4356 - 4627 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
- Some occas. spotting/ sl. staining, mainly on mounts.
= "16 November 1887. Gezicht op den Excavateur (...)", "Zuidelijke Grondduiker met uitneembaren koker in den Gemeenschaps polder (...). 14 Maart 1889. Gezicht van uit het zuiden op den koker tijdens het uitnemen", "Draaibrug in den Muiderstraatweg. 11 Maart 1890. Gezicht op de brug tijdens de beproeving van dne bovenbouw van uit een punt ten zuiden van de brug en ten westen van de kanaal-as", "Draaibrug in den weg van Amsterdam naar Weesp en ophaalbrug over het Smal Weesp. 28 Juni 1890. Gezicht van uit een punt op den Stammersdijk ten oosten van de kanaal-as" and "Pont en ponthaven en Pontwachterswoning in den weg bezuiden den Diemen. 20 Augustus 1890. Gezicht van uit een punt op den oostelijken kanaaldijk bezuiden den Overdiemer weg."
- All tipped onto mount on all corners.
= The building was designed by architect Ben Merkelbach.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Most of the unmounted photographs have rubbed spots.
= With a typewritten list of the mounted views. The building complex for the Watertransportmaatschappij Rijn-Kennemerland (WRK) in Jutfaas was designed by the architect Piet Elling of the firm Merkelbach and Elling.
= Incl. various theatre scenes. Possibly the album of a member of a military amateur theatre association: incl. (group) photographs of soldiers, dated 1939-1940 i.a. in Pagny sur Moselle. Later photographs are located in Germany (i.a. Bendorf, Koblenz and Ulmen). One caption reads: "Premières photos reçues en captivité. Novembre 1940" (photographs of children and family members).
"Jeunesses Théatrales de Belgique. Troupe d'Amateurs". Album containing ±60 mounted photographs and several leaflets, programmes, booklets and clippings, ±1943-1945, contemp. wr., obl. 8vo size.
= The Jeunesses Théatrales de Belgique performed under the patronage of the Volunteer Army Welfare Services.
= Lively and occasionally intimate snapshots, showing military exercises in the snow and mountains.
= SIGNED "Athlone 1931" in pen and ink by the Duke. Athlone was the son of the Duke and Duchess of Teck and a cousin and brother-in-law of King George V. He served as Governor-general of South Africa (1924-1931) and governor-general of Canada (1940-1946).
- Contents trifle yellowed/ foxed. Frontcover trifle stained; new ties.
= With dedication page w. manuscript entry to Cornelis Hondius, member of the exhibition committee.
- Mounted under passepartout.
= Verso mount w. linocut plate "NAFV Het Baken" and printed ticket of the "5e Amsterdamsche Kerstsalon van Fotografische Kunst 1938 (...)".
AND 9 other portraits, all but one by the same: 7 mounted 'photodiplographs' and another type of photograph of i.a. Anton Philips, W. van Laer, Pater v. Bergen, Dr. Van der leeuw, actor Louis de Vries and Buziau (all signed (etc.) in pencil on mount), and a mounted photographic portrait of an unidentified man signed "VdHaar Maarssen" on mount.