Singapore. Esplanade. Photographer: G. R. Lambert and Company
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General view looking along the Esplanade towards the Supreme Court (extreme left), with the Hotel d'Europe on the extreme right. Photograph unsigned, but probably by G. R. Lambert and Co. Singapore was visited by the compiler of this album between 28th January and 1st February 1879.
General view of a tall thatched house, with skulls hanging in a line in front of the entrance and a group of men arranged for the photographer. Location unspecified, possibly Borneo.
View from the road looking towards the small two storey hotel, with figures posed at the gateway and wooded hillside in the background. Penang was visited by the compiler of this album between 25th and 26th January, 1879
San Francisco. The Golden Gate, entrance to harbour. Photographer: Unknown
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General view looking towards the Golden Gate, with buildings in the foreground. Visited by the compiler of this album between 26th August and 2nd September, 1879.
Batavia [Jakarta]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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This photograph shows the Molenvliet canal from the southern end, looking north. Molenvliet West (Jalan Gajah Mada) is on the left and Molenvliet Oost (Jalan Hayam Wuruk) is on the right. At that time, there was no access from Molenvliet Oost to Noordwijk (Jalan Juanda) because the corner site (...
Java. Government House, Britenzorg [Buitenzorg]. Photographer: Unknown
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General view of Government House in Buitenzorg with the garden in foreground. Buitenzorg was visited by the compiler of this album between 5th and 7th February, 1879.
Java. Painting Sarongs. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Women at work on batik pieces on the verandah of a house. 'Production of kain batik on K .F.Holle's plantation Waspada near Garut. Kain means cloth, while batik refers to a traditional technique of painting textile.' (Steven Wachlin, Woodbury and Page (KITLV Press, Leiden, 1994), p. 98). Photog...