EU: WeltevWel( Jakarta) or Glodok (Old Town) by Batavia, Indonesia. Tourists watching locals washing clothes and bleaching on the canal (1913)
1913 Jakarta, Indonesia
Tourists watch locals washing and bleaching clothes along a canal in the Glodok, or old town, quarter of Batavia (Jakarta) in this 1913 photograph, a scene of everyday riverside life set against the backdrop of the Dutch East Indies capital's historic Chinese district.
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