Chinese coolie quarters in a plantation in Sumatra

This photograph is part of a collection titled Souvenir de Deli, comprising the works of C. J. Kleingrothe, a photographer based in Sumatra in the late 19th and early 20th century. This image depicts the living quarters of the Chinese coolies working at a plantation in Sumatra, possibly at Sibarau tobacco estate near Deli.

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