21 januari 2025
History / Netherlands

Agricultural Exhibition Winterswijk 1903

Geldersch-Overijselsche Maatschappij van Landbouw (Gelderland-Overijssel Agricultural Society), Winterswijk branch, organised an agricultural exhibition in 1903. For this event, specially printed envelopes were even commissioned. The exhibition was originally scheduled to take place from the 16th…

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