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Kongsi house of mine 10 Merawang
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Kongsi house of mine 10 Merawang

anonymous · 1914 - 1919 · gelatin silver print; photographic support

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Group photo of Chinese contract workers in front of their kongsi house, a club house for Chinese miners, at a tin mine in Merawang. Part of the photo album presented to Robert Julius Boers upon his departure to the Netherlands in 1919 by the staff of the Banka tin mining company.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKongsihuis van mijn 10 Merawang. 1914 - 1919. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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