Three men at Eastern Extension & Australia Telegraph Company relay station



Photograph

01 Jan 1890

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This 1890s photograph shows three men posing next to a hut. Two men are dressed in traditional ethnic attire, while the other is dressed in Western style attire. Behind the hut is the generator shed of the Eastern Extension & Australia Telegraph Company relay station at Banjoewangi, East Java (now Banyuwangi). A monkey is perched on the edge of the bucket in the foreground. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.


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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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