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Lillian and Paul Lehto Birmingham 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #1 Lillian Lehto is a retired teacher and librarian. She resides in Birmingham, Michigan, with her husband...
Vesa Oja
21.1.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen


Matt Damon The Adjustment Bureau Manhattan 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #6 The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 American romantic science fiction thriller film loosely based on the...
Vesa Oja
14.1.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen


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


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


Työn Temppeli Harlem 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #3 At 15 W126th Street in Harlem in New York City stands a grey building, the Pilgrim Cathedral of Harlem....
Vesa Oja
24.12.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


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


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


The World´s Largest Egg Winlock 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #39 The Winlock Egg was listed as the world's largest egg by Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 1989. The current...
Vesa Oja
3.12.20182 min käytetty lukemiseen


Liisa Penner Astoria 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #38 Liisa Penner is an Archivist at Clatsop County Historical Society in Astoria, Oregon. The Clatsop County...
Vesa Oja
26.11.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Eric Bergland Blue River 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #37 Eric Bergland makes handcrafted Finnish Puukko knives. He lives with his wife in Blue River, Oregon. His...
Vesa Oja
19.11.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Inga Ojala Eagle Creek 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #36 Painter, art teacher and sport fisher Inga Ojala keeps the memory of her father Arvo Ojala alive. Arvo...
Vesa Oja
12.11.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Messiah Finnish Lutheran Church Portland 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #35 The cosy Messiah Finnish Lutheran Church was built in a former chiropractor's office, when the original...
Vesa Oja
5.11.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Finlandia Motel Mount Shasta 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #34 At the foot of Mount Shasta near the Oregon border in California is the sign of the Finlandia Motel, a...
Vesa Oja
29.10.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Ruben Ruhkala Rocklin 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #33 Ruben Ruhkala's father Matt Ruhkala was born in Kalajoki Finland. Matt Ruhkala arrived in Rocklin in 1889...
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22.10.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Finnish Temperance Hall Rocklin 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #32 John Mantyla, who arrived around 1880, was the first Finn in Rocklin. He encouraged other Finns to join...
Vesa Oja
15.10.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Kevin Jussila Paso Robles 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #31 Kevin Jussila was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Although a financial advisor by training...
Vesa Oja
8.10.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


Paul & Kalervo Halme Solvang 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #30 Paul and Kalervo Halme were born in Los Angeles, California, to Finnish immigrant parents, the late Rev....
Vesa Oja
1.10.20182 min käytetty lukemiseen


Otto Heino Ojai 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #29 ”I like to drive really fast, 130 miles an hour in my Bentley,” says Otto Heino, over 90 years of age,...
Vesa Oja
24.9.20182 min käytetty lukemiseen


Suomi-Kerho Inc. North Hollywood 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #28 Pauli Majamäki is a volunteer bartender when necessary both here at the Suomi Kerho Inc. and at Hauli...
Vesa Oja
17.9.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen


John Ogren Westchester 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #27 John Ogren, acclaimed scientist and professor, was born in Calumet, Michigan to first generation Finnish...
Vesa Oja
10.9.20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
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