Batavia shared a unique golden era with other Asian colonial cities, such as Calcutta, Macau, Singapore and Malacca, due to the intertwining of European, Chinese, Indian, Arabic, Malay and Javanese cultures. Looking at the images that captured the architecture and the city of the past not only opens up a door to bygone days, but also brings the past to the present. How can it not? Every single picture taken by the Woodbury & Page Studio, enhanc