This vintage image of two girls in traditional Zeeland dress, inexplicably on motorcycles, is a modern reproduction by Art Unlimited and arrived today from Jet, taking only eight days from the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands.
The province of Zeeland is a collection of islands that were apparently difficult to reach until the early 20th century; I’m sure the photographer found humorous this juxtaposition of old and (what was then) new.
From Eddy:
Hello chris,
Ces deux filles sur motos ressemblent à deux bonnes-soeurs (nuns), ou est-ce un costume local ?
si c’est un costume local, il ressemble, un peu, à celui de l’Alsace (Alsatian ?).
en tout cas, une superbe photo typique…
From dmarks:
The flying-nun habits could lead to flying motorbikes.
From Lydia:
Good god! They look like satellite stations!
This was really funny paired with the following postcard from New Zealand.