[A woman from Volendam and a woman from Marken, each wearing the traditional hat from their village; and printed stationery for the Grand Hotel Victoria in Amsterdam, featuring a view of the hotel sitting along a canal, a boat travelling in the water]

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Title: [A woman from Volendam and a woman from Marken, each wearing the traditional hat from their village; and printed stationery for the Grand Hotel Victoria in Amsterdam, featuring a view of the hotel sitting along a canal, a boat travelling in the water]
Date: 1931 May 6
Creator: Riesman, Evelyn Hastings, 1912-1998.
Notes: Evelyn [Hastings Thompson Riesman] ALS to Dearest Family [Maurice de Kay and Lilian Hastings Thompson], May 6, 1931. The Hague, [NL], page 3. From a collection of letters that Evelyn and Jan Thompson wrote to their parents in Brookline, Massachusetts, from 1930-1936. The bulk of the correspondence consists of Evelyn's letters about her education in Paris, France, and at Bryn Mawr College, and about her life and editorial work in Washington, D.C. Evelyn's sister Jan wrote 4 illustrated letters from Bermuda in the fall of 1935.
Names and Subjects: Amsterdam (Netherlands)--1930-1940.; Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Pictorial works.; Amsterdam (Netherlands) in art.; Boats--Netherlands--1930-1940.; Boats in art.; Bodies of water--1930-1940.; Bodies of water--Pictorial works.; Bodies of water in art.; Canals--Netherlands--Amsterdam--1930-1940.; Canals--Netherlands--Pictorial works.; Canals in art.; Hats--1930-1940.; Hats--Pictorial works.; Hats in art.; Letterheads--1930-1940.; Letterheads--Pictorial works.; Marken Island (Netherlands); Volendam (Netherlands); Women, White.; Women--Netherlands--1930-1940.; Women--Pictorial works.; Women in art.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letterheads.; Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pen and ink drawings.; Printed ephemera.
Collection Title: Evelyn and Jan Thompson letters
Collection Creator: Thompson, Lilian Hastings and Thompson, Maurice de Kay, 1877-.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 7462
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2019-02-27 11:26:04

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