Photo of European girl in Sumatra 1919. (Leiden University Libraries)
Hitekno.com – Each period usually has a style that is trending at that time. A photo about european girl with this elegant style successfully attracts attention netizen.
A Facebook user with an account named Adipati Karna shares interesting posts through the forum NOESANTARA DOELOE’S PHOTO.
He actually re-uploaded one of the online archives stored in Leiden University Libraries. “Studio portrait of girl Hillen on Sumatra (Potret studio girl Hillen in Sumatra)“sounds the evidence on Leiden University Libraries.
The description column on the online library’s page states that the subject in the photo is a European.
Leiden University Libraries store hundreds of photos of Sumatra before 1950. Some of the photos show many Dutch plantations and buildings.
Several plantation photos show plants such as oil palm, coffee and rubber trees. Subjects in online archives also vary. But mostly it shows local residents, Indo-European girls, KNIL officials, Dutch nobles, and Europeans.
Girls of Indo-European descent and European women often pose with headdresses. Not a few of them wear dresses with lace decorations to add aesthetic value.
Netizens praised the beautiful face of the European girl recorded in a studio in Sumatra in 1919. old school photo This European girl in Sumatra provoked various comments from netizens.
“The photo quality is very good for the old photo category,” kata Nuc**us Se**awan.
“I even focus on the dress, it’s good“puji S * m ** lmi.
“Very beautiful“comment Ja ** e I * o.
“Wow, this is the forerunner of Dutch noni,” tulis B*a F**l.
“It’s beautiful, but is her hair a real wig, how come it’s so tangled,” Ar**nt*’s opinion. That was the old photo of a European girl in Sumatra in 1919, what do you think?
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