Indonesian Collection

Indonesian Dancers
Two royal court dancers performing the female style of Javanese dance. The bent knees, flexed wrists and refined movements are characteristic of this style

Indonesian Dancer
A Javanese dancer performing the female style in a seated pose. The use of the wrists and scarf are characteristic of this style

Two Malaysian Women and their children - Singapore Date: circa 1920s

Bali Dancing Girls
Lovely young women of Bali, Indonesia, performing the Kebyar, a purely demonstrative dance, in which they interpret the mood of music played by a gamelan orchestra. Date: 1930s

de Havilland Canada DHC. 1 Chipmunk T. 10 PK-aJ
Indonesian Air Force - de Havilland Canada DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10 PK-aJ, at Hawarden prior to delivery. Date: circa 1953

Jalan Kesawan, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
Jalan Kesawan (street) in Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Date: circa 1920s

Indonesia - Java - Bandung - City Centre Cinema. Date: circa 1950s

Wayang puppet theatre and Gamelan Orchestra - Java
Wayang - Javanese puppet theatre (sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang). Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java (now Indonesia)

Indonesian Dancer
A Javanese dancer in a sculpturesque pose which shows the relation of this style with ancient Hindu reliefs. The scarf is used to accentuate the movement

Road near Oedjoong, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Road near Oedjoong, Surabaya (Soerabaja, Soerabaia), East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). With the Harmony Society on the left. Date: circa 1900

Purple Mangosteen - Singapore
The fruits of the purple mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) - a tropical evergreen tree believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia

Indonesia - Java - Jakarta - Molenvliet Canal
The Molenvliet canal that divides Jalan Gajah Mada and Jalan Hayam Wuruk originally made by Chinese Captain Phoa Beng Gam atau Phoa Bing Gam, second Chinese Captain after Souw Beng Kon

Java, Indonesia - Batavia - A backstreet canal Date: circa 1930s

Eastern musicians on Columbia record sleeve
Javanese or Indonesian musicians on Columbia 78rpm record sleeve Date: early 20th century

Bristol Britannia 102 PK-ICB (msn 12915), of Indonesian Angkasa Civil Air Transport. (Scrapped in Indonesia, December 1971) Date: circa 1970

Road in Tjilatjap (Cilacap), Central Java, Indonesia
The tree-lined Cemetery Road in Tjilatjap (Cilacap), Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). To the right is a cemetery

The Javanese dancer Mas Madje-Djawa performing in France and Belgium, 1931 Date: 1931

Reconstruction of the rich marine life of the Cambrian era. Extinct crinoids, jellyfish, coral and horseshoe crabs. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt

Australian aborigines of the Malay race. Mour-Re-Mour-Ga, man in turban, Y-Erran-Gou-La-Ga, man with face painting, and Ou-Re-Kine, woman in bandana (after Nicolas-Martin Petit)

Indonesian girl
Bare breasted young Indonesian girl. Date: 1935

Indonesian mother & child
Indonesian mother and child. Date: 1935

Java, Indonesia - Ploughing with a team of oxen. Date: circa 1930s

Java, Indonesia - Small shelters on the riverbank Date: circa 1930s

Java, Indonesia - remarkable bridge. Date: circa 1930s

Java, Indonesia - public park with fountain. Date: circa 1930s

Mount Bromo, Tengger massif, Sand Sea, East Java, Indonesia. Date: 1910s

The Avros Building, Medan, Sumatra, North Indonesia
The Avros Building, Medan, the capital of Indonesias North Sumatra province on the East Coast. The General Association of Rubber Planters on the East Coast of Sumatra

Wilhelmina Tower at Surabaya, Java, Indonesia
Wilhemina Tower at Surabaya, Java, Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies). Wilhelmina (1880-1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. Date: 1903

Berastagi and Mount Sibayak, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
The town of Berastagi, showing Hotel Brastagi and Mount Sibayak, an active volcano in Northern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1920

Pavilion and lake, Soekaboemi, West Java, Indonesia
Laura Pavilion and fishing lake with fisher family Preanger at Soekaboemi (Sukabumi), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Date: circa 1910

The bodyguard of the Sultan of Ternate in Singapore. The Sultanate of Ternate is one of the oldest Muslim kingdoms in Indonesia, established by Baab Mashur Malamo in 1257

Pongo pygmaeus, orangutan
Portrait of a female orangutan, native to the Islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Indonesian Girls
Topless young women working on a market stall in Bali, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Jakarta, Indonesia - A public Flogging. The unlucky recipent of this punishment (a chained prisoner) has been tied to a tall frame

Indonesia - Java - Young girl puts on sarong
Indonesia - Java - Young girl puts on a sarong with a fine batik print. Date: circa 1910s

Kali river, Semarang, North Java, Indonesia
Kali river, Samarang (Semarang), North Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Also showing the Randoesarie Institute (a boarding school). Date: circa 1908

Railway company building, Semarang, North Java, Indonesia
Railway company building (NIS), Samarang (Semarang), North Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

Hotel Sanatorium, Garoet (Garut), West Java, Indonesia
Hotel Sanatorium, Garoet (Garut), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1920

Street scene, Soekaboemi, West Java, Indonesia
Street scene with children standing in the roadway in Soekaboemi (Sukabumi), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Date: circa 1905

Komediestraat, Semarang, North Java, Indonesia
Komediestraat (Comedy Street), Samarang (Semarang), North Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908

Hotel Brastagi, Berastagi, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Hotel Brastagi in the town of Berastagi, near Mount Sibayak, an active volcano in Northern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1920

Business street in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Passer Besar (Pasar Besar, large market), a business street in Surabaya (Soerabaja, Soerabaia), East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908

Town square, Tjontong, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Town square (Aloon Aloon), Tjontong, Surabaya (Soerabaja, Soerabaia), East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908

Hotel Belvedere, Garoet (Garut), West Java, Indonesia
Hotel Belvedere and approach road, Garoet (Garut), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1920

Handelsstraat, Chinatown, Buitenzorg, West Java, Indonesia
Handelsstraat (Commercial Street) in Chinatown, Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

Hotel du Chemin de Fer, Buitenzorg, West Java, Indonesia
Hotel du Chemin de Fer, Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

Chinatown district, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Indonesia
Aerial view, Chinatown district (Glodok) of Batavia (West Jakarta), Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), with the road full of traffic. Date: circa 1942

Queen Emma School, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Indonesia
Queen Emma School in the European District, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910s

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