View along the jetty, with people gathered under the covered area; local boats moored at left. Penang was visited by the compiler of this album between 25th and 26th January, 1879.
General view of a canal with local boats and a group watching the photographer in the right foreground. Photograph unsigned, but attributed to Woodbury and Page. Batavia (Jakarta) was visited by the compiler of this album between 3rd and 5th February 1879.
Batavia [Jakarta]. Gang Scott [Jalan Budi Kemuliaan]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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General view of the Gang Scot (Jalan Budi Kemuliaan) a popular residential area for the well to do in the 1860s and 1870s. Named after an Englishman, Robert Scot, who was acting harbourmaster in Semarang before arriving in Batavia in 1820. Information from Scott Merrillees, Batavia in Nineteenth...
Batavia [Jakarta].Chinese Camp. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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'This photograph was taken from the bridge which connects what is now Jalan Asemka to Jalan Pintu Kecil and is looking in a southerly direction. Around the bend in the river on the left are the Toko Tiga and Pancoran areas. On the left-hand side, where houses stand on the edge of the river, the ...
Java. Chinese camp. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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General view towards southern end of the Pintu Kecil district. This photograph would have been taken from the corner of Jalan Pintu Kecil bending around to the left towards Jalan Toko Tiga. The name 'Pintu Kecil' means 'small door' or 'small gate' in Indonesian, and was derived from a gate that ...
Java. Carlos Hotel, Britenzorg [Buitenzorg]. Photographer: Unknown
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General view of driveway, with houses and buffalo-drawn carriages on the left and a mountain in the background. Buitenzorg was visited by the compiler of this album between 5th and 7th February, 1879.
Java. Road to Sindaliya [Sunda]. Photographer: Unknown
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View of a road emerging diagonally from left to right from a covered bridge, thatched huts on either side. Visited by the compiler of this album between 5th and 7th February, 1879.