This lantern slide, "View of City (c. 1911)," shows an aerial photograph of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.This lantern slide was taken as part of a Boy Scout trip to Holland. According to older catalog records, one of the scoutmasters attending this trip is James Archibald Kyle, the Secretary of the Official Boy Scouts Office. In this position, he organized the headquarters and developed the Equipment Department. For his work, Kyle was given the honorary title of Chief Scoutmaster. This item is a part of Springfield College’s series of lantern slides depicting a Boy Scout trip to Holland.
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Amsterdam is known as “the Venice of the North” because of its more than one hundred kilometers of canals. The city has about ninety islands and fifteen hundred bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, which were dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city. The canal ring and surrounding area were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.
Part of the Holland Boy Scout Trip Lantern Slide Series
