76/1751 [America. New York]. Couterier, J.F. (1892-?). (Diary and scrapbook concerning the World Exhibition in New York). Pen and ink, (16) lvs. (mostly recto and verso), entries between 1 April and 21 May 1939, num. mounted photographs, picture postcards, menu cards, clippings etc., contemp. hcl., 4to.

= Johanna Frederika Couterier was married to George Henry Charles Hart (1893-1943), a high Dutch government official for the East Indies, who joined the Dutch government in exile in London after the German invasion of the Netherlands. In 1939 the couple embarked on the Zaandam of the Holland-America Line to visit the World Exhibition in New York. During their stay, the Harts socialized with many people from the higher circles in New York who invited them to dinners and parties. Very interesting ego-document from the eve of World War II. George Hart's diary of his London days was published in 1976.