Vintage Finland

Blacksmith Simovaara and another person forging, 1950s

 

Canning factory workers packing small fish in cans, 1936-50

 

Dairy milk chauffeur Jussi Ravantti raises milk container onto 

the back of a truck together with his wife Elsa, 1957

 

Elementary school students going on a bicycle ride, 1955

 

Enso-Gutzeit Kotka factory workers going to lunch, 1950s

 

Fishermen preparing herring catch for sale, 1954

 

Fishermen pulling nets out of the sea in winter, 1954

 

Source: Finnish Museum of Photography

Vintage Finland

 Bulevardi - Gustaf Sandberg, Helsinki

  

 Flower Tribute at Eugen Schauman's grave in Borgå, 1906

[Eugen Schauman was a Finnish nationalist and nobleman who 

assassinated the Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov.]

   

Gustaf Sandberg taking a selfportrait, ca. 1900

  

Restaurant at Helsinki Zoo, Korkeasaari, ca. 1900

  

Okänd, 1915

["Okänd" is Swedish for "unknown"]

 

Source: The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland

Vintage Finland

Nylands Nation's Building on Kasarmikatu, 1908

  

Student Union Building on Itäinen Heikinkatu, 1908

  

Swedish Theatre, 1908

  

Tallberg Building on Aleksanterinkatu, 1908

  

Vilhonkatu, 1908

 

Source: Finnish Museum of Photography

Vintage Finland

These pictures came from this Flickr set.

Boys at Hietalahti harbour, 1908

  

Corner of Satamakatu, Luotsikatu and Kruununvuorenkatu on Katajanokka, 1908

  

Crossing of Aleksanterinkatu and Unionkatu, 1908

  

Government Palace on Senaatintori, seen from Aleksanterinkatu, 1908

  

 Huvilakatu, 1908

  

Library for the blind on Ensi Linja

Vintage Finland

Here's another bunch of photos taken from this Flickr set.

 Ships at the harbor of the market square, Helsinki, ca. 1906

  

 Snapshot in Helsinki, April 1891

  

 Snapshot in Helsinki, April 1891

  

 Snapshot in Helsinki, April 1891

  

 Snapshot in Helsinki, North Esplanade, April 1891

 

 South Harbor in Helsinki, 1914

  

 Stude and Kavaleff in Helsinki Zoo, May 1898

  

 The steam ship Nyländska Skärgården outside the South harbor in Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 The Swedish Theater in Helsinki, ca. 1906

  

Women and girls in Helsinki, 1906

Vintage Finland

Vintage Finland

These are taken from this Flickr set.

 May Day celebrations in Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 Mikonkatu, Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 Restaurant Opera Cellar, Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 Russian military, Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 Russian soldiers in Helsinki Senate Square, ca. 1900

  

 Seashore of Töölönlahti, Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 Seurasaari, Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 The Market Square, Helsinki, ca. 1900

  

 The steam ship "Östra Skärgården" outside the Market Square in Helsinki, ca. 1900