Black-and-white view of J. van Goyenstraat in Heemstede, a broad brick-paved street lined with low shopfronts, trees, and streetlamps. Parked cars sit along both sides. The sender's note to Detroit reports a trip going well and mentions "Lots of Bicycles - Cold Weather + Rain - some wooden shoes." Heemstede, just south of Haarlem, was a growing residential and shopping town in the postwar decades; the cars and shopfronts fit that period.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Aug 31
Hello! Everybody
we made the trip over
O.K. And they Are showing
us a nice time. Lots
of Bicycles - Cold Weather
& Rain - some wooden
shoes. Leaving Sunday
eve. 5 PM
Alma & Jim
Tangenfeld
Black-and-white real-photo postcard; crease at upper left; no white border visible. Postmark: Dutch machine slogan cancel with clock face, OP ALLE POSTKANTOREN GELDZAKEN TOT SLUITINGSTIJD, struck beside the stamp; partial date at right edge shows '21 VIII' with year illegible. Divided back, glossy photo card; Dutch imprint (Uitg. Boekhandel D. J. Schot, Heemstede; Nadruk verboden); card number 866; Netherlands 25c stamp.
Cite this card
J. van Goyenstraat, Heemstede, Netherlands, circa 1963, postcard, c. 1963. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/j-van-goyenstraat-heemstede-netherlands-circa-1963. Accessed November 2, 2026.
