As the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta has a long history that could not be easily overlooked. A series of important events have happened in the city that once was called Batavia.
Here are some pictures of Jakarta inIndonesia's early years until the start of the New Order regime taken fromInstagram/@galerisejarah.
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via Instagram/@galerisejarah - A photo of western books raided by some officials as the impact the government's anti-imperialism movement in 1965.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - A heartbreaking photo taken by an American, Donald Smith, showing women in pain waiting for the train to flee from a war in Tanjung Priok on August 21, 1947.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - Aerial view of Senayan in the 1960s.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - Photo of Pasar Baru area. A gate advertised the commemoration of the wedding of Princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter of Germany.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - One of the first aircrafts of Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KNILM) or Royal Dutch Indies Airways, Fokker VII registered PK - AFB was parked in Cililitan Airport or currently known as Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - Students protesting food prices hike in 1968.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - Old photo of Lapangan Banteng in 1966.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - Two members of the Dutch troops clad in a dress and baby costume for a comedy show.
via Instagram/@galerisejarah - A group of teenage girl trying the latest Ericsson phone. The product was one of the pioneers of communication means, implementing the remote connection system in 1955.