Hats and caps and women's corsets

The double guesthouse was purchased in 1836 with several adjacent plots of land by the Amsterdam shopkeeper A. Sinkel. He had the existing buildings demolished and a large store building was erected in that place.

In 1837 the St.-Barbara- and Laurensgasthuis was demolished for the construction of the Winkel van Sinkel. The city crane, which stood in the curve of the canal in the yard, collapsed on Sept. 9, 1839, and was subsequently demolished. The Hague painter Augustinus Wijnands painted cityscapes from 1830-1848.