The Binnenhof (c. 1911)

Item Information

Title:
The Binnenhof (c. 1911)
Description:
This lantern slide, "The Binnenhof (c. 1911)," shows a colored photograph of a long row of brick buildings in The Hague, the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. A few people are walking the courtyard, and a man sits on a wagon pulled by a horse in the background. This lantern slide was taken as part of a scout trip to Holland via the Port of Hull in England. The Binnenhof is a complex of buildings where the Dutch Parliament has met since 1446. The grounds were originally purchased by Count Floris IV of Holland in 1229, where he built his mansion. The Inner Court is studded with monumental old buildings testifying to eight centuries of governing. The Binnenhof also has several open spaces, all free to the public. According to older catalog records, one of the scoutmasters is James Archibald Kyle.
Date:
[1911?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:
Boy Scouts
Lantern slides
Bricks
Courtyards
Arches
Horses
Extent:
3.25x3.25 in
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3119
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
Kyle worked as Organizing Secretary of the southwest London District until 1909, when Baden-Powell appointed him the second Secretary of the Official Boy Scouts Office. In this position, he organized the headquarters and developed the Equipment Department. For his work with the Association, Kyle was given the honorary title of Chief Scoutmaster. He also wrote “Band and Music for Boy Scouts,” “Firedrill for Boy Scouts,” and “Training Camps and Standing Camps for Boyscouts.” The Boy Scouts started around 1908, when Robert Baden-Powell, a Lieutenant-General in the English military, wrote a book entitled “Scouting for Boys.” Edgar M. Robinson (Springfield College class of 1901) involved the International Y.M.C.A. Training School (now known as Springfield College) with the fledgling Boy Scout movement in the United States around 1910. This item is a part of Springfield College’s series of lantern slides depicting a Boy Scout trip to Holland.
Text on border reads, "6139; The Hague, Binnenhof."
Part of the Holland Boy Scout Trip Lantern Slide Series
Identifier:
LS-07-16