Commons:NIMH donation 2017

Netherlands Institute for Military History

	Native name	Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (NIMH)
	Parent institution	Ministry of Defence
	Location	The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 06′ 13″ N, 4° 18′ 44″ E
	Established	1 July 2005
	Website	NIMH
	Authority file	: Q1893708 VIAF: 143514496 ISNI: 0000000121742132 LCCN: nb2006009757 SUDOC: 127256768 J9U: 987012502981805171 WorldCat

In 2017, Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie (Netherlands Institute of Military History) donated 1142 aerial photographs of the Netherlands to Wikimedia Commons. They were taken in the years 1920-1940 by the Technische Dienst Luchtvaartafdeeling (precursor of the present Royal Netherlands Air Force) and show towns, castles and fortifications.

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Gallery

Some samples:

Waag, Amsterdam
Paleis voor Volksvlijt in Amsterdam before...
...and after it burned down in 1929.
IJ, railway station and Noordhollandsch Kanaal, Amsterdam
Leiden city hall on the Breestraat after the fire of 1929.
Rotterdam city center before destruction by the German airforce in 1940. City hall at the right.
Utrecht (city)