Rembrandt’s Girl | 20231216


Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn
Animation of exploring online the high resolution
(717 gigapixel) image of the Night Watch (1) . The Night Watch is a celebrated painting of the dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn — showing citizens of Amsterdam protecting the city. The painting is almost 400 years old. The high resolution image is a montage of 8439 pictures of the details , created using AI by the team of Operation Night Watch, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland.
The focus of the animation is the highlighted girl – with a chicken upside down on her belt – the mascotte of the Amsterdam Night Watch, and resembling Rembrandt’s wife Saskia Uylenburgh.

Notes

1. Operation Night Watch. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland. URL https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/operation-night-watch

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Girls’ Gym Suit 1930 Cycling along Gouwe River | 20231210

– (nederlands beneden / dutch below) –

EN – Confusing in this historical picture…those bare female legs on the bicycle!
While looking for another picture of the De Schoone Haas windmill from the paper factory along the Gouwe in Waddinxveen, I found a photo in the archives of the SAMH museum in Gouda with the mention ‘Freight ship in front of the Alblas timber trade, windmill in the background, after 1905.’ — above (20231210_1) an edited version with sharpening, and brightness adjustments.

At first glance I miss the sawmill of Alblas, and next to it the Remonstrant church – of which I previously posted moving images (1). Watching that film again shows that both buildings are further back – the Remonstrant church probably because it was a clandestine church – and therefore kept out of sight here. The film also shows this second Alblas building, on the water and close to the sawmill.
Not far from the De Schoone Haas paper-wind-mill there was another windmill – De Nijverheid, of which an overview photo was recently posted (2). That windmill – De Nijverheid – is recognized here in the background of the photo. The Schoone Haas windmill, which was closer to the Alblas company, appears to have disappeared at this time. The blades of the De Nijverheid windmill are missing here.
The Dutch windmill database mentions (info from Jacob Stolp) that the sails of De Nijverheid were removed in 1929, and the mill was demolished in 1932 (3). So this photo was taken around 1930.

At image analysis for dating, those cyclists with bare legs are initially confusing in such a historical picture. Closer inspection reveals that posing is taking place: the cyclist on the right in the picture is perhaps a boy, and is still standing next to the bicycle, which suggests that the others have just started cycling, with the young woman (girl) on the left not yet sitting straight.
Over the past month I saw a lot of photographic images of life and work along the Gouwe up to about 1920, and I almost always saw the women in skirts down to the ankles, some down to mid-calf (4).

Above is an enlargement of the cyclists (20231210_2). The woman on the bicycle in the middle wears unusual clothing with short legs with elastic on the thighs, and over that a cardigan and large (shoulder) bag.
Such fashion was found in women’s magazines from around 1930…such as the Modern Gym Suit in the American magazine The Delineator Aug. 1931, for juniors (5), with option to purchase a Butterick sewing pattern. Below is a collage of clippings (edited image) from this magazine of the one-piece v-neck gym suit…
“One just steps into it from the top and fastens it on the shoulders. Simple to make.”.


Such a One-Piece Gym Suit is also recommended in the 1932 catalog of the American Sears Roebuck with:
“You will now find this suit standard equipment in many colleges and high schools, also used by dancers …. ” (6).

Bloomer – Women’s Rights

The ‘Bloomer’ – usually larger, see also that page in the Sears Roebuck 1932 Catalog (6) – goes back – in longer versions – to the 1850s.

Satirical cartoon : In a reversal of genders, a “bloomer” asks her fiancé’s shocked father for consent to marry his son (Ref 7).

In general, women’s sport and activewear has helped emancipation (8).

John Noble’s 1895 ‘New Convertible Costume’ … appropriate for walking, golfing and wheeling. In: Los Angeles Herald, 1895 | Source K. Jungnickel in The Sociological Review (Ref. 8).


Dutch :

NL – Verwarrend in dat historisch plaatje boven…die blote vrouwenbenen op de fiets!
Op zoek naar nog een plaatje van windmolen De Schoone Haas van de papierfabriek langs de Gouwe in Waddinxveen, vond ik in het archief van het SAMH museum te Gouda een foto, met vermelding ‘Vrachtschip voor houthandel Alblas, op de achtergrond molen, na 1905.’ Hierboven (20231210_1) een bewerkte versie (met verscherping, en helderheid aanpassingen) van die foto.

