[Old Dutch Windmill in Aruba]

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Photograph of the Old Dutch Windmill in Palm Beach, Aruba. The windmill was originally built in 1804 in Friesland, Holland. In 1929, a storm badly damaged the windmill leaving it useless and abandoned. A private merchant purchased the windmill and had it shipped to Aruba where it was reassembled in 1961 and remains a tourist attraction today.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Parlee, Lorena M. [1969..].

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Photograph of the Old Dutch Windmill in Palm Beach, Aruba. The windmill was originally built in 1804 in Friesland, Holland. In 1929, a storm badly damaged the windmill leaving it useless and abandoned. A private merchant purchased the windmill and had it shipped to Aruba where it was reassembled in 1961 and remains a tourist attraction today.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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"Molino de viento - Aruba"

"Windmill- Aruba"

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  • Preferred Citation: Lorena M Parlee Collection (AR0269), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Lorena M. Parlee Collection

Photographs from the collection of Lorena M. Parlee, a filmmaker, business executive, and educator.

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  • [1969..]

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  • March 31, 2020, 2:37 p.m.

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  • May 3, 2022, 3:58 p.m.

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  • 12.570197, -70.044499

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Parlee, Lorena M. [Old Dutch Windmill in Aruba], photograph, [1969..]; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633548/: accessed July 6, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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