What did the people in the lower orders of society and children read in the 18th and 19th centuries? In the Netherlands, their main reading material was catchpenny prints.
A Swiss seasoning found in many cultures
How the industrial revolution changed writing culture
Risen from the ashes
Learn how two Dutch brothers who wanted to make a lightbulb factory started the multinational concern.
Bolckow Vaughan and the growth of Middlesbrough
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines celebrates its 100th anniversary on 7 October. To honour this jubilees, this blog explores the cultural heritage of KLM found on Europeana. Come fly with us to discover stories and pictures from aviation history.
How industrial agriculture transformed rural life
Eight firms that were 100 years old in 2019
Your favourite GIF-making competition is back
Lewis Hine's photography and child labour reform
Women's working history in Europe
Log driving in Sweden and Finland
How the Petzval lens revolutionised portrait photography
The rise of Europe's metro railways
Europeana’s new season, ‘Europe at Work’, brings stories of our personal working lives together with archive material on industrial and labour-related heritage.
A Dutch Poet Laureate writes in an album amicorum
The poor person’s reading material
Stories and symbols of Europe at the end of the 20th century
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