Caption

Coffee establishment 'Greahan' (above), The sorting of coffee (below), Coffee establishment 'Greahan' (above) and coffee sorters in a barn (below) on Sumatra, photomechanical print, Part of Album with heliogravures of Sumatra's east coast., number: '37', photographer: Carl J. Kleingrothe, Sumatra, clichémaker: Johann Baptist Obernetter, Munich, in or before 1898, Carl J. Kleingrothe, Johann Baptist Obernetter, photographer, clichémaker, Bavaria, paper, photoaquatint, heliogravure, height 130 mm x width 218 mm, height 128 mm x width 218 mm, coffee, plantation, working class, laborers - AA - women, A black and white composite image showing an elevated view of a wooded hillside with several wooden buildings and a raised conveyor structure in the upper portion, and a large indoor scene below where rows of long wooden workbenches run the length of the room with many women seated on stools along both sides, each woman handling and sorting small items into shallow trays and bowls, the interior framed by wooden beams and open windows, with piles of sorted material visible on the benches and in containers.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A80_098

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Keywords

Coffee establishment Greahan sorting coffee coffee sorters barn Sumatra photomechanical print Part Album heliogravures Sumatra's east coast number 37 photographer Carl J Kleingrothe clichémaker Johann Baptist Obernetter Munich 1898 Bavaria paper photoaquatint heliogravure height 130 mm x width 218 mm height 128 mm x plantation working class laborers - AA - women black white composite image showing elevated view wooded hillside several wooden buildings raised conveyor structure upper portion large indoor scene rows long wooden workbenches run length room women seated stools sides woman handling sorting small items shallow trays bowls interior framed wooden beams open windows piles sorted material visible benches containers