Finnish Collection (page 6)

Finland - Hango
As this card nicely describes, Hango is: "...the great summer bathing resort of Finland. Very beautiful woods, lakes and bays in every direction." On the southern coast of Finland

The Anglo-Finnish Dinner, 1936
The annual Anglo-Finnish Society dinner held at Grosvenor House in London. Lt-General Sir George Macdonogh, President of the Society, proposed a toast to Finland

Entry of General Mannerheim into Helsinki, Finland
Entry of General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951) into Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finland, after the Finnish Civil War

Eugen Schaumann, assassin of General Bobrikov
The Finnish nationalist and nobleman, Eugen Schaumann assassinated the Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov on 16th June 1904. Date: 1904

Helsinki, Finland - Father, son and reindeer
Helsinki, Finland - Father and son in traditional costume with their reindeer Date: circa 1940s

Racial / Russia / Warsaw
A group of country folk, from Riazan, Warsaw and St Petersburg; also a Finnish woman Date: 19th century

Finnish Skater
A young Finnish woman demonstrates her ability to skate elegantly despite encumbering clothing and holding her child on her shoulders... Date: circa 1860

Russian soldiers WWII
The last Russian train passes Helsinkis Frederiksber station where soldiers receive tulips from the Finns after the armistice with Finland during Word War II

Captured Russian bombs WWII
Captured Russian bombs for use in trench mortars, some of the heavier types are equipped with a revolving fan. Finland during World War II

Mannerheim line anti-tank defences WWII
Rapidly improvised anti-tank devices are constructed by sawing down trees at a height of 10 feet and banking them up with timber and rock during World War II

Soldier in Finland WWII
Soldier in Finland during World War II

Helsinki fortifications WWII
Soldiers constructing fortifications in Helsinki during World War II

Russian captives WWII
Captured Bolshevik soldiers in Finland are allowed regular and valued devotional hours that were regularly prohibited because of atheist policies within the Soviet regime

New Finnish-Soviet border WWII
Finnish sentries stand on a road leading to Viborg and which has now become Soviet. The sentry on the right is equipped with a modern sub-machine gun. Finland during World War II Date: 1939-1940

Russian bombing WWII
Russian plane drops incendiaries in Northern Finland during World War II

Converted first aid station WWII
Converted and barricaded sauna baths become a first aid post where a soldier keeps watch for enemy aircraft in Helsinki, Finland during World War II

Finnish soldiers WWII
A rapid response battalion of Finnish ski troops during World War II

Finnish soldiers equipment WWII
Equipment used by the individual Finnish soldiers during World War II

Bomb remnants WWII
Remnants of a Russian bomb which fell near the front line in Finland on the Mannerheim line during World War II

Finnish defences WWII
Soldiers standing in defences in Finland during World War II

Captured Russian explosive WWII
Captured Russian high explosive bomb during World War II

Advertisement for the Finnish Tourist Association -- to Finland with me -- showing an eager man dashing off with his suitcase

Aino Ackte / Herwine
AINO ACKTE Finnish opera singer, seen here in 1900 in the role of Herwine in La Cloche du Rhin

Finnish Parliament
The new Houses of Parliament at Helsinki, Finland, built by the firm Borg-Siren-Aberg 1926 - 1931 and officially inaugurated on 7 March 1931

Witches Sell Winds
Finnish witches sell favorable winds to sailors

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