130 years – Waterloopleinmarket photo’s
Amsterdam, July 2015. The Waterlooplein market exists 130 years. Therefore presents the authentic-Amsterdam market, a list in pictures of stalls, floor trading, market traders and visitors from 1885 to today.
Friday, July 10 at 12.00 opens Jeanine van Pinxteren, managing director city commission District Centre, the exhibition, which is decorated in the pop-up store at the Houtkopersdwarsstraat 6 (opposite Coffee Company). The exhibition is open until August 29 there on Tuesday / Saturday from 12:00 to 17:00 hours. Admission is free.
The exhibited material comes from the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam City Archives, the National Archives, MokumsNL local people and people from the market. There is also seen a mystery pictures. Visitors who guess in what year and month of the photo was made, received the picture in a nice frame.
Market History
The exhibition in the smallest photo museum in the Netherlands paints a picture of the dynamic Waterlooplein market history into five periods (1885 – 1915, 1915 – 1945, 1945 – 1970, 1970 – 1995 and 1995-2015). On June 8, 1885 the first market authorization was issued. Originally mainly the Jewish merchants drive here their trade. After 1945 the market vendors benefited of the high demand for consumer goods. In the time of the hippie and flower power, the 60s and ’70s, the market was very popular. In 1977, the market traders moved temporarily for construction of city hall and Opera and Ballet; 11 years later they came back home on Waterloo Square.
