Tabaksveld op het Bindjey Estate van de Deli-Batavia Maatschappij op Sumatra (op dag van aanplant) c. 1900 - 1920

This anonymous photograph, taken between 1900 and 1920, shows two men standing in a tobacco field on the Bindjey Estate in Sumatra. The image, housed in the Rijksmuseum, offers a glimpse into the colonial tobacco industry in the Dutch East Indies. The men, likely European plantation owners, stand in the foreground, overlooking rows of tobacco plants. Behind them are two large buildings, characteristic of the tobacco estates of the time. The photograph captures the vastness of the plantation and the important role tobacco played in the Dutch colonial economy.