Showing posts with label Holland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holland. Show all posts

Friday, December 19, 2025

Raadskelde(r)


 

More often than not, there really isn't much research that can be done on the old photos in my collection.  But every once in a while, there are things I can look into.  With the gothic style lettering on the building and the style of architecture, I was sure this photo must have been taken in Germany, but then I went to Google Translate and typed in Raadskelde and it came up as Dutch, and the meaning, council cellar.  Then, after scanning the picture, and blowing it up a bit, it looked like there might be an extra letter at the end.  So, I started typing different possibilities, and Raadskelder was the only word that worked.  Again, it translated as council cellar, but this time in Afrikaans.  I suppose that makes sense.  After all, Afrikaans is a Dutch dialect.  So, was this picture taken in the Netherlands, or South Africa?  

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Views of the World, Canal, Amsterdam, Holland



Think Holland and you think canals or tulips.  I suspect it would have been too hard for some poor colorist to go in and do thousands of tulips.

I'll return to more postcards from this collection in about a month,give or take.  In the mean time, click on Views of the World in labels at the bottom of the post to see more.