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The ‘Immigrant Depot’ on Kleine Waterstraat
Théodore van Lelyveld, c. 1896
While waiting to be distributed among the plantations, the hundreds of migrants spend several weeks in the depot. This is a fenced-in area with several sheds in which rudimentary sleeping quarters have been installed. The migrants cannot choose their plantation; however, it is policy to keep couples and families together. Here the men wash their white clothes in the river.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2009-282-32
- Dimensionsheight 118 mm x width 159 mm
- Physical characteristicsdaglichtcollodiumzilverdruk op fotopapier