Houses for military officers

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Officierskampement te Fort de Kock in de Padangsche Bovenlanden || Officers encampment at Fort de Kock in the Padang Uplands. - 1900-1940.

Houses for military officers area, now known as Kantin Square Area in Bukit Tinggi. This houses is still there until now.

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Rumah bagi perwira militer di Bukit Tinggi di Padang Darat. 1900-1940

Kawasan perumahan inim masih ada hingga kini, terletak di  kawasan yang pada masa sekarang lebih dikenal dengan Lapangan Kantin.

Military Kamp 1900

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Zicht op een aantal gebouwen van het militaire kamp van Fort de Kock || View of several buildings of the military camp of Fort de Kock (Bukit Tinggi). - 1900

Military camp or known as Kantin Area in Bukit Tinggi. Very interesting, from what side this picture has taken?

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Pemandangan dari beberapa bangunan di Kamp militer di Fort de Kock (Bukit Tinggi). - 1900

Kawasan Militer atau sekarang lebih dikenal dengan Kawasan Kantin di Bukit Tinggi. Sangat menarik, dari arah manakah gambar ini diambil kiranya?

Penjara Lama 1870

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De weg van Fort de Kock naar Padang Pandjang, Sumatra. || The road from Fort de Kock to Padang Pandjang, Sumatra. Circa 1870

From the infromation of this picture tell us that the road from Bukit Tinggi toward Padang Panjang but in this picture we can see the Jail Building near from Bukik Kandang Kabau were Jam Gadang building stand. We can see the rice field around that building. And far there was Military Area were known as Kantin. There is no Train Station building because that rail has build at 1894 from Padang to Bukit Tinggi.

Kantin Square

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Kantin Square located in Bukit Tinggi Military Area or now in front of Old Mayor Office. This square was one of city identity, used for many activity by Goverment of Bukit Tinggi, Military, and by Bukit Tinggi people. This picture have a year 1880-1920.

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In this second picture we can see the building in Kantin Square has more complete and permanent. This second picture also have no year.

 

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Lapangan Kantin yang terletak di Bukit Tinggi ini berada dalam kawasan Militer atau pada saat sekarang berada di hadapan Kantor Balai Kota Lama. Lapangan ini merupakan salah satu dari identitas kota, digunakan untuk beragam kegiatan oleh Pemerintah Kota Bukit Tinggi, Militer, dan oleh rakyat. Gambar ini bertahunkan 1880-1920.

Kawasan Militer 1858

[caption id="attachment_134" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Kampement te Fort de Kock in mei 1858
[Picture: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek][/caption]This is a painting of a military area in the Dutch colonial period in 1858. Just a few building for the beginning and the square.
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Ini merupakan lukisan Kawasan Militer pada tahun 1858 di Bukit Tinggi. Benar-benar sangat permai alam ketika itu, belum banyak orang dan bangunan di kawasan inipun masih sedikit.

Kawasan Militer

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Lapangan Kantin Bukittinggi tahun 1900-1940 [Picture: Minangkabau Heritage][/caption]This area located at front of Old Mayor Office Building or in the Kantin Square area. In the Colonial time, this area was military headquarters with barracks and the official residences of military officers. Until now, this area still still the property of the military region.
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Sepertinya foto ini diambil dari arah Simpang Yarsi, mungkin di hadapan Rumah Sakit Tentara atau di hadapan Lapangan Kantin atau di hadapan Kantor Balai Kota Lama. Hingga kini kawasan ini masih menjadi milik militer, bedanya sekarang ialah Militer Indonesia.