Scope and Contents

A view looking along a wide street in Bandung with single-storey shops and houses on either side of the road. Bandung lies 75 miles south-east of Jakarta and was formerly the headquarters of the (then) Dutch East Indies Army.

Scope and Contents

273 x 212 mm. View from the junction of two unidentified streets in Batavia, with a small building in classical style with a niche containing a statue in the foreground.

Scope and Contents

241 x 195 mm. View looking along the river towards the thatched covered footbridge. With a group of Javanese posed at the water's edge in the foreground.

Scope and Contents

215 x 170 mm. View looking along a tree-lined avenue in Semarang in north Java, 160 miles west of Surabaya. A second pencilled caption identifies the location as (?) Rodjong Road.

Scope and Contents

106 x 146 mm.

Scope and Contents

277 x 210 mm. View looking along an unidentified tree-lined avenue in Surabaya with a single storied octagonal pavilion at the junction in the foreground.

Scope and Contents

277 x 218 mm. View looking along an unidentified street in Surabaya, with a bridge crossing the (?) Kali Mas River in the foreground. The picture is criss-crossed with a mass of overhead cables in the foreground.

Scope and Contents

240 x 198 mm. View looking across the crater, with steam issuing from its mouth. Papandajan is situated some 15 miles south of Garut.

Scope and Contents

208 x 168 mm. View looking along canal lined with sailing vessels towards the harbour, with customs buildings in the right foreground.

Scope and Contents

212 x 156 mm. View looking across the waterfront, with the Customs House at the right and the look-out buildings in the left background.

Scope and Contents

214 x 166 mm. View looking along a canal towards customs buildings, with shipping moored at the wharves.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...

Scope and Contents

213 x 166 mm. View showing part of the buildings seen in the preceding print, with the harbour beyond at right.

Scope and Contents

168 x 120 mm. View looking west-east along Heerenstraat, with commercial premises lining the right hand side of the street.

Scope and Contents

167 x 120 mm. View looking east-west along Heerenstraat, with the entrance to the Protestant Church in the right foreground.

Scope and Contents

195 x 243 mm. A view of a small but elaborately decorated Sumatran house, raised off the ground on piles and with a ladder up to the entrance set below the eaves.

Scope and Contents

A view showing two Javanese walking beside one of the many canals that criss-cross Jakarta.

Scope and Contents

A view showing ships at anchor in the Jakarta roadstead, with harbour wharves on either side.

Scope and Contents

A portrait of two Javanese women, one seated and one standing, posed against a cloth backdrop.

Scope and Contents

A view showing a side street in Bogor (formerly known as Buitenzorg) with single storey dwellings on either side of the street. With a merchant's stall outside a house on the right foreground. Situated 30 miles south of Jakarta, Bogor was primarily famous for its botanical gardens, laid out in 1817. The Governor-General of the (then) Dutch East Indies also had a palace in the town.

Scope and Contents A view showing a courtyard and part of the hotel premises: 'The Hotel der Nederlanden, established since 1840, is another of the leading hotels in Jakarta. Centrally situated, fronting Rijswijk, it possesses every convenience calculated to ensure the comfort of visitors. Large airy rooms, lighted by electricity, an excellent cuisine, and a well-trained staff of Javanese servants, together with a courteous management combine to make this hotel a most comfortable place to stay at. Large...

Scope and Contents

A view showing the street and part of the hotel premises.

Scope and Contents

A view along the street with the hotel on the right.

Scope and Contents

A view from the street looking towards the balconied frontage of this small hotel.

Scope and Contents

A view showing the roadway with the hotel premises on the right.