Index Double Heritage Historical images Moengo
nlen

Historical images Moengo

Read more
Dentz.jpg
Map of Moengo with the segregated neighbourhoods, drawn by Dentz in 1925
arbeiderswoningen 1921 gray.jpg
The Creole neighbourhood when Moengo was being built. In the background, the more luxurious homes of the Americans are visible
dh archive09_bw.jpg
Just like during the Covid-19 epidemic, travel in 1926 was limited due to health concerns; back then, typhus was the cause
dh archive10_bw.jpg
Letter announcing that permission had been granted to the Americans to mine bauxite. Bauxite was discovered in 1916, but the Netherlands did not grant mining permission until 1924, and only provided that a Dutch director would be appointed in Suriname. This was a result of the Dutch feeling that the Americans present in Suriname were not properly abiding to colonial rules
dh archive08_bw_EDIT.jpg
Article from the Suralco company newsletter from 1982. For a long time, there was no direct route from Paramaribo to Moengo. Later the East-West connection was built. Its construction began in the 1960s. Until the 1980s, there was a ferry to cross the river Cottica. Then Suralco built a bridge. However, during the Interior War, this bridge was blown up by Ronnie Brunswijk, in order to hold back Desi Bouterse's soldiers. Since then, a new bridge has been built
dh archive06_bw.jpg
Casa Blanca around 1932. Until the 60s, this was the director's residence. After that it became a social club for the staff members
trap casa blancagray.jpg
The staircase inside Casa Blanca was a popular spot to pose for pictures. When the young Moengonese photographers arrived at Casa Blanca with their cameras in 2018, they spontaneously began to pose and photograph each other on the stairs. On the left is Jerusa
dh archive12.jpg
Audience at a speech for the opening of a new SBM building in Moengo, 1947. Segregation is visible in the audience's seating arrangement
swimming pool_gray.jpg
The swimming pool in Stafdorp
tennis court en barakken gray.jpg
Moengo in the 1920s. The town is only half-built, but the tennis court is already there
tennis_grayscale.jpg
The tennis court in use, in the 1920s
DDD_010502051-2 (gesleept).jpg
While Suralco staff members had long had access to a swimming pool, the workers were not allowed to use it. In the 1960s, therefore, the workers constructed a pool of their own
download (4) hospital gray.jpg
Suralco built a hospital as well, with a seperate entrance for staff members. The doctors and nurses were paid by the staff members. After Suralco left, artist Marcel Pinas turned the hospital into an art centre
1.  Beatrixtheater 2.JPG
The Beatrix Theatre in 1966. Everyone was welcome, but of course your status determined your seating. After the Interior War, the Beatrix Theatre was used as a pornographic movie theatre for a while. Now, it's abandoned
download house gray.jpg
A typical worker's residence on poles
kerken te moengo gray.jpg
A Roman Catholic church and a Moravian Church church next to each other, 1946
dh archive13_bw.jpg
The colonial leadership's conditions under which the workers were rented out to Suralco
NG-2008-37-72 (3).jpg
With the arrival of Javanese indentured servants, elements from Javanese culture were incorporated in Surinamese culture, including gamelan music
NG-2008-37-10 (1).jpg
A Javanese family in Moengo. At first, Javanese indentured servants and Creole workers lived in separate neighbourhoods
download (2) gray.jpg
Looking out over the Suralco factory grounds
download (1) gray.jpg
Cargo ship for bauxite transport at the dock in Moengo, before 1947
workers moengo gray.jpg
Group photo of the factory workers, 1925-1927
bauxite_gray.jpg
A shovel loads ore into a tipping trailer on the SBM grounds in Moengo, 1955
workers_gray.jpg
Workers in Moengo, 1929-1930
Ambtswoning van de Surinaamse bauxietmaatschappij -wereldculturen.jpg
SBM's official residence in Stafdorp
zicht op moengo arbeiderswijk gray.jpg
Looking out over the southern part of the workers' residences from the water tower. In front are the store, school, and hospital buildings, 1925