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In the 17th and 18th century gable stones were used in lieu of house numbers. They can tell you something about the original owner of the house. These pictures were all taken in the 'Jordaan' quarter of Amsterdam.

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  • Photos: 100
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  • Hallo Hanna,ik denk dat ik in't nederlands kan schrijven of niet?Bedankt om mijn"just for free album "te bekijken. Wat een origineel album heb je opgebouwd over vroege nummering in Amsterdam.Knap werk.Het heeft me geboeid tot het einde.Ik wil je ook laten weten dat de nieuwe albums van mij te bekijken zijn op louke100100.Best groetjes voor een fijn weekend.Mary-lou

    said  of louke105 louke105 2005.06.09 at 12:13:47 PDT

  • I love the photo's of Amsterdam, the stones, the birds, etc. I am assuming you are dutch or else spend a lot of time there. We had a very good friend, now diseaced, who was from just outside of Amsterdam and we long to take a trip to Holland at some point in time. Keep shooting the great images. Gary Capen

    said  of gccdkc gccdkc 2005.06.03 at 09:21:28 PDT

  • What a great idea.I always assumed that these stones were to do with the trade of the people that worked from a particular building.Thanks for putting me right on that one.I just love Amsterdam and have often seen these stones on the building. I didn't realise that there were so many of them though. Thanks for sharing. Craig from Scotland

    said  of stormrider_uk stormrider_uk 2005.05.06 at 04:01:49 PDT

  • Thank you for writing in my guestbook and congratulating me on my featured album From the Sea. What I like most about receiving a feature is the opportunity to hear from fellow members from all over the world and therefore be directed to their albums. I truly do love the beach and know how fortunate I am to live so close to it.

    said  of oneshotww oneshotww 2005.05.03 at 19:21:16 PDT

  • Wat let je om dit weekend te gaan/ daarna wordt het minder. het is een prachtig park met oogverblindende kleuren. Ga vroeg! Dan is het nog rustig. Kijk op hun sitte voor de openingstijd... Doe jezelf een lol!! Echt een belevenis! Groeten Anna

    said  of annaoldenhave annaoldenhave 2005.04.27 at 23:13:23 PDT

  • Hardstikke leuk album Hanna! Op DIT moment is de Keukenhof op zijn mooist!! Ga eens kijken joh!!!!! Groeten Anna

    said  of annaoldenhave annaoldenhave 2005.04.27 at 04:48:36 PDT

  • Hello Hanna! Thanks for ypou comments on my waterfalls. I WOULD like to see the falls in Iceland! This is a wonderfully different album you have here! I enjoyed it very much. Great job! I shall be back to visit more albums! Have a wonderful day. Bob -New York State, USA

    said  of rgarrow rgarrow 2005.04.21 at 19:45:32 PDT

  • Hi Hanna! What an interesting and unique album you have created. Love the sense of history behind all these gable stone! There certainly are some very beautiful ones! I just can't understand the hippo..lol..thanks for your kind words in my guestbook, they are truly appreciated! Thanks for sharing with us all..take care..Darlene in Upstate NY USA

    said  of briansbabe2 briansbabe2 2005.04.21 at 05:27:19 PDT

  • Hoi Hanna Thanks for sharing this collection of gablestone. I have taken a lot a pictures of them in the past, while travelling in The Netherlands - never as pretty though. I enjoy very much to observe what a skilled photographer, with a good camera and plenty of time to take pictures (all of which are not necessary available when you are "on the go"!) could make out of it. Lucky you to live in Jordaan! About the "Funny bird", pic no 82 of 100, page 6, try looking at it while bending your head 45 degrees to the right. Doesn't it look like a very surprised donkey to you? Saskja, Quebec, Canada Holland and architecture lover

    said  of saskja100 saskja100 2005.04.20 at 09:06:23 PDT

  • Hanna this is most exquisit serie of photos, I have seen it before but sometimes because of time or the strange manner of Webshots behaving I did not leave you a comment. Well here it is : just wonderful and very instructive. Lots of hugs/kathy

    said  of katifelkai katifelkai 2005.04.14 at 02:54:34 PDT

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