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Asian and European employees in the old receiving room of tobacco plantation Mariendal on Sumatra
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Asian and European employees in the old receiving room of tobacco plantation Mariendal on Sumatra

Carl J. Kleingrothe · c. 1900 - c. 1915 · gelatin silver print; paper; photographic support

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

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The men with tobacco leaves in the foreground are Chinese contract laborers. Part of a travel album with photographs of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the journey to and from the Dutch East Indies.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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albumbladphotographplantationworking class, labourerstobaccoSumatra
Credit lineAziatische en Europese werknemers in de oude ontvangkamer van tabaksplantage Mariendal op Sumatra. c. 1900 - c. 1915. Carl J. Kleingrothe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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