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He's got a big job.

Wow! Poor men ;) I ♥ it !

Splendid, Thanks and greetings.

An 1880 article describes the isolated fishing island that Marken will have been when these photos were taken. "The men are extraordinarily sober, and live to a great age. They leave the island every Sunday night with their boats, pass the week fishing in the Zuyder Zee, and return on the Saturday. The women educate the children, cultivate the ground, and make the clothing for the family. Like all the other Dutch women, they love cleanliness and ornament, and in their cabins also are to be seen the inevitable white curtains, glass cups, embroidered bed-covers, looking-glasses, and flowers. The greater part of them never see any other land than that of their little island. " See www.oldandsold.com/articles19/holland-14.shtml After the Afsluitdijk dam closed the Zuiderzee and formed the Ijsselmeer, Marken was joined to the mainland by a causeway in 1957. See islas.ruudbijlsma.nl/mk_en.htm

very interesting and also the extra info added by swanq !! I especially like the heart shaped cut out on the bench , which many emulate even in our times. Nice touch those big socks hanging in the corner ( I think socks ? )

I didn't realize they could post this on Flickr way back then...

Keep this around for next time you feel bad about how much crap you have lying around your house.

ahh, just as I pictured it.. thesqueedler, I don't :) I just dust, lol.

Just shows things have not changed much.