The Museum Broekerveiling showcases the phenomenon of the Dutch agricultural auction, an institution originating in the 19th century as a product of cooperation by independant produce farmers in the watery regions of the Province North Holland. Centered around a historic “water-borne” auction house, where auction lots are proffered by boat Read more…
Het Nationaal Archief (the Dutch National Archives)is the largest archival institution in the Netherlands. It oversees over 600 separate archival collections and is, in a sense, the memory of the Dutch people, from the Middel Ages, through the Republic and into the 21st century. In 2012 it will be opening Read more…
Todd van Hulzen shares his scans and files from historic sources.
Title: Costumes civils actuels des tous les peuples connus
Author: Jacques Grasset de Saint Saveur
Subject:Ethnographic drawings
Year: 1784
Drawings, amusing in their long-lost naivité