Top left - men carrying large cheese sledges out of a building with flag over doorway. On the reverse 'Weighing a sale'. Top right a man dressed in white with broad brimmed hat at the front of a large cheese sledge. On the reverse 'Alkmaar Cheese market, Porter (various coloured hats to denote firm) and cheese sledge'.

Middle - A boy sitting on the side of a barge with a girl in traditional dress kneeling behind wiping his hand. Captioned 'Boy and girl on barge'. On the reverse 'Boy and girl wearing local costume - Alkmaar - on barge into which cheeses were being loaded'.

Bottom left - On the left four loaded cheese sledges. On the right a man is rolling cheeses down a wooden chute into a barge. On the left in front Joy Dawson is keeling by the chute. In the background a crowd of men and women. Captioned 'Barge loading chute'. On the reverse 'Joy - at loading chute into barge'.

Bottom right - a woman in traditional dress at a cheese counter with several round cheeses and boxes. Captioned 'Souvenir sales girls'. On the reverse 'Lay in local (Alkmaar) costume selling cheese to visitors'.

Right page.

Top left - a town on shoreline taken from out to sea. Captioned 'leaving V[?]'. Top right a group of fisherman in fishing clothes sitting and standing in front of a building. Captioned 'Fishermen of Volendam - normal dress'. On the reverse 'Fisherman of Volendam - normal dress'.

Middle left - six concertinaed folded postcards showing people in local dress and village scenes with houses, women washing clothes and a small lifting bridge.

Middle left underneath postcards - a distant view of a shoreline. On the reverse 'The whole of Marken - from Zuider Zee'.

Middle right - a harbour entrance with piers and buidings surrounding. Captioned 'Marken Harbour'. On the reverse ' Marken from Zuider Zee. Cottage on far right is the one of interior view on snap 16'.

Bottom - inside a house a wall with mounted plates, a curtained alcove with bed and a grandfather clock. Captioned 'Interior of cottage showing double bed in wall'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Alkmaar]]> Netherlands--Marken Island]]> Netherlands--Volendam]]> Netherlands--IJssel Lake]]> 1952]]>

Top left - Stephen Dawson on left facing three women in traditional dress. To the right a single story building and behind another woman. Captioned 'Villagers of Marken with "Commercial Traveller"!!'. On the reverse 'Three women and travelling salesman (commercial traveller to you Fred!), Marken'.

Top right - a man wearing plus fours and flat cap leaning down to hold hand of a little boy in traditional dress. Captioned 'Little boy - Lace on front of jacket, coloured apron, circular pattern on hat'. On the reverse 'Old man and young boy - recognised by lace down front of jacket, coloured apron and circular pattern on back of hat, Marken'.

Bottom left Joy and Stephen Dawson in front of sailing boats. On the reverse 'J and S by fishing boat of Z.Z at Volendam'.

Bottom right - three children sitting and a fourth in a baby buggy on a wood veranda in front of a building. Captioned 'four female children'. On the reverse 'Four female children in normal dress on Marken'.

Right page.

Top left - head an shoulders image of Joy Dawson wearing coat and striped top. In the background a building. Captioned 'Happy?'.

Top right - Christine Dawson crouching down in shallow water at a beach. Captioned 'Dunking'. Middle - Christine Dawson running in shallow water at beach with large shore front building in the background. Captioned 'Splashing'. Bottom left - Christine Dawson standing under a shower. Captioned 'cold shower'. On the reverse ' Cold shower at changing huts at Schev'. Bottom right - Christine Dawson kneeling in sand on a beach with an ice cream. Joy Dawson sitting in the backgrounds. All captioned 'Four ways of getting wet'.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Marken Island]]> Netherlands--Volendam]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> 1952]]>
Netherlands--Volendam]]>