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241 x 189 mm. View looking along a canal at Batavia, with houses and gardens on the right and a road on the left.

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242 x 195 mm. View looking along the tree-shaded Rijswijk in Waltevreden, with the canal at the right and an unidentified white building on the left. Weltevreden was the European section of Batavia, situated in the southern part of the city. Rijswijk runs north to south to the north-west of the Koningsplein.

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240 x 192 mm. View looking along a tree shaded canal in Batavia, with a barge loaded with firewood in the foreground and a group of houses visible beyond the trees.

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242 x 195 mm. View looking along a canal in Batavia, with houses lining the banks and barges and other vessels moored on the left.

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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.

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106 x 146 mm.

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

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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.

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

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240 x 191 mm. View from the roadway looking towards a large tree behind which stands an unidentified European bungalow and a circular, open-sided summer house.

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...

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

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...

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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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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275 x 201 mm. View looking along the river (here embanked to form a canal), with a tree-lined avenue running along the left-hand bank.