Surakarta (inhabited place)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
A street in Soerakarta - 'Solo' - Java, 1870 - 1900
242 x 193 mm. View looking along a tree shaded street lined with thatched huts at Surakarta or Solo, situated on the Solo River 120 miles WSW of Surabaya. The town contains the vast walled palace of the Sultan of Surakarta and Fort Vastenburg (built in 1779).
The Emperor's band, Soerakarta, 1870 - 1900
241 x 193 mm. Group portrait of the gamelan or band of the Sultan of Surakarta seated on the ground in front of a bungalow with their instruments - a varied collection of gongs, drums and xylophones.