Caption

English boarding houses outside Batavia (present-day Jakarta), Java, Dutch East Indies, photograph, Dutch East Indies. Above the entrance of one of the houses hangs the sign: 'WJ Schinkel Boarding House'. In front of the houses, a couple, wagons, and people are posing. Palm trees in the background. Possibly an album page., inscription: 'English Boarding Houses outside Batavia Jarva. sic', c. 1900 - c. 1915, photographer, pasteboard, paper, gelatin silver print, height 161 mm, width 216 mm x width 289 mm, height 244 mm, West Java, Batavia, A sepia photograph shows a row of single-story buildings with tiled pitched roofs set against a backdrop of tall palm trees and dense foliage; in front of the buildings a group of people stand and sit, some wearing light-colored clothing and hats, others in darker garments, and several appear to be posed near or beside horse-drawn carriages with large wooden wheels; a wooden fence runs along one side of the scene and a dirt ground extends in the foreground.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A76_470

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Keywords

English boarding houses outside Batavia present-day Jakarta Java Dutch East Indies photograph entrance houses hangs sign WJ Schinkel Boarding House front houses couple wagons people posing Palm trees background album page inscription English Boarding Houses outside Batavia Jarva sic c 1900 - c 1915 photographer pasteboard paper gelatin silver print height 161 mm width 216 mm x width 289 mm height 244 mm West Java Batavia sepia photograph row single-story buildings tiled pitched roofs set backdrop tall palm trees dense foliage buildings group people stand sit wearing light-colored clothing hats darker garments several posed near beside horse-drawn carriages large wooden wheels wooden fence runs side scene dirt ground extends foreground