Category: Vintage postcards
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Church Sunday: Schiedam
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: The Grote Kerk church in Schiedam. The Grote Kerk (litt. Great Church), a.k.a. St. […]
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Church Sunday: Deventer
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: The St. Lebuinus church of Deventer. The St. Lebuinus (or Lebuin) church in Deventer. […]
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Church Sunday: Benthuizen
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: The Dutch Reformed church of Benthuizen.
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Church Sunday: Leeuwarden, Oldehove
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: Oldehove in Leeuwarden. The Oldehove tower in Leeuwarden. It was built in the early […]
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Church Sunday: Emmakerk, Amersfoort
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: The Emmakerk in Amersfoort. The Emmakerk (Emma Church) still exists, but is known under […]
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Gathering dust: A postcard
On Saturdays I rummage through my old cabinet, pull out and dust off an item, and present it here on Roots. Today: A postcard from Anna Foppen. Anna Foppen (1857-1928) was a sister of my second great-grandmother Catharina Johanna Maria Foppen, and an aunt of my great-grandmother, Catharina Johanna Maria Koopman. Anna was not married, […]
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Church Sunday: Sint Joriskerk, Amersfoort
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: St Joris in Amersfoort. The Sint Joriskerk (St. George church) in Amersfoort is still […]
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Church Sunday: Zuiderkerk, Enkhuizen
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: The Zuiderkerk in Enkhuizen. We already saw the entrance of the Zuiderkerk in Enkhuizen. […]
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Tram
The topic for the next festival of postcards – the last festival by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault – is Locomotion: “[..]this is your chance to pull out all those postcards depicting travel on land, water or air“. My entry to the festival is this beautiful horse drawn tram in Den Haag (a.k.a. The Hague or ‘s-Gravenhage). […]
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Church Sunday: Westerkerk, Enkhuizen
Among the family papers in my possession is an album with postcards of Dutch churches, collected by my grandfather. Most of the cards are from the 1930s. On Sundays, I post cards from this collection in the series Church Sunday. Today: The Westerkerk in Enkhuizen. The fourth and last postcard of the Westerkerk in Enkhuizen. […]