Amsterdam wat ben je veranderd

A collection of 157 old picture postcards of Amsterdam, drawn from the collection of L. Beets and put together by J. R. Schiltmeijer. The cards are reproduced as illustrations throughout the 160 pages, showing views of the city as it looked in the early decades of postcard publishing and inviting comparison with the present-day city, as the title suggests. The material is not original photography made for the book. It consists of printed postcards that circulated as greetings between relatives, friends and acquaintances. The blurb on the cover places the book in the growing interest in collecting old postcards, which it presents as a record of local history. It notes that family albums often hold cards from places such as Zandvoort, Arnhem, Valkeveen and Muiderberg alongside Amsterdam itself. The book is a compiled postcard album in pocket format with a softcover and sewn binding. It is a popular local-history publication, not a photographer's monograph. No publication date appears on the book, and sources disagree on when it was issued.