An all male fife and drum band performing at the landing stage at Amboina in the Moluccas.

A local all male fife and drum band performing on the landing stage at Amboina in the Moluccas. A group of youing boys in similar attire to the band are standing by the band and they may all be members of a youth group similar to the boy scouts. An outrigger canoe and a motor boat licensed for a maximum of 10 persons are alongside the stage. A pitched roof storehouse at the back of the wharf has the letter C on it. The photographer is from the passenger cruise ship Franconia (1923) which is anchored in the roadstead.

Object Details

ID: P90326
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1936
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm
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