Holland’s Nationaal Archief has a fabulous collection of photographs. These pictures tell the story of how life changed in the 20th Century. We see images of grinding poverty, war, the impact of technology on everyday lives, the space race, more war, fun, liberty, self-expression and freedom.
![Ajax: players' wives watching the European Cup Final A.C. Milan- Ajax (4-1). Madrid, Spain, 28 May 1969. From right to eftt: Yvonne van Duivenbode, Maya Suurbier, Danny Cruyff, Andrea Swart and Carla Suurendonk.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/4682091104_fed67aee24_o.jpg)
Ajax: players’ wives watching the European Cup Final A.C. Milan- Ajax (4-1). Madrid, Spain, 28 May 1969. From right to eftt: Yvonne van Duivenbode, Maya Suurbier, Danny Cruyff, Andrea Swart and Carla Suurendonk.
![The Dutch queen Juliana riding a bike during a visit to the island Terschelling. The Netherlands, July 11, 1967.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3441797424_eedd0201b6_o.jpg)
The Dutch queen Juliana riding a bike during a visit to the island Terschelling. The Netherlands, July 11, 1967.
![The Great War. The 'Wires of Death'. Barbed wire entanglement at the border between the Netherlands and Belgium during the First World War near Sluis in Zeeland, the Netherlands. German soldier posing as casualty. 1915.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3019092250_ea9c7be646_o.jpg)
The Great War. The ‘Wires of Death’. Barbed wire entanglement at the border between the Netherlands and Belgium during the First World War near Sluis in Zeeland, the Netherlands. German soldier posing as casualty. 1915.
![Shoot from Deventer ( no front - Netherlands ) NSB and shaved " sleeves girls " to be raised by members of the BS ( Forces of the Interior ) . Date: 1945-04-11](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2949043508_f93245142a_b.jpg)
NSB and shaved ” sleeves girls ” to be raised by members of the BS ( Forces of the Interior) .
Date: 1945-04-11
![Second World War. German soldiers in tankette (little tank) are helping French farmers plough their fields. France, 1941. [Tankette: little tank (Renault), captured by German forces and used for various tasks].](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2948562203_14dc1800e2_o.jpg)
Second World War. German soldiers in tankette (little tank) are helping French farmers plough their fields. France, 1941. [Tankette: little tank (Renault), captured by German forces and used for various tasks].
![First World War , Belgium , air war . A French pilot makes an emergency landing on private property after a failed attack on German Zeppelin hangars at Brussels , 1915. The aircraft, a biplane , has ended up in the trees. Soldiers climb the tree .](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3018262533_7f30b5415b_o.jpg)
A French pilot makes an emergency landing on private property in Holland after a failed attack on German Zeppelin hangars at Brussels, 1915. The aircraft, a biplane , has ended up in the trees. Soldiers climb the tree .
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