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Photo album with views of the centre of Amsterdam and advertising texts for shops and companies
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Photo album with views of the centre of Amsterdam and advertising texts for shops and companies

diverse vervaardigers · 1895 · printed materials; albumen print; leather; cardboard; paper; photographic support; linen (material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Photo album in a red binding with the title and publisher's name in gold stamping on the front board. The corners and spine are leather. The flyleaves feature a mint-green and gold geometric floral motif. The album contains nineteen leaves with nineteen photographs of streets, squares, canals, and buildings in the center of Amsterdam. Additionally, there is a photograph of the shop of the publisher of the album, the Amsterdam photographer Hendrik Groote. He ran a shop for photographic articles at Kalverstraat number 43 and was also (as evidenced by stickers in the album) an agent for the photography company 'Eastman Kodak'. The interleafs are printed with advertising text for Amsterdam businesses in the center. The most recent year mentioned is 1894, suggesting the album was likely compiled around 1895. The photographs were probably taken earlier.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFotoalbum met opnames van het centrum van Amsterdam en reclameteksten voor winkels en bedrijven. 1895. diverse vervaardigers. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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