Besides listing the street furniture designed, this book describes in detail the social, economic and political conditions of Amsterdam during the interwar period.G.J. Rutgers, along with J.F. Staal, was the best-known representative of the second generation of the Amsterdam School. He was employed at the Public Works Department in Amsterdam during the First World War. G.J. Rutgers held the position of architect second class at the Public Works Department in Amsterdam when he left it in 1918. | Grimmon, A.A.M. (1994-1953) Grimmon was attached to the PW department for half-days from April 19, 1915. In addition to being an interior architect, he became known as an expert on color. | Kurvers, A. (1889-1940) Kurvers trained at the Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague. Worked from July 16, 1918 to 1928 at the city architect's office as a temporary supervisor-draughtsman at PW [public works]. In 1922 he was promoted to deputy bureau chief. During this period, he also taught classes at the school of higher architecture. In 1928 he succeeded Lauweriks as a teacher of interior design at the institute for arts and crafts on Gabriel Metsustraat. He was also active as a graphic designer and board member of the VANK. He gained fame in the field of street furniture after the publication of his winning design for a mailbox for the PTT [1921]. | History of the Department of Public Works from the beginning until 1940; with special interest in street furniture of the Amsterdam School era; with works by P. Kramer, Van der Mey, A.A. Kok, P.L. Marnette, among others | Springer, J.B. (1854-1922) Son of architect W. Springer (1815-1907). J.B. Springer was an architect and head of the Buildings Department in the Public Works Department. During his tenure he built, in collaboration with his brother J.L. Springer and A.L. van Gendt, the Stadsschouwburg, among other buildings. Springer's "old" views on architecture, which he did not wish to revise, caused [sic] his position to falter when [A.W.] Bos and [J.M.] Van der Mey entered the service [in 1907] and [in 1911] Van der Mey, ultimately resulting in his resignation in 1915. | Booklet on street furniture in Amsterdam from 1911-1940, containing biographies of a number of architects who worked at Public Works, including A.J. Westerman. | Eysvogel, H.T. (?-?) Until 1919 achitect second class at PW [Public Works]. As of Jan. 1, 1919, he was promoted to deputy architect. In 1920 he held the position of superintendent and deputy head of the Buildings Department | with portrait of P.L. Kramer.