The Tuinder’s Gallery

Images from The Occupied Garden

Baby Cor with sister Truus and mother Neeltje Post nee de Korte, Overschie about 1910.
Cor as a baby with big sister Truus in Overschie, about 1910. During the Hunger Winter of 1945 these two sisters crossed the country together in search of food for their families.
A childhood picture of Cor in her hometown of Overschie, taken in about 1914
Cor and a kitten, Overschie, 1915.
Cor, fourth from left in the front row, in a 1915 school portrait in Overschie.
The Post family in Overschie, with Cor at far right. In the centre is an Austrian girl the family had taken in in 1919. After the Great War, many Dutch people had opened their homes to the underprivileged children of Germany and Austria who needed good food and a rest away from the setting of defeat.
Cor’s brother Gerry Post
Gerrit den Hartog, about 19, in uniform during his military training. Late 1920s.
Cor in the family’s bookstore, Overschie, 1920s.
Formal portraits of Gerrit den Hartog and Cornelia Post around the time of their engagement, late 1920s
Official announcement of Cor and Gerrit’s engagement, 1928
Cor’s sister Truus’s husband Sjaak among the cucumbers
Cor wtih Gerrit in uniform, and Cor’s brother Tom in the foreground. Overschie, late 1920s.
Cor’s sister Truus and her husband Sjaak, 1931
Gerrit and Cor’s formal wedding portrait, May 1935, Overschie
Gerrit with little Rige and the tuin, or market garden, in the background. Leidschendam, 1938
Rige giving brother Koos a scrub. Late 1930s, Leidschendam.
Gerrit, seated at right, with fellow tuinders and a barge of cucumbers ready to go to auction.
Gerrit’s army ID, 1939
Rige’s kindergarten photo, 1939
Cor’s wartime ID papers, 1941
Gerrit’s wartime ID, 1941
Henny’s cryptic postcard from Switzerland, following his escape, and kept among Cor and Gerrit’s belongings for a lifetime.
Cor and Gerrit’s friend Henny Cahn, who escaped to Switzerland during the war
Cor with her third child, Rokus, born in 1939
A typical Dutch scene, captured years later by Jim aka “Koos” den Hartog
Rige and little Niek, seated, at the liberation parade in 1945. Cor is in back with umbrella.
Koos, seated, with brothers Gert and Rokus behind the wagon. Liberation parade, 1945.
Koos, delighted with his new bicycle. Leidschendam, 1948.
Gert with his “girlfriend” Patty in England, 1946.
Koos in Switzerland, 1948.
The den Hartog family on board the Volendam, heading to Canada. 1951.
Cor and Gerrit on board the Volendam, 1951
New Canadians, 1951
Niek chopping wood, Port Burwell, 1951
Gerrit and his boys, Port Burwell, 1951
Gert and Niek with chickens and the immigration crate, Port Burwell, 1951
den Hartog family in Port Burwell, 1951 — a curious neighbour in behind. Clockwise from left: Gert, Cor, Gerrit, Rige, Niek, Rokus and Koos.
Cor laughing with the Quartel girls — old neighbours from Leidschendam newly arrived in Canada, 1952
Cor peeling potatoes, Port Burwell, 1952
Cor in Copenhagen, Ontario, 1953
Gerrit at McConnell’s Nursery in Port Burwell, Ontario, 1960s
Cor and Gerrit visiting Scheveningen, 1970