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[Werkdorp Nieuwesluis Agrarian Training Camp, Wieringermeer, The Netherlands]

Date ca. 1938
Location Nieuwesluis Wieringermeer The Netherlands
Dimensions Image: 2 1/4 x 2 in. (5.7 x 5.1 cm)
Paper: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (6.4 x 6.4 cm)
Print medium Photo-Gelatin silver

Vishniac’s Werkdorp images did not include any caption information on the few existing prints of the work, and were thus difficult to identify. A small, 2¼-inch-square contact print of three young men wearing wooden clogs provided a vital clue that facilitated the attribution of this larger body of Werkdorp material, with the assistance of curators at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. This is the only known example of a professional photographer documenting this Dutch agrarian training camp.

Copyright

© Mara Vishniac Kohn

Credit line

Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn, 2013

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