Palace Noordeinde in Pictures
The Palace building was ideally suited for the Institute and the ISS community in the early years. A residential college, students with common interests lived and worked together, with social get-togethers every evening and the Rector and his wife living on the premises.
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A picture of the Noordeinde Palace as it was when the ISS was housed there from 1952 to 1979. |
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| The menu card for the dinner to celebrate the commissioning of the ISS on 10 October 1952 |
A classroom |
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| The Fifth Congress of the International Political Science Association, September 1952. Registration desk. |
Tea and cakes and a chance to socialize |
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| Dinner in the Palace Noordeinde was a very formal affair with waitress service |
Second Annual International Charity Ball, 9 February 1957 |
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| Students playing chess |
Students training in firedrill |
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| Using a fire extinguisher |
Students collecting money for the the Inundation Disaster Fund, |
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| In the garden of the Palace in June 1962 (Thanks to Adhish Haldar for this photo) |
| An advertisement for the Postgraduate Diploma course in Public Policy held from September 1969 to May 1970. |
