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Oil factory in Padang Halaban, 1938, album page, photograph, Sheet with four photos of the palm oil factory in Padang Halaban, 1938. With labels with captions under the photos. Part of the photo album about the Pernantian and Brussels plantations of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Company on the East Coast of Sumatra in the years 1935-1939., inscription, Sumatra, 1938-11, photographer, paper, pasteboard, gelatin silver print, developing gelatin silver prints, height 140 mm x width 205 mm, height 335 mm x width 475 mm, Person, Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij NV, factory-building, plantation, (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: palm oil, economic history, overseas history, palm oil culture, Period, 1935 - 1939, A grid of four black-and-white photographic prints mounted on a page is visible, each print showing industrial and plantation scenes; the top left print shows several people standing on a dirt path lined with tall palm trees, a makeshift wooden tripod supporting two woven baskets filled with plant material, a man in light clothing and a hat standing near a rail-mounted container, and other figures clustered around the baskets; the top right print depicts a large corrugated metal factory building on raised supports with trimmed hedges in the foreground, curved rail tracks, and a utility pole with wires; the bottom left print shows another view of a corrugated metal factory with a long roofline, open bays, wet ground with rail tracks, and a smokestack emitting dark smoke in the background; the bottom right print displays a wide exterior view of industrial buildings with smokestacks, a dirt foreground with a shallow trench, and a plume of smoke or steam near one building; the page has a light border and the photographic prints have scalloped edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Oil factory Padang Halaban 1938 album page photograph Sheet four photos palm oil factory labels captions under photos Part photo album Pernantian Brussels plantations Sumatra Caoutchouc Company East Coast Sumatra years 1935-1939 inscription 1938-11 photographer paper pasteboard gelatin silver print developing gelatin silver prints height 140 mm x width 205 mm height 335 mm x 475 mm Person Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij NV factory-building plantation non-fruit products plants trees palm oil economic history overseas history palm oil culture Period 1935 - 1939 grid four black- -white photographic prints mounted page visible print showing industrial plantation scenes top left several people standing dirt path lined tall makeshift wooden tripod supporting two woven baskets filled plant material man light clothing hat standing near rail-mounted container figures clustered baskets top right print depicts large corrugated metal factory building raised supports trimmed hedges foreground curved rail tracks utility pole wires bottom another view corrugated metal factory long roofline open bays wet ground rail tracks smokestack emitting dark smoke background bottom right print displays wide exterior view industrial buildings smokestacks dirt foreground shallow trench plume smoke steam near building light border photographic prints scalloped edges