Group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription 'State Railways on Java' from 1888, Group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription 'State Railways on Java' from 1888. Box in the shape of a large book with red leather cover, metal button on top and bottom in all four corners. The top of the box is a cover, which can be opened as a book cover. On the outside, a central medallion of black leather in the form of a coat of arms with inscription and border embossed in gold. Three sides of the box covered with paper with marble motif. The inside of the box is covered with shiny white paper with a wave structure. On the bottom is a loose cardboard card, covered with the same paper, with a broad ribbon attached in the middle, coarse woven, white with a red stripe. There were 62 photos on this card, which can be rolled up using a card with a ribbon. The individual photos are of various sizes, most of them glued to white cardboard. 17 Photos with landscapes in East Java, and other subjects, partly with inscriptions on the reverse. Other 45 photos concern railways in Java: stations, railway bridges, railway yards, train sets and railway tracks in landscape, most with captions and / or inscriptions on the reverse side. Latest photos include a printed list with 13 numbers, Java, anonymous, Surabaya, 1888, cardboard, leather, paper, textile materials, metal, h 43 cm × w 37.5 cm × t 8 cm

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