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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.

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Title
 Girls' books, first half of the 20th century

Creator
 Damen, T. (fotograaf/photographer)

Year
 2002

Type
 foto, photograph

Related term
 jeugdboeken, industriële uitgeversbanden

Period
 20e eeuw

Classification
 F: Bindkunst, M43: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: andere Germaanse talen

Content
 Contrary to boys, girls were kept much more strictly in books. Their lives were passed primarily within the family where they were supposed to make themselves useful. Some girls did rebel as in the book "Was ik maar een jongen" (If only I were a boy), bottom right. But this heroine too conformed to contemporary morals: she finally found a fiancé and left her job.

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 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag KB

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek