19th Century Amsterdam Fair Prints

Prints depicting Amsterdam's garbage collectors from the early 1800s, featuring illustrations and poems about their duties and local culture.

Amsterdam, Wendel en Zoon, J., Vuilnis-karmans kermis-wensch, Fair print of the garbage men of Amsterdam for the year 1835, verso - stamped, Fair print of the Amsterdam garbage men for the year 1835. Round representation within an octagonal border with a view of the Mint in Amsterdam where a man with a ratchet is standing by a garbage cart. Another man is collecting money at a house. With a poem in two columns. Of the garbage cart man in district no. 19: Johannis Bongaards., print, kermisprent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 335 mm, width 208 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1835 - 1835, paper, papier, letterpress printing, letterpress, woodcut, Dutch, printer, drukker
Amsterdam, Wendel en Zoon, J., Vuilnis-karmans kermis-wensch, Fair print of the garbage men of Amsterdam for the year 1835, verso - stamped, Fair print of the Amsterdam garbage men for the year 1835. Round representation within an octagonal border with a view of the Mint in Amsterdam where a man with a ratchet is standing by a garbage cart. Another man is collecting money at a house. With a poem in two columns. Of the garbage cart man in district no. 19: Johannis Bongaards., print, kermisprent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 335 mm, width 208 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1835 - 1835, paper, papier, letterpress printing, letterpress, woodcut, Dutch, printer, drukker