Caption
Bench workshop in the Queen Emma School, photograph, View of the bench workshop or turning shop in the Queen Emma School in Surabaya where students are working under the supervision of a teacher. Photo pasted into the photo album presented to JHA van der Hoeven upon the completion of his service in Industrial Education in the Dutch East Indies on July 31, 1933., inscription: 'Bankwerkery of Draaiery, KES', photographer: Fotax (Soerabaja), Surabaya, 1933, Java, East Java, paper, gelatin silver print, height 180 mm x width 246 mm, Queen Emma School, founded in 1912, replacing the Civic Evening School that had existed since 1879., Person, JHA van der Hoeven, vocational education, eg: junior technical school, colonial government, cultural history, education, Dutch East Indies, The, Period, 1911 - 1933, A large workshop interior with long wooden workbenches and rows of metal machines, overhead beams and pulleys spanning the ceiling, and multiple men standing or working at the machines wearing dark work clothes or a light coat; windows line one side of the space, light fixtures hang from metal supports, ladders and shelving are against the walls, and various tools and metal parts are placed on the benches and machines.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A75_391
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