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Marianne Wargelin Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #36 Marianne Wargelin´s family traces itself to the early Astoria, Oregon Finnish fishing community,...
Vesa Oja
2.3.20201 min käytetty lukemiseen
175 katselukertaa
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Art Koski Drummond Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #15 Art Koski´s grandparents John and Miina Laakso were from Luvia, Finland. They came to Brooklyn, New...
Vesa Oja
29.4.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
16 katselukertaa
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Eric Aho - Red Winter DC Moore Gallery Manhattan 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #5 Eric Aho is a Finnish American painter, whose work has been on show in several solo exhibitions in...
Vesa Oja
7.1.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
11 katselukertaa
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Finnish Golgotha Congregational Church Brooklyn 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #4 The present day Brooklyn Baptist Church at 733 44th St. was formerly the home of the Finnish Golgotha...
Vesa Oja
31.12.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
96 katselukertaa
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Duke Devlin Woodstock 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #2 Duke Devlin, though not a Finn, is an interesting person. In the Summer of 1969 he hitchhiked up to...
Vesa Oja
17.12.20182 min käytetty lukemiseen
68 katselukertaa
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Finn Fun Weekend Ithaca 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #1 FinnFun Weekend is an annual event of Finnish Americans in northeastern USA celebrating Finnish...
Vesa Oja
10.12.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
21 katselukertaa
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Esko & Rodney Hieta Van Nuys 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #23 Esko Hieta was born in Tampere in 1930, were he also went to school. After studying at Business Institute...
Vesa Oja
13.8.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
40 katselukertaa
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Richard & Helvi Impola New Paltz 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #40 Richard Impola was born in 1923 in Ahmeek, Michigan. Impola's father moved to Michigan from...
Vesa Oja
5.2.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
114 katselukertaa
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Anneli Alperin Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #33 Anneli Alperin, née Jalkanen, was the last editor of the newspaper, New Yorkin Uutiset. She is a...
Vesa Oja
18.12.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
38 katselukertaa
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Paul Tirri Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #31 Paul-Henry Tirri was born in Jaakkima, Karelia. As a young boy during the war he was in the midst of...
Vesa Oja
4.12.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
16 katselukertaa
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Harriet & Nina Kulmala Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #30 Nina´s and Harriet´s parents Pekka and Anja moved from Finland to New York in 1970. Pekka and his...
Vesa Oja
27.11.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
98 katselukertaa
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Joan Silleck Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #29 Lawyer Joan Silleck joins the yoga class at Christopher Street's Finnish Church in West Village, New...
Vesa Oja
20.11.20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
24 katselukertaa
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Lempi Issakainen Brooklyn 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #23 The Imatra Society was a society of Finnish immigrants located in Brooklyn, New York. The society...
Vesa Oja
9.10.20172 min käytetty lukemiseen
53 katselukertaa
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Arno Rafael Minkkinen 2006
4th Finglish trip September 2006 #9 Arno Rafael Minkkinen is an internationally renowned artist who merge his own body with light or the...
Vesa Oja
24.4.20161 min käytetty lukemiseen
12 katselukertaa
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