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Holland trip recollections by Rev Suyker after war ruined cities
The article recounts Rev. Anton C. Suyker’s voyage to Holland with photos, recalling Amsterdam Rotterdam and Leiden, his Holland stay in Rotterdam with family, the Zuiderzee dam and polders, tulips and bulbs trade, and travel notes. It notes tense weather, ship HAL Ryndam voyage, and comparisons of living costs and housing shortages between Holland and the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton C. Suyker
Holland
Aurora
Ill
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Philadelphia
Ohio
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Germany
Liberty
Betsy Ross House
New York
St. John the Divine
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Empire State Building
RCA
Statue of Liberty
China Town
Central Park
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
Holland American Line
HAL
Ryndam
Ireland
Cobh
Southampton
le Havre
France
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Low Lands
Zuiderzee
Zuider Sea
Westland
Philips
Delft
Marken
Volendam
Amsterdam
Haaue
Haarlem
Leiden
Schiedam
Dordrecht
Hilversum
Utrecht
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
Europe
Venice
Nieuwe Maas
Amsterdam Schiedam
Vlaardingen
North Sea