Commons:NIMH donation 2017
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Netherlands Institute for Military History | |||
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Native name | Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (NIMH) | ||
Parent institution | Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands | ||
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Established | 1 July 2005 | ||
Website | NIMH | ||
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In 2017, Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (Netherlands Institute of Military History) donated 1142 aerial photographs of the Netherlands to Wikimedia Commons. They were taken in the years 1920-1940 by the Technische Dienst Luchtvaartafdeeling (precursor of the present Royal Netherlands Air Force) and show towns, castles and fortifications.
Gallery
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Towns
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Waag, Amsterdam
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Paleis voor Volksvlijt in Amsterdam before...
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...and after it burned down in 1929.
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Leiden city hall on the Breestraat after the fire of 1929.
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Rotterdam city center before destruction by the German airforce in 1940. City hall at the right.
Castles and monuments
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Peace Palace, The Hague
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De Rode Olifant, The Hague
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Kasteel Weldam
Fortifications
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Fort Roovers
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Fort Sabina Henrica
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Spaarndam
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Fort Schiphol
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Fort Uitermeer
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Fort Vechten
Miscellaneous
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ENKA rayon factory, Ede
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Inundation of Gennep by the Meuse, 1926
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Katwijk
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Kornwerderzand, Afsluitdijk
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Demolition of a bridge near Nieuwersluis
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Oostvoorne
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Urk as an island before reclamation in the Noordoostpolder.