Sujet

The Hague, Netherlands, 1914. Creator: Katherine Jean Macfee.

Légende

The Hague, Netherlands, 1914. A large crowd of people outside the Netherlands Bank in Den Haag (The Hague), just 4 days after the start of the First World War. The photographer was on holiday in Holland at the outbreak of the First World War and this photograph was taken just 4 days later. After the Austro-Hungarian declaration of war against Serbia on 28th July 1914, the Amsterdam stock exchange closed and there was a subsequent run on the banks with people withdrawing their savings.

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Cette image relate un sujet sensible. Les termes utilisés doivent être vus sous un angle historique et daté. S'il ne sont plus utilisés ou jugés appropriés aujourd'hui, ils étaient d'usage courant et acceptés au moment où le contenu a été créé. Il n'y a aucune intention d'offenser qui que ce soit et le contenu présenté ici doit être remis dans son contexte historique.

Date

1914

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM23A01_248

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,2Mo (4,2Mo) / 47,4cm x 35,5cm / 5597 x 4194 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building people money bank finance trade Netherlands Dutch color panic frightened war location century customer customers worry worried alarm scared afraid savings first world war wartime concept The Hague frightening B&W fearful Colour frighten World War I WWI black & white black and white B W white and black World War One 1910s 20th century 1st World War TGN WW1 outside street photograph financial crisis Historic England Low Countries Katherine Jean Macfee Macfee Katherine Jean Macfee Katherine Jane De Nederlandsche Bank Netherlands Bank