De Prinsengracht bij de Reesluis

Everyday activity on Amsterdam’s Prinsengracht. The barge on the left has probably just unloaded vegetables for the market. A woman does the laundry in the dirty water. To stay healthy, town-dwellers drink beer—so there are a great many breweries. Among them is the Roode Hert, whose sign can be seen on the left by the bridge. Hopsacks hang over the bridge railings to dry.

De Prinsengracht bij de Reesluis

Everyday activity on Amsterdam’s Prinsengracht. The barge on the left has probably just unloaded vegetables for the market. A woman does the laundry in the dirty water. To stay healthy, town-dwellers drink beer—so there are a great many breweries. Among them is the Roode Hert, whose sign can be seen on the left by the bridge. Hopsacks hang over the bridge railings to dry.