[Editors] - Geïllustreerd Zondagsblad van de Arnhemsche Courant: 1924

[Editors] - Geïllustreerd Zondagsblad van de Arnhemsche Courant: 1924 - Arnhem, Koningstraat 14,15 - Arnhemsche Courant - 1924 - 1st edition - 424 pp - Cloth binding - 25,5 x 32 cm.

Condition: Good - Restored by master bookbinder Hans Zegveld.

Volume 3 of this Sunday supplement of "the cheapest daily newspaper" for Arnhem and surroundings; history of daily life in the Gelderland capital during the roaring twenties and before the Second World War destroyed the city. Illustrated with black and white photos of streets and buildings, nostalgic advertisements and the section "Voor de vrouw" with the latest ART DECO FASHION.

Includes, among other things, the Grote Oord / Rijnstraat (with the photo shop Capi / Ivens & Co / Nico Kramer at no. 2); aerial photographs of the Velperplein, the Janssingel and the city centre; action photos of football club VITESSE; furniture by L.O.V. (Labor Omnia Vincit in Oosterbeek); the construction of the Gulden Bodem district and the Bakenbergseweg and reviews of the futuristic novel 'De Catastrophe' (1924) by Tassin, set in 1967, and the Space Travel book by Hermann Oberth 'Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen' (1923).

FURTHERMORE: petroleum in Winterswijk; "Hoe de negers in Australië vuur maken"; Cocaine (!); images of Stadspark Sonsbeek and Park Zypendaal (with map); special about the Van Pernis bottling plant (the liquor store closed in 2024); the pharmacy and the Natural History Society of Wessel Knoops (1824-1924); a collision between a train and a truck; list of fires 1880-1896; advertisement for TURMAC cigarettes and a Sinterklaas story (p.400).

¶ The serial 'De avonturen van Kronkel Piet en Kobus Slurf' drawn by Daan H. runs from January to December and seems to be complete. This 'weekend magazine' was provided free to subscribers of the Arnhemsche Courant.