English: View of Sibolga (the major settlement of Tapanoeli, on the west coast of Sumatra).
The road through the mountains turns left towards Tarodoeng. This road rises to 1100 meters and then drops to 926 meters at Tarodoeng. In the middle of the foreground is the barracks of the Armed Police, the Inspector's Office, the Water Office, and the Notary Office. In the background right are the European and native commercial districts.
Note that by 'native' they mean Indonesian local and Chinese. There was a major street that was Chinese-centric, this had a gate and is documented in other photos on Wikipedia uploaded from the Tropenmuseum.
This image is a reassembled panorama taken by an unknown, presumably Dutch photographer in 1928. The source images were preserved at the Dutch National Archives who digitized them in 2010. The image files were taken from publicly available images at:
Nederlands: Gezicht op Sibolga (hoofdplaats van de residentie Tapanoeli, Sumatra's Westkust) [Panoramafoto, linkerdeel]. Door de achterliggende bergen gaat naar links de weg naar Tarodoeng. Deze weg stijgt tot 1100 meter en daalt dan tot 926 meter op welke hoogte Tarodoeng ligt. In het midden op de voorgrond de kazerne van de Gewapende Politie, kantoor controleur, bureau Waterstaat, kantoor notaris. Op de achtergrond rechts Europese en Inlandse handelswijk.
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