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Workers with tobacco leaves in the receiving room of the Belawan Estate on Sumatra
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Workers with tobacco leaves in the receiving room of the Belawan Estate on Sumatra

anonymous · c. 1900 - c. 1920 · gelatin silver print; paper; photographic support

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

About this work

Possibly depicting 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
Subjects
albumbladphotographplantationworking class, labourerstobaccoSumatra
Credit lineArbeiders met tabaksbladeren in de ontvangkamer van de Belawan Estate op Sumatra. c. 1900 - c. 1920. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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