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Artifact

With the Dutch East India Oil Company

Description

  • Photograph of International Driller William McRae with his wife and two local children in a jungle area of Java. 

Background Information

  • William McRae drilled in the Dutch East Indies (modern South East Asia) for 25 years, returning in 1915. 

Map Location

Latitude: 5° 56' 3.797" S
Longitude: 106° 3' 9.493" E

Date

ca. 1911

Dimensions

inches
Length:
5.5
Height:
3.8

Events, Places, People

  • William McRae
  • Java, Indonesia

Originating Location

Asia›Indonesia›Java

Subject

  • William McRae standing in the jungle with a woman and two native children. Felled trees occupy the foreground and a roughly built structure of timbers appears in the back.

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