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The party week in Amsterdam - 1923

            On Saturday 8 September 1923, there was a sports demonstration in the Stadion.  Part of a week of festivities in Amsterdam. 
'All kinds of sports were performed there, while Her Majesty and Her family, seated in the middle of the covered grandstand, watched everything with great interest. Our photo: the cycling department passing by.'

This stadium; the 'Nederlandsch Sportpark' was in use from 1914 - 1929.
In 1915 its predecessor, the Zeeburgerbaan, the then already very dilapidated cycling track in Amsterdam East, was closed. (At the Zeeburgerbaan, cyclist Frits Wiersma, then just starting out, often acted as a 'hare' for the top national and international cyclists).

The new stadium lacked a proper cycling track for the first few years (why is a whole story, for another time). However, cycling races were held immediately on a flat, more or less rectangular cinder track with low 'hills' in the four corners. 
Then, in 1919, a removable wooden 400-metre track was built, with cross slats. You didn't really ride well on it. But like more riders, Frits Wiersma regularly earned well there.

My grandmother kept this clipping (from 'De Katholieke Illustratie') all her life. Why I don't know. 
Frits, her husband,  probably participated but is not in the picture. Other people she also knew very likely did. 
Furthermore, Frits' father worked at this stadium as a workman (as he did later at the Olympic Stadium).
Perhaps he laid the red carpet or helped hang the carpets? Something like that would fit in perfectly with the other stories about him.

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Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Zuid (show map)

Taken on: April 23, 2024

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bicycle demonstration

Fahrraddemonstration

démonstration de vélo

demostración de bicicletas

dimostrazione della bicicletta

demonstracja rowerów

1920s

the twenties

de jaren twintig

die zwanziger Jahre

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Sets appears in: • Wielerbaan het Nederlandsche Sportpark, Amsterdam • Dutch Bicycle History

Groups appears in: • Amsterdam (Mokum) • 100 years old more » • Anything on Wheels • Nederland in de jaren 20 • Bicicletas-Bicycles-Biciclettes • Stadsarchieven Amsterdam « less

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