Kaulfuss, August E, b. 1861 (photographer)
Dates
- Existence: b. 1861
Biography
August E. Kaulfuss was born and educated in Rohnstock, Silesia. He served in the German Navy for two years, probably in the late 1870s or early 1880s. Circa 1876-circa 1878 Kaulfuss worked in the photographic studio of Otto van Bosch in Frankfurt. After this he worked as a photographer in various parts of Germany. He arrived in Penang (also known as Pinang) in 1883. In 1886 he established a photographic firm. The firm was based at 9 Farquhar Street and, in 1908, was the oldest established photographic firm in Penang.
Wright states that Kaulfuss: '...has travelled extensively, having traversed on foot the whole of the Malay Peninsula, from Province Wellesley in the north to Johore in the south, at a time when there were few good roads and no railways. He explored the country behind the territory of Kedah, prospecting for minerals, and visited Bangkok. He is photographer to H.H. the Sultan of Kedah, and has taken a unique collection of photographs in the Malay Peninsula' (1908).
Sources:
'British Malaya' (March 1927), pp.317-20.
Straits Settlement directories.
Wright, Arnold and Cartwright, H.A. ed. (1907), 'Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources'. London.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Church, Taiping, abut 1890, 1890
267 x 209 mm. (mounted on card). Showing a small wooden church with a steeply pitch roof. Exact location unidentified. Photograph probably by A. Kaulfuss.
Kamunting, circa 1890, 1890
276 x 202 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking along a street in Kamunting lined with the premises of Chinese shopkeepers, and with an elephant in the foreground.
Lauret [? Larut River] about 1890, 1890
271 x 120 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking along the river towards wharves and moored steamers, with sheds and warehouses on the river bank. Possibly an early view of Port Weld; previously known as Sapetan, situated just above the entrance of the Larut River. Photograph probably by Augustus [sic] E. Kaulfuss.
Roman Catholic Church, Taipeng, about 1890, 1890
271 x 212 mm (mounted on card). A general view of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiping, a building with an elaborate pilastered entrance façade with curved gables crowned by a pediment. Date of construction unknown. Photograph probably by Augustus E. Kaulfuss.
Taipeng Bota township, about 1890, 1890
271 x 211 mm. (mounted on card). A view looking along a street lined with wooden houses with atap thatching. Photograph stamped A. Kaulfuss, Penang.
Taiping, about 1890, 1890
272 x 213 mm (mounted on card). A view looking along a tree-lined street with substantial stone houses of Chinese residents on either side. Third Street runs off to the left in the foreground. Photograph stamped A. Kaulfuss, Penang.
Tin mining, Larut, about 1890, 1890
270 x 211 mm. (mounted on card). Showing a European manager standing with a Chinese foreman and labourers at the edge of the mine workings. At the left of the print labourers can be seen at work on the sluices. Photograph probably by Augustus E. Kaulfuss.
Tine mine, Taiping about 1890 [? or 1870s], 1890
275 x 211 mm. (mounted on card) A view looking along deep open cast tin workings at Taiping, with groups of Chinese labourers posing for the camera. Photograph probably by Augustus [sic] E. Kaulfuss.
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