Girls’ Gym Suit 1930 Cycling along Gouwe River | 20231210

– (nederlands beneden / dutch below) –

EN – Confusing in this historical picture…those bare female legs on the bicycle !
While looking for another picture of the De Schoone Haas windmill from the paper factory along the Gouwe in Waddinxveen, I found a photo in the archives of the SAMH museum in Gouda with the mention ‘Freight ship in front of the Alblas timber trade, windmill in the background, after 1905.’ — above (20231210_1) an edited version with sharpening, and brightness adjustments.

At first glance I miss the sawmill of Alblas, and next to it the Remonstrant church – of which I previously posted moving images (1). Watching that film again shows that both buildings are further back – the Remonstrant church probably because it was a clandestine church – and therefore kept out of sight here. The film also shows this second Alblas building, on the water and close to the sawmill.
Not far from the De Schoone Haas paper-wind-mill there was another windmill – De Nijverheid, of which an overview photo was recently posted (2). That windmill – De Nijverheid – is recognized here in the background of the photo. The Schoone Haas windmill, which was closer to the Alblas company, appears to have disappeared at this time. The blades of the De Nijverheid windmill are missing here.
The Dutch windmill database mentions (info from Jacob Stolp) that the sails of De Nijverheid were removed in 1929, and the mill was demolished in 1932 (3). So this photo was taken around 1930.

At image analysis for dating, those cyclists with bare legs are initially confusing in such a historical picture. Closer inspection reveals that posing is taking place: the cyclist on the right in the picture is perhaps a boy, and is still standing next to the bicycle, which suggests that the others have just started cycling, with the young woman (girl) on the left not yet sitting straight.
Over the past month I saw a lot of photographic images of life and work along the Gouwe up to about 1920, and I almost always saw the women in skirts down to the ankles, some down to mid-calf (4).

Above is an enlargement of the cyclists (20231210_2). The woman on the bicycle in the middle wears unusual clothing with short legs with elastic on the thighs, and over that a cardigan and large (shoulder) bag.
Such fashion was found in women’s magazines from around 1930…such as the Modern Gym Suit in the American magazine The Delineator Aug. 1931, for juniors (5), with option to purchase a Butterick sewing pattern. Below is a collage of clippings (edited image) from this magazine of the one-piece v-neck gym suit…
“One just steps into it from the top and fastens it on the shoulders. Simple to make.”.


Such a One-Piece Gym Suit is also recommended in the 1932 catalog of the American Sears Roebuck with:
“You will now find this suit standard equipment in many colleges and high schools, also used by dancers …. ” (6).

Bloomer – Women’s Rights

The ‘Bloomer’ – usually larger, see also that page in the Sears Roebuck 1932 Catalog (6) – goes back – in longer versions – to the 1850s.

Satirical cartoon : In a reversal of genders, a “bloomer” asks her fiancé’s shocked father for consent to marry his son (Ref 7).

In general, women’s sport and activewear has helped emancipation (8).

John Noble’s 1895 ‘New Convertible Costume’ … appropriate for walking, golfing and wheeling. In: Los Angeles Herald, 1895 | Source K. Jungnickel in The Sociological Review (Ref. 8).


Dutch :

NL – Verwarrend in dat historisch plaatje boven…die blote vrouwenbenen op de fiets!
Op zoek naar nog een plaatje van windmolen De Schoone Haas van de papierfabriek langs de Gouwe in Waddinxveen, vond ik in het archief van het SAMH museum te Gouda een foto, met vermelding ‘Vrachtschip voor houthandel Alblas, op de achtergrond molen, na 1905.’ Hierboven (20231210_1) een bewerkte versie (met verscherping, en helderheid aanpassingen) van die foto.

Op het eerste gezicht mis ik in die foto de houtzagerij van Alblas , en daarnaast de Remonstrantse kerk – waarvan ik eerder film beeld gepost heb (1). Bij weer bekijken van die film blijkt dat die beide gebouwen meer naar achteren staan – de Remonstrantse kerk waarschijnlijk omdat het een schuilkerk was – en daarom dus wat uit het zicht. Voorts laat die film ook dit tweede Alblas gebouw zien, aan het water en dicht bij die zagerij.
Niet ver van papiermolen De Schoone Haas heeft nog een windmolen gestaan – De Nijverheid, waarvan recent een overzichts-foto is gepost (2). Die molen – De Nijverheid – wordt hier in de foto herkend op de achtergrond. De Schoone Haas molen , die dichter bij Alblas stond, blijkt dus op dit tijdstip al verdwenen. De wieken van molen De Nijverheid ontbreken hier.
De Nederlandse molen database vermeld (info van Jacob Stolp) dat de wieken van De Nijverheid werden verwijderd in 1929 , en de molen in 1932 werd afgebroken (3). Deze foto is dus rond 1930 gemaakt.

