I really like this photograph.
I came across it in the Westfries Archief, in a collection of old photographs from West Friesland. It’s dated 1900, and there’s a lot going on in this snapshot!
The description in Dutch tells us more. Westerbuurt, Venhuizen. Links café Landmans Welvaren, bewoond door de familie Bloemendaal. V.l.n.r.: Aagje Bloemendaal-Stam, Trien Bierhaalder, Jan Zee, Herman Bakker, Aafje Bloemendaal met fiets, onbekend, Maartje Schoenmaker-Eilander, Aafje Schoenmaker, Jan Vriend, postbode, Jan Beemsterboer, bulloper, en mr. Boon, geneesheer.
I don’t know the Venhuizen Zee’s as well as I do closer branches of the family, but some of the other names ring a bell, and I hope to be able to find him.
But first, the scene. It would be nice to colorize it and bring it a little more to life.
