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title: This Is the Netherlands, One of the United Nations
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/netherlands-this-is-the-netherlands-one-of-the-united-nations-1939/
description: A sheet headed 'this is THE NETHERLANDS' with sections 'the people', 'their work' and 'the country', photographs of cheese carriers, cyclists.
section: Collection
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# This Is the Netherlands, One of the United Nations

A sheet headed 'this is THE NETHERLANDS' with sections 'the people', 'their work' and 'the country', photographs of cheese carriers, cyclists, Amsterdam harbour and windmills, a statistics panel, and a lower band on the Netherlands West Indies (Curacao, Surinam). The tell for glittering-generalities is the closing claim that the country 'has been the originator of many democratic principles'; card-stacking shows in the selection of photographs and figures, including a West Indies band presented through exports and portraits.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
this is
THE NETHERLANDS

In 1543 the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands were united under Charles V. [...] The Netherlands was one of the cradles of religious tolerance, and of international law, and has been the originator of many democratic principles.

the people
CHEESE CARRIERS AT ALKMAAR
DIAMOND CUTTER, AMSTERDAM
FISHERMEN VOLENDAM ON THE ZUYDERZEE
BICYCLING FAVORITE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN LEVEL HOLLAND
the country
HARBOR OF AMSTERDAM
SIXTEENTH CENTURY CASTLE
OPEN AIR SCHOOL, AMSTERDAM
WINDMILLS IN RECLAIMED LAND
their work
POPULATION: 8,728,569. [statistics not reproduced]

CURACAO  SURINAM
THE NETHERLANDS WEST INDIES
The Netherlands West Indies comprises the territories of Surinam and Curacao. [...] total exports of petroleum products from Curacao territory was valued at 266,666,763 guilders in 1937; and its phosphate production at more than 100,000 tons.
BOATMAN ON ISLAND OF SABA, CURACAO
OIL REFINERIES IN CURACAO
BAUXITE MINES IN SURINAM. (DUTCH GUYANA)
INDIAN GIRL IN SURINAM. (DUTCH GUYANA)

f. c. veit and s. m. adler
Lithographed in the United States of America
ONE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Issued by Netherland Information Bureau
An Agency of the Netherlands Government
```

[← This Is the Netherlands East Indies, One of the United Nations](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/netherlands-this-is-the-netherlands-east-indies-one-of-the-united-nations-1939/) [An Impressive Flight of the New "Hurricane II" Fighter Aircraft →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-hurricane-ii-fighter-aircraft-uk-1939/)

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