Bij de beeldanalyse voor de datering zijn die fietsers met blote benen in eerste instantie verwarrend in zo’n historisch plaatje. Nadere beschouwing van de uitvergroting hierboven van de fietsers (20231210_2) leert, dat er wordt geposeerd : de fietser rechts in beeld is misschien een jongen, en staat nog naast de fiets, wat suggereert dat de anderen zojuist zijn gaan fietsen, waarbij de jonge vrouw (meisje) links, nog niet recht zit.

De afgelopen maand zag ik veel fotografisch beeld van leven en werken langs de Gouwe tot ca 1920 , en zag ik de vrouwen vrijwel altijd in rokken tot de enkels, een enkeling tot halverwege de kuit (4).

De vrouw op de fiets in het midden draagt aparte kleding met korte pijpen met elastiek op de bovenbenen, en daarover een vest, en grote (schouder-) tas.

Dergelijke mode werd teruggevonden in vrouwenbladen van rond 1930…zoals dat Modern Gym Suit in het Amerikaanse blad The Delineator Aug. 1931 , voor jongeren … ‘Juniors’ (5), met optie om een Butterick naaipatroon aan te schaffen. Hierboven ( zie Modern Gym Suit | 20231210_3 ) een collage van knipsels uit dit blad, van het gympak uit één stuk met V-hals … ” je stapt er van boven in en sluit het op de schouders – simpel te maken. “

Zo’n One-piece Gym Suit wordt ook aangeprezen in de catalogus uit 1932 van het Amerikaanse Sears Roebuck met :
“Tegenwoordig is dit standaarduitrusting op veel hogescholen en middelbare scholen, alsook bij dansers…”(6).

Bloomer – Vrouwenrechten

De ‘Bloomer’ – doorgaans ruimer , zie ook die pagina in de Sears Roebuck Catalogus 1932 (6) – gaat terug – in langere versies – tot de 1850s.

Zie boven (20231210_4) de spotprent uit een krant/magazine van ca 1852 ‘A Poser for a Bloomer’ .
In een omgedraaide genderrol vraagt een ‘bloomer’ de geschokte vader van haar verloofde om toestemming om met zijn zoon te trouwen (Ref 7).

In het algemeen heeft sportkleding en activewear voor vrouwen, geholpen bij de emancipatie.

John Noble’s 1895 ‘New Convertible Costume’ (beeld : 20231210_5 ) … appropriate for walking, golfing and wheeling … Los Angeles Herald, 1895 (Ref. 8).


Refs

1. Alblas Hout – 1920s Waddinxveen Works – Gouwe River | 20231117 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com
2. Windmills Hoop & Nijverheid ca 1898 in Waddinxveen Along the Gouwe River | 20231208 | 1-memo•com | @michelvanderburg
3. De Nijverheid, Waddinxveen. Ten Bruggencate-nr. 01213r. Nederlandse Molendatabase | URL https://www.molendatabase.nl/molens/ten-bruggencate-nr-01213-r
4. Markt – 1920s Gouda Works – Gouwe River | 20231127 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com | URL https://1-memo.com/2023/11/27/markt-1920s-gouda-works-gouwe-river-20231127/
5. The Modern Gym Suit – in the Junior assembly of smart new cloths – Delineator Vol. 119, No. 2 August, 1931 | University of Wisconsin Library | URL https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ANZCBWLRGZ4KWD8C/pages/APXEIY7ESINPKB8K
6. Gym suits, Sears Roebuck Catalog, 1932 in : The History of Fashion for Getting Physical | Summer Lee | The Vintage Woman Magazine | URL https://thevintagewomanmagazine.com/history-of-exercise-fashion/
7. A Poser for a Bloomer. By J L (monogram) ca 1852. | Bodleian Libraries Oxford University | Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY. URL https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40711232 . Satirical cartoon about the Bloomerism movement. Girl in bloomers seeking consent to marry from her fiance’s father. Cutting from newspaper/magazine. Shelfmark: Fashion 19 (56) (subsection: Satire and reform movements: Bloomers and Bloomerism).
8. Jungnickel, K. (2023). Convertible, multiple and hidden: The inventive lives of women’s sport and activewear 1890–1940. The Sociological Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261231153754

Citation info : Girls’ Gym Suit 1930 Cycling along Gouwe River | 20231210 | 1-memo•com | @michelvanderburg

Images

1. Girls’ Gym Suit 1930 Cycling in Waddinxveen along Gouwe River | 20231210_1 | 1-memo•com | @michelvanderburg | TakeNode 9e5188f1-2ced-458a-817c-9e8bcc221b85

2. Dutch Girls’ Gym Suit 1930 | 20231210_2 | 1-memo•com | @michelvanderburg | TakeNode cbf51c72-fd08-4a93-90a2-ff3e9f3a1240

3. Modern Gym Suit | 20231210_3 | 1-memo•com | @michelvanderburg | Edited montage of cuttings from The Delineator Aug. 1931 (Ref. 5) | TakeNode a1543a33-f0b0-4ba4-9bb4-70978707575a

