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Political correctness was not as important in 1915 as it is to some today. The Dutch seemed to be the "flavor of the month" at that time. This does emphasize the foreign market for Model Ts.
How delightful these are?
Thanks again.
Rich

Rich Eagle wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:21 am

... The Dutch seemed to be the "flavor of the month" at that time.

The first thing that I noticed was that the clothing is Dutch but the "dialect" being used in the captions is completely German. What is "Dutch" is often misunderstood. (In St. Louis, the word "Dutch" is interchangeable with German - e.g. "south-side Dutch" and "scrubby Dutch" refer to Germans.) We had a Consul General in Chicago once who commented, "The only thing that many people know about the Netherlands is that the capital is Copenhagen."

I'm sure you're right, Rich. I would bet that the term politically correct would have been politically incorrect 105 years ago!

For what it's worth, here's an explanation regarding the Dutch-German(Deutsch) connection.

https://www.iamexpat.de/lifestyle/lifes ... nd-origins

My fifth great grandfather fought in the American Revolution under George Washington, so our family has been here since the founding of our nation, however, the last name is German. During WWII when I was a boy, we became Dutch. I am sure I have many more nationalities in my bloodline and only a very small portion is German in this generation, however the surname remains!
By the way, Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark! Amsterdam is the capital of Netherlands (Dutch).
Norm

Neat postcards! Could it also be confused with Norwegian/American?
Part of my hodge-podge blood is Pennsylvania Dutch=German I found. The writer supports that in the iamexpat article.
Very interesting.