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The crate display case
2005
Picton, Ontario
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The crate has now been donated to Macaulay Heritage Park in Picton, Ontario and been converted into a display case for the exhibit on Prince Edward County's Dutch Heritage. In searching for a crate for this exhibit we found another, still in use as a hen house. That these survived almost 60 years after they were built for transit, demonstrates the practicality of the Dutch immigrants who lived by the adage "Waste not, Want not."

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Huiskamp family chair
1948
The Netherlands
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Most families shipped some of their furniture. This is one chair from a set brought by the Huiskamp family in 1948.

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Cannister set
1948
The Netherlands

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They also brought many practical house hold articles.

This set of cannisters were packed by the Huiskamp family when they immigrated in 1948.

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Grandmother's Cookie Tin
1955
The Netherlands
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Cookie tin brought to Canada in 1955 by the Kamink Family.

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Enamel cookware
1951
The Netherlands
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Geert & Ena Bosma purchased three kerosene burners and two sets of enamel cookware in preparation for their immigration to Canada with money they received as wedding presents. Ena said they were very useful, because their first house didn't have any electricity, so she used them to cook on. The brown milk can had belonged to Ena's father. He used it to carry something to drink, when he was out working in the fields.

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Cook-stove with Kettle
1951
The Netherlands
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The only furniture they brought with them was a bed. They arrived with $75 dollars, so they bought a sideboard and a kitchen table with 6 chairs "cheap." Later they were able to buy a cook stove for $35.

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Sewing kit
1948
Aalten, The Netherlands

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This small sewing kit and shaving kit were useful items the Huiskamps packed for their journey.