Fancy fairs voor en door de wijkverpleging

Fancy fairs for and by district nurses

As district nursing in the Netherlands were founded as private organizations and therefore received no government support, their funding depended on membership, donations and other ways to increase their financial means. One popular way that arose early 20^th century was crowdfunding through organizing fancy fairs. This article shows two successful examples, one in Rotterdam (1903) and one in the coastal, harbor village of IJmuiden (1906). Both fancy fairs decorated their locations in Asian-theme style which might attracted the attention of the crowd. Its reason and success are described and shown through the pictures found.