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title: Maryland, Dutch East Indies
author: Swiss National Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19762/maryland-dutch-east-indies/
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updated: 2024-12-09
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# Maryland, Dutch East Indies
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19762.jpeg)
## Image Caption
A Swiss plantation in the Dutch East Indies bought in 1881 by Karl Krüsi (1855–1925) and named after Mary, his wife. In 1893, he sold it for a fortune and built the Villa Sumatra Zurich’s Sumatrastrasse.
Manager House in Deli, Karl Krüsi, Sumatra, 1885
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From the *Swiss Global Entanglements* exhibiton at the National Museum Zurich from 13.9.2024 - 19.1.2025.
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© [Swiss National Museum](https://www.nationalmuseum.ch). Republished with permission. [Original image](https://www.landesmuseum.ch/colonial) by [**Swiss National Museum**](https://www.landesmuseum.ch/colonial). Submitted by [Sikeena Karmali Ahmed](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/sikeenakarmalia/ "User Page: Sikeena Karmali Ahmed"), published on 09 December 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.