After Indonesia's independence, Sutan Sjahrir became the first prime minister. This is a photo when Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir was eating on a running train in Jakarta in 1946. It is likely that he was

The excitement of Indonesia's independence was huge. The people who lived in suffering under the Japanese occupation that faced the second World War rejoiced in the euphoria of independence. The euphoria

These were the main streets of Jakarta in 1966. I colored them with palette.fm to give them a more vibrant perspective. Until now Jl. Thamrin and Jl. Sudirman remain the main and most prestigious streets

Colorized using palette.fm One of the consequences of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia was the occurrence of mixed marriages between Dutch and Indonesians. Typically, mixed marriages that occured were between

Photo: Wijnand Elbert Kerkhoff/National Gallery of Australia The photo above shows a seller of woven pandanus hats in Bogor around 1938. Woven hats were one of the handicrafts that are mostly occupied

Photo: Wijnand Elbert Kerkhoff/National Gallery of Australia Rubber is a plant that is unique in its use. If other plants can be used for their fruit, stems, or leaves, the rubber used is the sap. Rubber

Foto: Carl Josef Kleingrothe/National Gallery of Australia When the flow of Dutch private capital flocked to the Dutch East Indies, many plantations were established in Java and Sumatra. Uniquely, plantations

Photo: Jean Demmeni/Universiteit Leiden This photo shows the atmosphere at a tea sorter at the Perbawati tea plantation, Sukabumi circa 1911. The Perbawati tea plantation in Sukabumi is one of the Dutch

Foto: Wijnand Elbert Kerkhoff/National Gallery of Australia Teh adalah salah satu komoditas ekspor andalan Hindia Belanda, perusahaan-perusahaan swasta Belanda banyak membuka perkebunan teh di dataran

Foto: Wijnand Elbert Kerkhoff/National Gallery of Australia Foto di atas memperlihatkan penjual topi anyaman pandan di Bogor sekitar tahun 1938. Topi anyaman merupakan salah satu kerajinan yang banyak

Photo: Jean Demmeni/Leiden University Two teenage girls were making fabric in front of a house in Sukabumi around 1911. One girl was spinning cotton into yarn, and another girl was weaving yarn into fabric.

Foto: Wijnand Elbert Kerkhoff/National Gallery of Australia Karet adalah tanaman yang unik pemanfaatannya. Jika tanaman lain bisa dimanfaatkan buahnya, batangnya, atau daunnya, yang dimanfaatkan dari karet

Photo: Jean Demmeni/Leiden University The art of wayang develops and is popular on the island of Java, even giving rise to variations of wayang. Apart from wayang kulit which is popular in Central Java,

Foto: Carl Josef Kleingrothe/National Gallery of Australia Ketika arus modal swasta Belanda berbondong-bondong masuk ke Hindia Belanda, banyak dibuka perkebunan-perkebunan di Jawa dan Sumatera. Uniknya,

Foto: Jean Demmeni/Universiteit Leiden Foto ini memperlihatkan suasana di sebuah penyortiran teh di perkebunan teh Perbawati, Sukabumi sekitar tahun 1911. Perkebunan teh Perbawati di Sukabumi adalah salah

Foto: Jean Demmeni/Universiteit Leiden Dua orang gadis usia belasan tahun sedang membuat kain di depan sebuah rumah di Sukabumi sekitar tahun 1911. Tampak seorang gadis memintal benang menjadi kain, dan

Foto: Jean Demmeni/Universiteit Leiden Kesenian wayang berkembang dan digemari di Pulau Jawa, bahkan memunculkan variasi wayang. Selain wayang kulit yang lebih dulu populer di Jawa Tengah, muncul jenis

Photo: Jean Demmeni/Leiden University The life of the indigenous people who were poor and underdeveloped made the Dutch people's insistence on the implementation of ethical politics stronger in their colony.

Foto: Carl Josef Kleingrothe/National Gallery of Australia Until about a century ago there were still many kingdoms that stood in the Nusantara archipelago. One of the relics that we still can see is the

Photo: Jean Demmeni/Leiden University The photo above is the Kauman Great Mosque, Yogyakarta Palace circa 1911. The Kauman Great Mosque is a Yogyakarta grand mosque founded by Sultan Hamengku Buwono I