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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 and its main
attractions and facilities. The booklet contains five colour
postcards (Palace Governor General, Club “De Harmonie”,
River Sadani & Salak, Djalan Besar, Chinese Quarter). The
front cover shows a girl selling Djamboe while the rear cover
shows a train passing a bridge along the Preanger rail road.
There are eight full-page commercial advertisements in the
booklet. 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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