This adorable old picture would have made a great postcard. It is part of a collection of photographs of Dutch life published in the 1906 book De Aarde en haar volken (The Earth and Its People). See more at IllustratedPast.com. Link -via Everlasting Blort
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I, for one, love the clogs!
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That was presumably to avoid paying the "not wearing puffy director's pants" taxes levied by the local mayor.
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To all you Dutch boys who wear baggy pants - did you know it originated in prison?
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