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New Year's greeting from the Amsterdam ash-cart men for the year 1845

anonymous · 1844 - 1845 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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New Year's greeting from the ash-cart men (cartman or dustman) of Amsterdam for the year 1845. View of a street in Amsterdam with a man standing with a dustpan by the cart while another man collects money at a house. At the bottom a poem in two columns. On behalf of Abraham van der Beek, the ash-cart man of district no. 30.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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nieuwjaarswens print garbage collection Amsterdam

Credit lineNieuwjaarswens van de Amsterdamse askarrenmannen voor het jaar 1845. 1844 - 1845. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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