Photographs
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Vintage travel brochures & photographs
Photograph PM03 (click on image to enlarge)
Dimensions:
254 x 197 mm
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Photographer: C. Nieuwenhuis
Date: -
Description: Albumen print mounted on a cardboard
support with dimensions of 324 x 250 x 0.7 mm
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. The
photograph shows a KNIL soldier resting on a wall among
Minangkabau longhouses in the village of Singkarak, near
Sumatra’s west coast. The handwriting (in Dutch) on the
support reads: “Inlandsche huizen in de Padangsche
Bovenlanden”. Shown below is a postcard titled “Straatje
in Singkarak,” which is based on the original photograph.