Photos of the National Archives of the Netherlands

Quite accidentally stumbled on a selection of photos of the National Archives of the Netherlands, as a result, have not yet looked at the last frame, could not tear myself away. The bulk of the photographs taken in the first half of the last century.

In addition to the Netherlands, you will see some photos taken in the colony of the State and other countries, where there were Dutch explorers.

Boys woven rug in Jaipur, India, 1934.





Children work in pottery, Gouda, 1913.



Girls in Tilburg in a shoe factory, 1919.



Cleaning asparagus, Bergen op Zoom, 1911.



Indonesian boy selling cigarettes, Jakarta, 1947.



Shoe shiner at the bus station in Beirut, Lebanon, 1950.



The cubs at the zoo San Francisco, United States, 1933.



Newborn babies in the first day of 1933, Berlin, Germany.



Girl and the foal, London, UK, 1935.



Boy at the tobacco factory in Zwolle, 1941.



Chickens on a farm in Israel, 1948.



A policeman on a camel, Egypt, 1935.



US President Roosevelt on a camel in the desert near Khartoum, 1910.



Archaeologists, accompanied by police, Syria, 1930.



Eunuch harem guards, Tunisia, 1931.



Stripping of British troops from the Arabs in Jerusalem, Israel, 1948.



Turkish girls are celebrating the release of the harem, thanks to Kemal Ataturk, Istanbul, 1931.



The courtyard of the harem, Tripoli, Libya, 1911.



Tourists in Egypt, Giza, 1904.



The English cavalry in Somalia, 1913.



Vaccination in Israel, 1948.



Seller sherbet, Egypt, 1935.



Mardi Gras Festival, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, 1911.



Kiss during Mardi Gras, Paris, France, 1937.



Beggar catches coach King George V, London, 1920.



The strike in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1933.



Housing prostitutes, Amsterdam, 1919.



The slums of Paris, 1900.



Unemployed in line for aid, Amsterdam 1933.



Tramps Marseilles, France, 1935.



Balls of paper - the primary fuel. Winter 1940, Den Haag, the Netherlands.



Kitchen restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1917.



Flooding of the windmill during the flood, Grove, Netherlands, 1928.



Photographer waiting for the arrival of French President Armand Faliero in the port of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1911.



Postmen are trying to reach the island of Urk, Netherlands, 1924.



Cutting peat, a suburb of Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1918.



Photo: AP, Getty Images, Reuters

That's all. Very soon, we will continue the theme of retro photos. Write your wishes if you are interested in any particular theme or period, or a particular country. Photo archives, in fact, is simply huge! Thank you for attention.

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