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Gugana Gold Placer / Workers Digging
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Gugana Gold Placer / Workers Digging

anonymous · 1905 - 1910 · photography; cardboard; photographic support

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

About this work

Album page with 2 photos. Top: the gold washing in the Gugana gold placer (Placer Koolhoven). Bottom: excavation work during the construction of the railway. Photo in the album on the construction of the Lawas railway in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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albumbladphotographJacob Evert Wesenhagenopencast minestrip miningrailway, tramwayrack railwaySuriname
Credit lineGugana goud placer / arbeiders aan het graven. 1905 - 1910. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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