SANTA CLAUS

Verso: Der Weihnachts Mann [Santa Claus], 24.12.1940. German army (in France?). Small stage (in a castle?), swastika in foreground. Regardless the circumstances, I like the graphic design of the bishop's hat. For me as a Dutchman, this German Santa is a mixture of Santa Claus and Sinterklaas...

MY GRANDMOTHER JOHANNA & HER SISTER DIRKJE, ABOUT 1910

MY GRANDMOTHER JOHANNA & HER SISTER DIRKJE, ABOUT 1910

YOURS TRULY (LEFT), 1952

The Donald Duck Weekly's issue is vol. 1 nr 8, December 1952. Mark my Donald tie pin. I could not read at the time. Detail of a photo by studio Mayfair, Moreelselaan, Utrecht (Holland). My mother did the tinting of the faces.

MY GRANDPARENTS, abt. 1916-1917