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St. Nicholas day party at the Dutch Club, Melbourne. St. Nicholas (Mr. H.J. van Holst Pellekaan) and Zwarte Piet (Black Piet - Mrs. J. van Holst Pellekaan) are the leading figures in the Dutch version of the Father Christmas legend. With them are Dr. Lubbers, R.N.I.A., who was master-of-ceremonies at the party given for Dutch children at the Dutch Club, Melbourne, and Mrs. Abel. NI 3890

St. Nicholas day party at the Dutch Club, Melbourne. An excited little Dutch girl talks to St. Nicholas (Mr. H.J. van Holst Pellekaan) during the party given for Dutch children at the Dutch Club, in Melbourne. Most of these children haven been in internment camps in Java during the Japanese occupation of the Netherlands Indies, and are recuperating at holiday resorts in Victoria, Australia. NI 388 ...

Czaress' easter eggs. Gold and diamond egg to commemorate the 200th anniversary of founding of St. Petersburg. On surface is a picture in ivory of the Winter Palace. Lifting the lid you find a model of Peter the Great made out of gold on a saphire base. Nicholas II presented it to wife Alexandra.

Sinterklaas op bezoek bij Nederlanders in Oranjehaven, Engeland. Hét ontmoetingscentrum in Londen voor de Engelandvaarders was Oranjehaven. Koningin Wilhelmina stelde uit onvrede over de opvang van de Engelandvaarders persoonlijk fondsen ter beschikking waarmee begin 1942 tot oprichting van de 'club' kon worden overgegaan. Huisvesting werd gevonden in een pand aan het Hyde Park. Deze foto werd in Groot-Brittanië ...

U.S. troops celebrate Luxembourg holiday. U.S. soldiers dress up in traditional fashion and give gifts and sweets to children in a Luxembourg town on St. Nicholas Day December 6, 1944. The holiday corresponds to Christmas.

Bastille Day rites for French patriot-priest killed by Nazi mine in Normandy. American, French and British flags fly at half staff outside St. Nicholas Church, Barfleur, where final rites are held for Abbe Jules Gaslonde, French patriot-priest killed by a Nazi land mine laid by the Germans in their retreat from the Normandy area. The Abbe, who once defied Nazi orders by hanging the Tricolor in his ...

Bastille Day rites for French patriot-priest killed by Nazi mine in Normandy. Normandy fishermen carry the casket of Abbe Jules Gaslonde up the steps of St, Nicholas Church in Barfleur. The priest was killed by a Nazi land mine while returning on his bicycle from administering final rites to three civilians fatally wounded by another mine left in the village by the Germans in their retreat from advancing ...

Bastille Day rites for French patriot-priest killed by Nazi mine in Normandy. Pallbearers lower the coffin of Abbe Jules Gaslonde, French patriot-priest killed by a Nazi land mine, into a grave in the churchyard of St. Nicholas Church in Barfleur, Normandy. The Abbe, who once defied Nazi orders by hanging the Tricolor in his church, was killed while returning from administering rites to three French ...