Printshop at Holland American newspaper, 1899
Adrian Zuidweg 3rd from left; Lou Leeuwenhoek 5th from left
This photograph shows my great-grandfather Adrian Zuidweg (Adriaan Zuijdweg) and Aunt Jen’s husband (and Alice’s father) Lou Leeuwenhoek working in the printshop at the Holland American newspaper in 1899.
According to information provided by Larry Massie, historian and storyteller, the paper was called Hollandsche Amerikaan, founded in 1890 as a tri-weekly, 8 page newspaper. It was published in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in Dutch. The editor in 1899 was P.A. Dalm. The circulation of the paper was 1,500.
The Family Kalamazoo 