From the last summer of the 19th century
A memory from the last summer of the 19th century. The caption for Emil Durling´s (1858 - 1933) original image in the Östergötland museum archive only mentions that you can see the photographer (second from the right in dark suit) together with a group of people posing on board a sailing boat moored in Strömmen, Sankt Anna in 1899. (Farmer/apple grower/photographer Durling´s farm was called Strömmen.)
I think that Durling took this group "selfie" because he wanted to have a nice memory of his relatives/friends celebrating the new boat, probably owned by the man sitting in the bow with his dog. They did not have any intention to sail.
Durling did not marry, but the farm remained within the family of his two sisters. In 1965 the main building was destroyed by a fire resulting in the death of two sister´s sons and the loss of a great number of Durling´s original photos. About 850 of his images remain in the museum archive.
From the last summer of the 19th century
A memory from the last summer of the 19th century. The caption for Emil Durling´s (1858 - 1933) original image in the Östergötland museum archive only mentions that you can see the photographer (second from the right in dark suit) together with a group of people posing on board a sailing boat moored in Strömmen, Sankt Anna in 1899. (Farmer/apple grower/photographer Durling´s farm was called Strömmen.)
I think that Durling took this group "selfie" because he wanted to have a nice memory of his relatives/friends celebrating the new boat, probably owned by the man sitting in the bow with his dog. They did not have any intention to sail.
Durling did not marry, but the farm remained within the family of his two sisters. In 1965 the main building was destroyed by a fire resulting in the death of two sister´s sons and the loss of a great number of Durling´s original photos. About 850 of his images remain in the museum archive.