[Photography] Press photography, collection of 100 photos Most Dutch, ca. 1910-1990 (most 1940s-1950s), var. sizes. Incl. a.o.: (1) Series of 17 photogr. w. attached numb. printed captions, most describing progress in Dutch society. (2) Series of 20 photos on Dutch beach life, ca. 1950, some by Nationaal Foto Persbureau. (3) Series of 5 photos depicting scenes of the cheese market in Alkmaar, 2x dated 1908. (4) Four views of the flooding in Zaandam in January 1916. (5) Series of 10 photos of construction work on the Prins Berhardsluis in Tiel, 1949, by Nationaal Foto Perbureau. (6) Series of 9 views of Lugano. (total approx. 100)

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