This
lovely painting of a tall ship reproduced on this card is at the Zaan Streek
Museum at Zaandam. The card was sent
to me by Marijie from Holland.
Zaandam is a town
in the Netherlands, in the
province of North Holland. It is
the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad,
and received city rights in 1811.
It is located on the Zaan, close
to the North Sea Canal, and is
close to Amsterdam. The
statistical district Zaandam, which covers the city and the surrounding
countryside, has a population of around 72.597. Zaandam
was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of the new
municipality of Zaanstad.