My mother flying back to the US from the Netherlands on Pan Am circa 1958.
Netherlands
Johanna Fokkens – Maternal Grandmother – Amsterdam Rooftop
My grandmother as a young woman with colleagues taking a break up on the roof in Amsterdam circa 1920s
My grandmother as a young woman with colleagues taking a break up on the roof in Amsterdam circa 1920s (central)
My grandmother as a young woman with colleagues taking a break up on the roof in Amsterdam circa 1920s - (second from right bottom row)
Amsterdam Rondvaart – Cruising the Canals with Oma
Rondvaart with Oma circa 1964
Oma with the cigarettes that killed her.
Another Annual Summer Rondvaart with my mom Willy – circa 1965
The first pleasure cruise in the history of the Amsterdam canals took place in 1621 when Queen Elisabeth Stuart of Bohemia was welcomed into the city in a parade of festively decorated admiralty sloops, with thousands of Amsterdammers cheering on bridges and canal-sides. Treating visiting royals and other VIP’s to a cruise on our canals became a tradition that lives on till today. From Winston Churchill to the Beatles and Nelson Mandela, almost all our famous guests have made their acquaintance with the city from the deck of a canal cruise boat. Rondvaart – Canal Cruises
Pre-WWII Philips Electronics Ad – Harlingen – Friesland, Netherlands
Philips Ad – Fading Ad Campaign, August 1998 – © Frank H. Jump
This treasure was spotted while my mom and I were travelling through Friesland, Holland’s northern province. The language spoken there is totally different than Dutch.
I love the toaster in the upper left. This fresco is truly a work of art created by the original artist, and time.
This ad is quite possibly pre-World War II. – Fading Ad Campaign
Harlingen Flag – Wikipedia
Location of Harlingen in Northern Netherlands – Friesland
Harlingen was given its city rights in 1234.
More on the Frisian language.
The Amersfoort, Netherlands & Amersfort, Brooklyn Partnership
In 2009 – The 400 Year Anniversary Henry Hudson Set Sail from Amsterdam & the 750th Anniversary of Amersfoort, NL
ANYtime-us.nl
Representatives from Amersfoort Netherlands contacted the Amersfort School of Social Awareness earlier this year to ask if we were interested in collaborating on a cultural exchange with the schools in the Amersfoort District in the Netherlands. Since our school had just become a Magnet School for Global & Ethical Studies and our $100,000 technology grant just came through, we were thrilled. We have met with the ANYtime-US-NL committee and have plans for our schools to collaborate on blog projects over this academic year culminating in a Cultural Fair in June 2009 to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the founding of Amersfoort, NL and the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s voyage to the New World from Amsterdam.
Jenny, Frank, Koen & Sabine @ PS 119 Amersfort School Library, Brooklyn
Koen & Sabine with Any - ANYtime Flicker Photostream
Last week, Koen Steenbergen & Sabine van Erkel came to visit our school and kicked off a cookie contest that was happening concurrently in the Netherlands. We talked about our historical connection with the Netherlands here in New York and Brooklyn and our future connection with “the two Amersforts.” With community support and careful planning, we could see a carnival-style celebration of the Hudson & Amersfoort Anniversaries right here in Avenue J’s Amersfort Park. (download PDF of ANYtime’s plans)
Flatlands Amersfoort - André Postma
Yet again, the Internet has brought us a little closer in this every-shrinking world. A Google search turned up our school and the Amersfoort group contacted us through my Board of Ed e-mail account. To the Amerfoort group’s surprise, I speak Dutch (and lived in Amsterdam as a child) and my colleague Jenny Hobson, has a Dutch connection through her boyfriend. Jenny went to Amersfoort earlier in the year to visit their school and brought back letters and drawings that were bound into a picture book made by their students.
ANYtime Flicker Photostream
Sabine, Danya, Jenny, Barbara & Koen @ Havana Outpost - Ft. Greene - © Frank H. Jump
Embeded links:
- Amersfoort750.nl
- Henry Hudson400.com- NY
- Hudson400- Albany
- P.S.119 Amersfort School Blog
- ANYtime-US.nl
- ANYtime-US Amersfoort Flatlands Project Proposal (PDF)
- ANYtime’s Flicker Photostream (with a nod to fading ads)
- Koen Steenbergen’s comments on Brooklyn Museum Blog
