[Rotterdam] Photo album containing approx. 215 photos

Mounted on 34 lvs., various sizes, 1940. Heavy leather cord bound album. Collection of photos on the destroyed city of Rotterdam during and right after the bombing by the Germans on 14 May 1940, showing areas a.o.: the Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad building; Station Hofplein; the Coolsingel from all angles incl. the burned out Tivoli building; City Hall; the Coolsingelziekenhuis; the Bijenkorf building destroyed; the Korte Hoogstraat; the Oude Beurs; the Kolk; the Groote Markt; areal photos showing the complete devastation of the old city centre; the burned-out framework of the Groote Kerk and num. other churches; the Nieuwe Haven and Haringvliet; 4 large aerial photos (24 x 18 cm) of several harbour areas and the Plan C building; several of the Zalmhaven, Schiedamschesingel, Witte de Withstraat and the S.S. Statendam during the bombing.

Added: 21 loose photogr. picture postcards and sm. photos of the bombing of Rotterdam and a map of Rotterdam w. the bombed area highlighted.