Governor General, Club “De Harmonie,”
River Sadani & Salak, Djalan Besar, Chinese Quarter). The
front cover features a girl selling Djamboe, while the back
cover shows a train passing a bridge along the Preanger
railway. The booklet includes eight full-page commercial
advertisements. See also M03.
(hardcover, 20 pages, stapled)
*The “Nederlandsch-Indisch Publiciteitsbureau N.V.” was a
publicly held company with offices in Soerabaya and Batavia.
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