Caption

Houses along a ditch in Zaandam, page, photomechanical print, title: 'Afternoon in Zaandam.', photographer: Charles L. Mitchell, Zaandam, cliché maker: AW Elson & Company, Boston (Massachusetts), c. 1884 - in or before 1894, Zaanstreek, North America, Massachusetts, paper, photoaquatint, height 88 mm x width 125 mm, housing, canals, waters (in village), A narrow waterway runs down the center of the image, flanked by wooden buildings with slatted siding on the left and a mix of pitched roof houses and dense foliage on the right, their reflections visible in the water; the left structures show a small window and a door, and the rooftops display overlapping tiles and eaves, while the right side features trees and shrubs near the banks and a covered object near the edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A79_077

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.5Mb (8.5Mb) / 13.8in x 10.5in / 4142 x 3161 (300dpi)

Keywords

Houses ditch Zaandam page photomechanical print title Afternoon photographer Charles L Mitchell cliché maker AW Elson & Company Boston Massachusetts c 1884 - 1894 Zaanstreek North America paper photoaquatint height 88 mm x width 125 mm housing canals waters in village narrow waterway runs down center image flanked wooden buildings slatted siding left mix pitched roof houses dense foliage right reflections visible water left structures small window door rooftops display overlapping tiles eaves right side features trees shrubs near banks covered object near edge