| Locations | Groningen - Friesland - Drenthe - Overijssel - Flevoland - Gelderland - Utrecht - Noord-Holland - Zuid-Holland - Zeeland - Noord-Brabant - Limburg - Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Den Haag - Netherlands Antilles - Surinam - Australia - Canada - Ghana - Taiwan - USA |
|---|---|
| Topics | Baptists - Dates and times - Dutch food - Dutch history - Dutch language - Dutch names - Early Dutch settlers - Ellis Island - Genlias - Holland America Line - New to Dutch genealogy - Newsletter - Online genealogy - Pitfalls - Sources - Wilhelminakade |
This photo, titled Entrance to the Rijnhaven, with head-offices of the Holland-America Line, was published in 1928.
Nearly 80 years later I took this photo from more-or-less the same spot.
Labels: Holland America Line, Wilhelminakade
Posted by Henk
Permalink
Add your comment
Right in front of the former HAL headquarters is the sculpture Lost Luggage depot, by Canadian artist Jeff Wall. The sculpture symbolizes the many emigrants that departed for the New World.
Photo ©2006 by me, contact me if you want to place a copy on your own website.
Labels: Holland America Line, Wilhelminakade
Posted by Henk
Permalink
External link
Add your comment
Former headquarters of the Holland America Line (built in 1901), on the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam. It is flanked nowadays by two skyscrapers.
If your ancestors left for the New World in the late 19th or early 20th century, chances are they will have boarded here, on the very spot where I stood to take this photo.
In the buiding are now a hotel (Hotel New York) and a cafe/restaurant/terrace (Maaskant).
Photo ©2006 by me, contact me if you want to place a copy on your own website.
Labels: Holland America Line, Wilhelminakade
Posted by Henk
Permalink
Add your comment
Subscribe to feed
Subscribe by e-mail
This blog is a companion to my website, Trace your Dutch roots.
