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Vintage travel brochures & photographs
Tribute
Charles Tummers
My father, Charles Tummers, travelled to the Dutch East Indies as a sailor in the Dutch navy.
He stayed in Soerabaia and later in Hollandia sometime between 1949 and 1951. Even though
his encounter with the country was brief, it made a strong impression on him, and in later life he
collected many books and documents on the Dutch East Indies. Around my thirties I got involved
in this collection, and after my father’s death in August 2013 I began to realize how important
this common passion has been to our relationship. Nowadays I am expanding my father’s original
collection and new items are regularly added to CRA gallery.
My father and the children of a Dutch family near
Hollandia in Nieuw Guinea.
Charles Tummers (4 April 1932 - 2 August 2013).
Photograph taken on 2 June 2013.
