Photographs and posters
The image archive at Aletta contains more than a hundred years of women’s history in the form of photographs and posters. The majority of the archive is available online and can be ordered in digital format.
Photographs
The Aletta archive contains photos of women’s lives in the 19th and 20th centuries, in all kinds of places and situations: snapshots of Aletta Jacobs on her travels around the world promoting women’s right to vote, images of women’s lives in the former Dutch East Indies colony, photos from Dolle Mina demonstrations in the 1970s, and portraits of black, migrant and refugee women.Most of the collection of nearly 29,000 photos is available online and can be ordered in digital format. Keep in mind that copyright restrictions may apply if you intend to publish the photographs.
Visual material and copyrights
Posters
For more than a hundred years, women have been organizing themselves, planning congresses, and demonstrating to make their ideas and opinions known. Creative means of propaganda were often put to good use. Posters were popular because they were a cheap and effective way of communicating a message to the public at large. Some exceptional examples and real works of art can be found among the approximately 9,000 pieces that make up the Aletta poster collection.All posters are available online and can be ordered in digital format. Keep in mind that copyright restrictions may apply if you intend to publish the posters. Some of the posters can also be found on the “het Geheugen van Nederland” (the Memory of the Netherlands) website under the category “vrouwen in actie” (women in action).
Visual material and copyrights