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Jakarta in colour 1939
https://youtu.be/nxQ4QFA0DEI Coloured footage of Batavia/Jakarta from before World War II is rare, very rare. American moviegoers could experience the world in colour in the late 1930s, thanks to James Anthony FitzPatrick (1894-1980) who travelled the world for his...
Queen Juliana in Jakarta 1971
https://youtu.be/Qa9wBhmODC4 Dutch King Willem Alexander is currently on a state visit in Indonesia. His grandmother Queen Juliana (1909-2004) was the first Dutch monarch to visit Indonesia, in August 1971. This after President Soeharto and his wife had visited the...
Jakarta 1965
A series of 18 unique pictures, showing Jakarta in November 1965. The photographs were taken by Co Rentmeester (1936- ), a professional Dutch rower who, after he joined the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, moved to the United States to study photography at the Art Center...
Jalan Menteng Raya 27 now and then
Jalan Menteng Raya 27 in 1940 (above) and 2020 (under) The shape of this characteristic building on today's Jalan Menteng Raya is still very much recognisable, but an experienced eye will notice some alterations, most noticeably the removal of the lovely balcony on...
Jalan Menteng Raya now and then
Jalan Menteng Raya 11-13 in 1941 (above) and 2020 (under) A little gem in today's Jakarta is Jalan Menteng Raya, in colonial days just known as Menteng or Oud Menteng (Old Menteng). The percentage of heritage buildings that is still present today along this road is...
Jalan Veteran 1 1948
Road workers on Citadelweg /Jalan Veteran 1 in 1948 The condition of most asphalted streets in Batavia/Djakarta after World War II was of a bad condition. During the years of war the Japanese did not invest in maintaining public buildings and streets in the city. Most...
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