Sailing towards a bright future (1917)
Sailing towards a bright future in the summer of 1917. Helmsman Ragnar Nyberg and his crew ready to depart for a nice day of sailing in the Helsinki archipelago. At this time they did not yet know that they would later in the same year have another, much bigger reason to celebrate - Finland declared its independence on December 6, 1917.
Ragnar Nyberg, who wears a Helsingfors Segelsällskap yacht club cap, was an eminent amateur photographer, so it is likely that he made the camera settings and let someone else push the button in order to join the others in the picture.
My restoration and digital hand colorization of the original BW image in the Helsinki City Museum archive (helsinkikuvia.fi).
Sailing towards a bright future (1917)
Sailing towards a bright future in the summer of 1917. Helmsman Ragnar Nyberg and his crew ready to depart for a nice day of sailing in the Helsinki archipelago. At this time they did not yet know that they would later in the same year have another, much bigger reason to celebrate - Finland declared its independence on December 6, 1917.
Ragnar Nyberg, who wears a Helsingfors Segelsällskap yacht club cap, was an eminent amateur photographer, so it is likely that he made the camera settings and let someone else push the button in order to join the others in the picture.
My restoration and digital hand colorization of the original BW image in the Helsinki City Museum archive (helsinkikuvia.fi).