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From the Collections of the Flickr User "kapitalismiskanneri" https://www.flickr.com/photos/149869814@N08/albums ------------------------------------- From the Digital Collections of the National Library of Finland: Aaltosen Kenkätehdas - Shoes (1932) Alli Linna - Women hats (1944)...

You can find all of the aforementioned patterns from digitised versions provided for free of charge by the National Library of Finland (you can change the interface language to English from the top right). - Kuusisen uutiset - Men's fashion publication of Kuusinen clothing factory. Contains...

The National Library of Finland has digitised all periodicals (including newspapers) and most ephemeras published in Finland before 31 December 1939 and are now available online. The publications are available in the digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi service. Currently there are 3798 different magazines...

Some of my favourite documentaries from Elonet: Finlandia (1911). The oldest preserved documentary, shot in Finland between 1909 and 1911. Silent film with music. Strömberg (1913). Making electromechanical products at Helsinki, Finland. Silent film. Finlandia (1922). 96 minutes long travel...

The National Audiovisual Institute KAVI owns rights to some 450 Finnish feature films released between the 1920s and 1980s. They have an online service where one can watch these films for free of charge. All the feature films are at least HD quality. Majority of the films are available in 4K...

The National Library of Finland has digitised and released all "Vaatturi" journal published between 1899 and 1929. Below are some direct links to the 1929 tailoring patterns. - Men's jacket for big-bellied, 1/1929 - Riding jacket, 2/1929 - Riding trousers, 3/1929 - Overcoat, 4/1929 - Sleveless...

This is a Friitala jacket from the late 1950s or early 1960s. Friitala didn't use horsehide during the 1930s or 1940s.

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New-old stock package of 50 metal hobnails made by a Finnish maker in the 1940s. Some of the hobnails might exhibit surface rust. One package is enough for one pair of boots with spares. PRICE: $10 with non-trackable worldwide shipping

Here are a few partial scans I found of fairly rare Finnish catalogues from the 1950s and 1960s. I would be happy to provide translation for any piece of text, if needed. - SOK Fall and Winter 1959-60 - SOK Spring and Summer 1964 - Anttila Christmas 1967

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New-old stock Finnish Defence Forces m/36 caps made by Valtion Pukutehdas (VPu) in Finland during the 1960s. Bought these a while back as a part of a package deal. Made out of c. 15 oz pure wool with c. 3 oz leather sweatband. The lining is most probably made out of rayon. The design is based on...

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Rengas-puku suits in 1957. Milk bottling plant in 1950. Helsinki during the night in 1960.

Helsinki City Museum in Helsinki, Finland has released approximately 45,000 digitized photographs from their collections. Many of the photographs are available in high resolution. The photographs are licensed with Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International or CC BY 4.0 license...