Vivid and ethnographic, this hand-colored Edwardian postcard transports you to the tightly-knit fishing island of Marken in the IJsselmeer (then Zuiderzee), Netherlands, where three young women or girls in full traditional Marker costume — layered bodices in brilliant orange and red stripes, white lace caps, dark skirts — sit together on a grassy dike above the harbor, while black-sailed boats and painted wooden warehouses line the quay behind them and elegantly dressed tourist visitors promenade in the distance. Marken was already a favorite destination for "costume tourism" by 1900, its inhabitants famous for retaining their distinctive dress long after mainland Dutch had abandoned theirs. The back, in Dutch, includes "naam / adres" fill-in lines and a penciled date of "Sept 29/11," suggesting 1911, making this a genuine Edwardian souvenir of a community that fascinated artists from Van Gogh to postcard publishers across Europe.