4. Bloomer ca 1852 | 20231210_4 | 1-memo•com | A Poser for a Bloomer. By J L (monogram) ca 1852. | Bodleian Libraries Oxford University | Wikimedia Commons. CC BY | Takenode e7f54d92-800e-4e06-be2f-b54c019bbecc

5. John Noble’s 1895 ‘New Convertible Costume’ | 20231210_5 | 1-memo•com | Los Angeles Herald, 1895 | TakeNode 34a18b6c-7562-4310-ba79-713dca5bb018

Mobilization Holland 1939

Mobilization Holland 1939 | Dutch cinema news August 1939. Just before Hitler invades Poland (Sep 1, 1939), the Dutch government can no longer ignore the danger of war, and pre-mobilization August 24, 1939 of Dutch military is followed by mobilization August 28. Source : Polygoon Hollands Nieuws (Aug 1939) | Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision ~ Film : Mobilization Holland 1939 | 20220307 | Michel van der Burg | Settela•Com

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Netherlands’ Fight World War II

Netherlands’ Fight World War II | 20220303 | Settela•Com | Three years of the Netherlands’ fight against the axis 1940-1943

Film about the Dutch urge for freedom in the Second World War, which is said to be rooted in Dutch history. This is followed by images of the pre-war Netherlands with typical views (including the Rijksmuseum, the Night Watch (Nachtwacht), the Muntplein square in Amsterdam, the viaduct of the Hofplein line, new industrial residential areas, Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol), the Afsluitdijk dike, the Dutch East Indies, Curaçao and the Hague Peace Palace (Vredespaleis). A look back at the mobilization with Hr.Ms. Tromp, artillery and soldiers along the waterline. The German invasion including Rotterdam, Moerdijk bridges and Zeeland. HMS Queen Wilhelmina on arrival in England accompanied by baron C. de Vos van Steenwijk. A look at the contribution of the Dutch East Indies. Negotiation with Japanese envoy. Mobilization with images of new material. The declaration of war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bombardment of Catalinas on [Japanese submarine]. Glenn-Martin’s Bombardment of [Japanese Ships]. The Battle in the Java Sea. The Japanese invasion. Training center for Dutch people in Canada and England and the training of Dutch pilots in America. Images of the army in Suriname during the war with Marmon-Herrington tank. Training in the Netherlands Antilles. Convoy protection. Torpedo boat (TM-8) in view. Patrolling in the West Indies and the transfer by President Roosevelt of the submarine fighter Hr.Ms. Queen Wilhelmina to HMS Queen Wilhelmina on 30 July 1942. The merchant navy fleet of the Netherlands. Images from the occupied Netherlands.

World War II documentary produced in 1944 by the Netherlands Information Bureau (N.I.B.) – an Agency of the Netherlands Kingdom, in het Rockefeller Center in New York , USA . Propaganda – Dutch diplomacy – during World War II for international public (especially the USA) aiming at international cooperation in the fight against the Axis alliance – that is : against Germany, Italy, and Japan . Source : Collection Netherlands Institute of Military History (NIMH).

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Night Fall West-Terschelling


Happy holidays in the little harbor town West-Terschelling on the dutch Wadden island Terschelling, December 2016.
Night Fall West-Terschelling ~ Music : Clair du Lune (Debussy) by Ohad Ben Ari | Artlist ~ Film : 20201209 Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media

Sea Sparkle


Sea Sparkle ~ Sébastiaan Stevens plays his handpan drum on deck of the clipper Wilhelmina summer 2018 in the port of the dutch Wadden Sea island Vlieland. Sea Sparkle showed up in front of us – a tip from shipper Harriët.

A first edition of this film was published 20180725 with the title : Sébastiaan’s Sea Sparkle .
This new edition of the film (20200814) now has improved color/light correction using noise reduction with Neat Video.

Sébastiaan recently published his album Hangen op Vlieland (Hang on Vlieland) via his site sebastiaanstevens.nl .

Filmed with an iPhone X – using the Sennheiser Ambeo headset for recording binaural 3D sound. Best listen with your headphones.

Sea Sparkle ~ Music : Handpan drum improvisation by Sébastiaan Stevens | sebastiaanstevens.nl ~ Film : 20200814 Michel van der Burg | miracles.media

Sailing to Skye


Sailing to Skye ~
Filmed summer 2018 on the clipper Wilhelmina (wadgenieten.nl) sailing the dutch Wadden Sea.
Before (20181129) my documentary ‘Clipper Wilhelmina Sailing the Wadden Sea’ was posted here https://michelvanderburg.com/2018/11/29/clipper-wilhelmina-sailing-the-wadden-sea/ .

Sailing to Skye ~ Music : Skye Boat Song (Traditional Scottish arr D Reiter) by Healing Muses | Magnatune (id 1110030198116) ~ Film : 20200811 Michel van der Burg | Miracles.Media ~ Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0