Op het eerste gezicht mis ik in die foto de houtzagerij van Alblas , en daarnaast de Remonstrantse kerk – waarvan ik eerder film beeld gepost heb (1). Bij weer bekijken van die film blijkt dat die beide gebouwen meer naar achteren staan – de Remonstrantse kerk waarschijnlijk omdat het een schuilkerk was – en daarom dus wat uit het zicht. Voorts laat die film ook dit tweede Alblas gebouw zien, aan het water en dicht bij die zagerij.
Niet ver van papiermolen De Schoone Haas heeft nog een windmolen gestaan – De Nijverheid, waarvan recent een overzichts-foto is gepost (2). Die molen – De Nijverheid – wordt hier in de foto herkend op de achtergrond. De Schoone Haas molen , die dichter bij Alblas stond, blijkt dus op dit tijdstip al verdwenen. De wieken van molen De Nijverheid ontbreken hier.
De Nederlandse molen database vermeld (info van Jacob Stolp) dat de wieken van De Nijverheid werden verwijderd in 1929 , en de molen in 1932 werd afgebroken (3). Deze foto is dus rond 1930 gemaakt.

Bij de beeldanalyse voor de datering zijn die fietsers met blote benen in eerste instantie verwarrend in zo’n historisch plaatje. Nadere beschouwing van de uitvergroting hierboven van de fietsers (20231210_2) leert, dat er wordt geposeerd : de fietser rechts in beeld is misschien een jongen, en staat nog naast de fiets, wat suggereert dat de anderen zojuist zijn gaan fietsen, waarbij de jonge vrouw (meisje) links, nog niet recht zit.

De afgelopen maand zag ik veel fotografisch beeld van leven en werken langs de Gouwe tot ca 1920 , en zag ik de vrouwen vrijwel altijd in rokken tot de enkels, een enkeling tot halverwege de kuit (4).

De vrouw op de fiets in het midden draagt aparte kleding met korte pijpen met elastiek op de bovenbenen, en daarover een vest, en grote (schouder-) tas.

Dergelijke mode werd teruggevonden in vrouwenbladen van rond 1930…zoals dat Modern Gym Suit in het Amerikaanse blad The Delineator Aug. 1931 , voor jongeren … ‘Juniors’ (5), met optie om een Butterick naaipatroon aan te schaffen. Hierboven ( zie Modern Gym Suit | 20231210_3 ) een collage van knipsels uit dit blad, van het gympak uit één stuk met V-hals … ” je stapt er van boven in en sluit het op de schouders – simpel te maken. “

Zo’n One-piece Gym Suit wordt ook aangeprezen in de catalogus uit 1932 van het Amerikaanse Sears Roebuck met :
“Tegenwoordig is dit standaarduitrusting op veel hogescholen en middelbare scholen, alsook bij dansers…”(6).

Bloomer – Vrouwenrechten

De ‘Bloomer’ – doorgaans ruimer , zie ook die pagina in de Sears Roebuck Catalogus 1932 (6) – gaat terug – in langere versies – tot de 1850s.

Zie boven (20231210_4) de spotprent uit een krant/magazine van ca 1852 ‘A Poser for a Bloomer’ .
In een omgedraaide genderrol vraagt een ‘bloomer’ de geschokte vader van haar verloofde om toestemming om met zijn zoon te trouwen (Ref 7).

In het algemeen heeft sportkleding en activewear voor vrouwen, geholpen bij de emancipatie.

John Noble’s 1895 ‘New Convertible Costume’ (beeld : 20231210_5 ) … appropriate for walking, golfing and wheeling … Los Angeles Herald, 1895 (Ref. 8).


Refs

1. Alblas Hout – 1920s Waddinxveen Works – Gouwe River | 20231117 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com

2. Windmills Hoop & Nijverheid ca 1898 in Waddinxveen Along the Gouwe River | 20231208 | 1-memo•com | @michelvanderburg

3. De Nijverheid, Waddinxveen. Ten Bruggencate-nr. 01213r. Nederlandse Molendatabase | URL https://www.molendatabase.nl/molens/ten-bruggencate-nr-01213-r

4. Markt – 1920s Gouda Works – Gouwe River | 20231127 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com | URL https://1-memo.com/2023/11/27/markt-1920s-gouda-works-gouwe-river-20231127/

5. The Modern Gym Suit – in the Junior assembly of smart new cloths – Delineator Vol. 119, No. 2 August, 1931 | University of Wisconsin Library | URL https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ANZCBWLRGZ4KWD8C/pages/APXEIY7ESINPKB8K

6. Gym suits, Sears Roebuck Catalog, 1932 in : The History of Fashion for Getting Physical | Summer Lee | The Vintage Woman Magazine | URL https://thevintagewomanmagazine.com/history-of-exercise-fashion/

7. A Poser for a Bloomer. By J L (monogram) ca 1852. | Bodleian Libraries Oxford University | Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY. URL https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40711232 . Satirical cartoon about the Bloomerism movement. Girl in bloomers seeking consent to marry from her fiance’s father. Cutting from newspaper/magazine. Shelfmark: Fashion 19 (56) (subsection: Satire and reform movements: Bloomers and Bloomerism).

