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Dutch East Indies tin mining photograph album, circa 1910
SC 976LOCAL
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Title:

Dutch East Indies tin mining photograph album, circa 1910

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

136 black and white mounted photographs, printed Dutch captions, in an album entitled "Banka-Album," presumably referring to Bangka Island, east of Sumatra and site of one of the world's largest tin-mining operations. Locales include Muntok, Djeboes, Blinjoe, Soengeiliat, Merawang, Pangkalpinang, Soengeislan, Koba, and Toboali, with numerous images of tin mining, smelting, and related activities; also railway lines, bridges, ferries, public buildings and residences, pepper plantations, hospitals, schools, and Chinese quarters.

Date:

1910 (issued)

Note:

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Cite as: [Identification of item], Dutch East Indies tin mining photograph album, SC 976. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Physical Description:

0.015 linear feet

Language:

English

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Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

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Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.