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New Year's wish from the gas lamp lighters of Amsterdam for the year 1884

anonymous · 1884 · letterpress printing; wood engraving; paper

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New Year's greeting of the Amsterdam gas lamp lighters for the year 1884. Centrally a verse in two columns. At the top the Dam with Zocher's Exchange in Amsterdam. At the bottom the Dutch Gas Factory and two gas fitters at work. From the gas lamp lighter: H. Rouws. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Customs and habits in a narrower sense, Folk life, Folk sheets, New Year's and Christmas greetings, Amsterdam.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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nieuwjaarswens print gas-lamp gas supply digging (industrial process)street lighting Dam (Amsterdam)Hollandsche Gasfabriek

Credit lineNieuwjaarswens van de gaslantaarnopstekers van Amsterdam voor het jaar 1884. 1884. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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