• How does a barge with mast and sail reach this point of the canal?? - dommo one

[The Oude Gracht Hamburgerbrug, Utrecht, Holland] (LOC)

[The Oude Gracht Hamburgerbrug, Utrecht, Holland]

[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].

1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Notes:
 Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905.
Print no. "6072".
Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites in the Netherlands in the Photochrom print collection.

Subjects:
 Netherlands--Utrecht.

Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Part Of: Views of architecture and other sites in the Netherlands (DLC) 2001697995

More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available athdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.05867

Call Number: LOT 13423, no. 108 [item]

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    napaeye, ClimbNow, johndecember, Isid0r0s, and 114 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. elimfcash (36 months ago | reply)

    amazing

  3. JivZ (36 months ago | reply)

    It looks the same as today :-)

  4. Juanbpn. (36 months ago | reply)

    Splendid view of Holland. Thanks and greetings.

  5. ouranticipation (36 months ago | reply)

    That's very pretty.

  6. charissa1066 (36 months ago | reply)

    Gorgeous! This is a treasure.

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  7. 8zil (36 months ago | reply)

    amazing historical documental photography!!!! oh I love holland, and this is such a great image

  8. Renê Tomczak (36 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful !!!

  9. emil11 (36 months ago | reply)

    It is almost impossible to graps the achievement of the photographer who took this shot more than a hundred years ago. It looks so crisp and beautiful. Such great photo!

  10. zona di fotographia (36 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Circa, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  11. ஃ முதல் அ வரை (36 months ago | reply)

    Wow, great view.

  12. midmophil (36 months ago | reply)

    Wikipedia review of the photochrom process:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochrom

  13. bielv (36 months ago | reply)

    great collection, congratullations

  14. Martijn W (36 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called De Utrechtse Domtoren, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  15. Susan Sandérus (36 months ago | reply)

    I live close by and it looks exactly the same today!

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  16. emmaziva1 (36 months ago | reply)

    only in Holland you can see such stunning and picturesque scenery

  17. emmaziva1 (36 months ago | reply)

    btw, my stepmother was born in Utrecht, she moved to Canada in the 70s when she married my father, she would've been very happy to see this photo.

  18. Wandelaar030 (36 months ago | reply)

    Nothing has changed, except the trees that are larger today, and the cars that are parked everywhere :-(

  19. JuneMitaPhotography (36 months ago | reply)

    I love to see the comments. As I was looking at this photo I was wondering if it would be the same, with the exception of the clothing. My curiousity has been answered.

  20. emmaziva1 (36 months ago | reply)

    I hope that it will always stay as beautiful as it is but I'm afraid of the global warming it worries me a lot when I think about Holland. If there was anything I could do to help I would surely do it

  21. SerraVentura (36 months ago | reply)

    This series is technically outstanding.
    Is there anyone still using Photochrom printing process today?

  22. Clàudia Aragon (36 months ago | reply)

    it's wonderful

  23. hoogmoet (36 months ago | reply)

    That is about here in nowadays Utrecht :

    fiets&gracht

  24. The European (36 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Houseboats of Holland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  25. RogierB (36 months ago | reply)

    Back to the future in Utrecht. Nowdays this part is pretty much the same (with exception of all the cars and bikes). Boats are still doing the delivery for businesses at the canal, such as all the restaurants in the wharfs.

  26. Matthijs Gall (36 months ago | reply)

    Not that much changed there, as you can see in Google Streetview

  27. foundmysock1 (36 months ago | reply)

    Wow the quality of the photo is impressive. The color makes the picture stand out even more and the amount of detail you are able to see is amazing.

  28. sheger22 (36 months ago | reply)

    An everyday scene, that hopefully does not get taken for granted. I would of loved to have walked outside and seen this everyday. It is beautiful.

  29. Wandelaar030 (36 months ago | reply)

    I do not take it for granted when walking or cycling here, it's beautiful in every season and even with rain :-)!

  30. dommo one (36 months ago | reply)

    A wonderful photograph, like the rest of this amazing set.

    There's something I don't understand about this picture: how come the barge on the right of the image has a mast and sail erected? To reach this location, surely it must have passed under several low bridges. Can anyone suggest an explanation?

    Looking at these and other images of the Oudegracht in former times, I almost regret that today we have all those tall trees obscuring the view of these elegant canals, bridges and buildings. And I really like trees!

  31. Wandelaar030 (36 months ago | reply)

    I guess the mast can be pulled down, otherwise it's impossible to get there indeed...

  32. dommo one (36 months ago | reply)

    Well, yes, it makes sense that the mast can be dismantled, but why erect it again at this point? No sailing to be done here.

    Maybe erecting the mast was the best way to keep it out of the way when loading and unloading. Still, I'd be curious to hear from anyone who knows about these barges and how they worked.

  33. This photo was invited and added to the Visit Holland group.

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