Blad 34 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel I (1921-1929) Possibly 1925

This page, 'Blad 34 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel I (1921-1929)', was made in the nineteen-twenties by an anonymous maker. I find myself drawn to the anonymous maker carefully setting out the details of each student in a neat script. I think about how someone once took the time to record each name, address, place of origin and destination, and notes. I think about the way in which their identities are tied to the school, and to colonial history. The handwritten signatures, in their various calligraphic styles, speak to the individuality of the students. I imagine them sitting to have their photograph taken. The photographs are pasted onto the page, a small but significant detail. These individual acts of inscription remind me of our shared connection. I wonder what they did after they left the school? In a way, this page is a collaboration across time and space.