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Unloading of charcoal at the pier
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Unloading of charcoal at the pier

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

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

About this work

Unloading sacks of charcoal from a boat onto a jetty on a railway wagon of the Banka tin mining company in Soengeiliat. 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
Subjects
photographRobert Julius BoersBanka-tinwinningcolonial systemminingfreight vesselpier, quay, wharfBangka
Credit lineLossing houtskolen aan den steiger. c. 1914 - c. 1919. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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