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23 Maret 2017 11:30

Pictures of Yogyakarta Before Indonesian Independence

The town might have changed, but it's always been pretty and full of culture. Andry Trysandy Mahany
Image: Spaarnestad Photo Foundation

Yogyakarta has seena lot of important moments inIndonesia's history, from being a kingdom (Kraton) to briefly becoming Indonesia's capital city.

We have compiled pictures that can give you a glimpse ofhow Yogyakarta looked like decades ago.

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© Spaarnestad Photo Foundation

Dutch Governor General Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer visiting Kraton of Yogyakarta and meeting Sultan of Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII in 1937. (© Spaarnestad Photo Foundation)

© Spaarnestad Photo Foundation

Dutch Governor General Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer visiting Pakualaman in 1937. (© Spaarnestad Photo Foundation)

© Elisabeth Quirine Hesselink

Yogyakarta jamu street sellers circa 1920. (© Elisabeth Quirine Hesselink)

© Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV)

Malioboro area circa 1931. (© Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV))

© Spaarnestad Photo Foundation

Wayang orang (human wayang) performance in Kraton of Yogyakarta, 1937. (© Spaarnestad Photo Foundation)

© Tropenmuseum

Female students attending a family welfare education class in a public school, 1943. (© Tropenmuseum)

© National Archive of Netherlands, Het Nationaal Archief

Traditional Kraton soldiers guarding the funeral of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII's wife, 1931. (© National Archive of Netherlands, Het Nationaal Archief)

© National Archive of Netherlands, Het Nationaal Archief

Royal Tombs of Mataram kings during the funeral of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII's wife, 1931. (© National Archive of Netherlands, Het Nationaal Archief)

© National Archive of Netherlands, Het Nationaal Archief

Train operating in Yogyakarta, 1910. (© National Archive of Netherlands, Het Nationaal Archief)

© Bettmann Archive/Corbis

Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was crowned as Sultan of Yogyakarta with Dutch Central Java Governor Lucien Adam sitting next to him, 1940. (© Bettmann Archive/Corbis)

© Tropenmuseum

The now-famous Malioboro street, 1933.

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