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Housing of an Amsterdam patrician family in the year of the coal shortage 1917
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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A well-to-do Amsterdam family uses the kitchen as a workspace and reception area because it is at least warm there. Following the coal shortage in 1917. Satirical cartoon on the consequences of the First World War for the Netherlands, 31 March 1917.
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Credit lineBehuizing van een Amsterdamsche patriciërs-familie in het jaar van den kolennood 1917. 1917-03-31. Willy Sluiter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.