EU: De Kali Mas (1876) through time

Surabaya 1876 15 photos of this spot

15 photographs taken at the same spot in Surabaya, spanning 1876 — 15 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The Surabaya Hotel, photographed in 1876 in what was then a major port city of the Dutch East Indies. Surabaya's hotels catered to the growing trade and shipping activity along Java's northeastern coast.

EU: Het Surabaya-hotel (1876) 1876 The Surabaya Hotel, photographed in 1876 in what was then a major port city of the Dutch East Indies. Surabaya's hotels catered to the growing trade and shipping activity along Java's northeastern coast.

EU: Station van Surabaya (1876) 1876 Surabaya's railway station in 1876, serving one of the busiest ports in the Dutch East Indies. Rail links were extended across Java through the second half of the 19th century to support the colonial trade economy.

EU: Een straat in Surabaya (1876) 1876 A street scene in Surabaya, photographed in 1876. The city, on Java's northeast coast, was a key commercial and naval hub of the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Het handelscentrum van Surabaya (1876) 1876 Surabaya's commercial center in 1876, at the heart of a city that ranked among the busiest trading ports of the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Het stadspark van Surabaya (1876) 1876 The city park of Surabaya, photographed in 1876, offering colonial-era residents a landscaped green space within the bustling port city.

EU: De rede van Surabaya (1876) 1876 Ships at anchor in the Surabaya roadstead in 1876. The sheltered waters off the city made it one of the principal naval and merchant harbors of the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Het residentiehuis in Surabaya (1876) 1876 The residency house in Surabaya, photographed in 1876, home to the Dutch resident who administered the surrounding territory on behalf of the colonial government.

EU: De sociëteit van Surabaya (1876) 1876 The Surabaya society club, or 'sociëteit', photographed in 1876, a social gathering place typical of Dutch colonial towns in the East Indies.

EU: De moskee van Surabaya (1876) 1876 A mosque in Surabaya, photographed in 1876. Islam had long been the majority religion of Java, and Surabaya's mosques served its predominantly Muslim population alongside the city's colonial administration.

EU: Een kruispunt in Surabaya (1876) 1876 A street intersection in Surabaya in 1876, capturing the everyday traffic of a growing colonial port city on Java's northeast coast.

EU: De kathedraal van Surabaya (1876) 1876 A cathedral in Surabaya, photographed in 1876, reflecting the presence of a European Christian community within the predominantly Muslim city under Dutch colonial rule.

EU: De Chinese wijk in Surabaya (1876) 1876 The Chinese quarter of Surabaya in 1876, home to a merchant community that played a central role in the port city's trade with the rest of the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Gezicht op de Kali Mas in Surabaya (1876) 1876 A view of the Kali Mas river as it passes through Surabaya, photographed in 1876. The river was central to the city's harbor activity and inland trade routes.

EU: De Kali Mas (1876) 1876 The Kali Mas, the river running through Surabaya, pictured in 1876. Barges and small craft on the Kali Mas linked the port to warehouses and markets throughout the city.

EU: IJzeren brug over de Kali Brantas (1876) 1876 An iron bridge crossing the Brantas River near Surabaya, photographed in 1876. The Brantas was East Java's longest river, and bridges like this supported the expanding transport network of the Dutch East Indies.