8. Jungnickel, K. (2023). Convertible, multiple and hidden: The inventive lives of women’s sport and activewear 1890–1940. The Sociological Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261231153754

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3. Modern Gym Suit | 20231210_3 | 1-memo•com | @michelvanderburg | Edited montage of cuttings from The Delineator Aug. 1931 (Ref. 5) | TakeNode a1543a33-f0b0-4ba4-9bb4-70978707575a

4. Bloomer ca 1852 | 20231210_4 | 1-memo•com | A Poser for a Bloomer. By J L (monogram) ca 1852. | Bodleian Libraries Oxford University | Wikimedia Commons. CC BY | Takenode e7f54d92-800e-4e06-be2f-b54c019bbecc

5. John Noble’s 1895 ‘New Convertible Costume’ | 20231210_5 | 1-memo•com | Los Angeles Herald, 1895 | TakeNode 34a18b6c-7562-4310-ba79-713dca5bb018

Gouda Candle Factory – 1920s Gouda Works – Gouwe River | 20231130

Gouda Candle Factory – 1920s

NL – Productie van kaarsen in de Koninklijke Stearine Kaarsenfabriek Gouda, in een fabriekscomplex (met ook Viruly’s zeepziederij die overgenomen was) gelegen aan de Goudse stadsgracht Turfsingel tussen de Gouwe en Hollandsche IJssel.
Bewerking uit films rond 1918 gemaakt door Willy Mullens | Haghe Film | Open Beelden / Celluloid Remix / Eye Filmmuseum | Beeld & Geluid.

EN – Production of Gouda candles – in the Royal Stearine Candle Factory Gouda in a factory complex (with Viruly’s Soap factory having been taken over) located on the Gouda city canal Turfsingel, between the Gouwe river and Hollandsche IJssel river, in Holland.
Edit from films made around 1918 by Willy Mullens | Haghe Film | Open Images / Celluloid Remix / Eye Filmmuseum | Sound & Vision.

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French Refugees October 1918 in Holland | 20231031


Silent film — Towards the end of World War I – in the summer 1918 , after the Allies defeated the Germans in the Second Battle of the Marne – large groups of Belgians and French refugees flee in front of the retreating enemy force to the neutral Netherlands.

The Dutch army and Red Cross prepared to receive a possible 100,000 evacuees in the border towns in the south of the Netherlands.

After wandering weeks in the north of France , and next crossing Belgium on foot, the first group of French refugees arrived at the Dutch border October 20, completely exhausted.

At the gate in the electric wire fence at the border to the Netherlands – the so-called ‘Death Wire’ (dutch : Dodendraad ) Dutch soldiers took them over from German escorts.

Some refugees had travelled by tram part of the route crossing Belgium to the belgian border town Molenbeersel.

At the dutch border the refugees were welcomed and ladies from relief committees provide the refugees with food and drinks on the road to Stramproy in the Netherlands.

Within days , thousands of French refugees arrive in the village of Stramproy and are transferred to the city of Weert .

On arrival in the city center of Weert the dutch army registered people and handed out soup and bread.

The weak, the sick, and maternity women were cared for by the Red Cross and taken to an aid post for further care.

The refugees were sheltered the night in buildings like convents and schools in Weert, before being housed elsewhere in the country the following days.

References

Source (video footage) : Belgische vluchtelingen 1e Wereldoorlog. Open Images | Beeld & Geluid (Sound &Vision).

Weert en het einde van W.O.-I. | Jan Henkens | Stichting Historisch Onderzoek Weert | URL http://www.showeert.nl

Noord-Franse vluchtelingen in Weert 1918 in Den Grooten Oorlog | Grevenbroekmuseum vzw | URL https://www.grevenbroekmuseum.be

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Amazigh Woman at Work | 20230529


Meeting Imazighen (‘free people’) women working in the palm grove of the oasis town Tinghir south of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco , Africa, Sept 2005.
Filmed using the first ‘ultra-slim’ Sony DSC-T1 camera. Music : Debdou by Idan Balas | Artlist. Film : Amazigh Woman at Work | 20230529 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media | TakeNode f3f9af69-f2d2-447c-a515-24aacbd5bd2b

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‘Venice in the Marolles’ Carnival | 20230218


“Venise dans les Marolles” / Venetië in de Marollen. Parade “Les Belles et Beaux” de Carnaval around the flea market in the Marolles quarter Sunday afternoon March 10, 2019.
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