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Ulrika Erling, accused of theft, in Pori, 1878.
Taken 26 Feb 1878
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Garden portrait of Mary Slöör, Axel Gallén´s wife-to-be, taken by him in Rapola, 1887; print 1 of the photograph.
Taken some time in 1887
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Portrait of Axel Gallén in Paris, 1889; print 2 of the photograph.
Taken 26 Apr 1889
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Mary Gallén with Marjatta on her lap at home in Malmi, Helsinki, 1891; photograph 1.
Taken some time in 1891
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Karl Edvard Lindell, arrested for pickpocketing, in Pori, 1894.
Taken 21 Sep 1894
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Matts August Kemilä, arrested for murder, in Pori, 1894.
Taken 22 Nov 1894
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Anna Slöör, Mary Gallén´s little sister, skiing in Malmi at the Galléns´, 1892; print 1 of the photograph.
Taken some time in 1900
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela with Juho Rissanen and Väinö Mäkinen, possibly in Berlin, 1908.
Taken some time in Feb 1902
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Akseli and Jorma Gallen-Kallela coming from a gazelle hunting trip in Africa, 1909; print 2 of the picture.
Taken some time in 1909
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Local men chop up the carcass of a hunted antelope in Uakamba in June 1909.
Taken 14 Jun 1909
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Three young men stand over an antelope carcass on a study trip in Makamba in June 1909.
Taken 14 Jun 1909
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Kenosua tends to animal skins and boils their skulls near Brickhouse in Nairobi.
Taken some time in Oct 1909
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Gallen-Kallela´s family with some company crossing a bridge on a trip to Memphis in Egypt, 1910.
Taken some time in 1910
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Katambo and Maasai Warrior Djogona are fighting.
Taken some time in Jun 1910
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Jorma Gallen-Kallela sitting on a dead African buffalo on a safari in Tana, 1910.
Taken 6 Jul 1910
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Local men in Gumbatta in July 1910.
Taken some time in Aug 1910
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Jorma Gallen-Kallela with unknown men in Nairobi Plains, 1910.
Taken 26 Sep 1910
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Gunbearer Muhammed bin Juma sits on a doorstep with one of his wives and a child in October 1910.
Taken 25 Oct 1910
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Gunbearer Muhammed bin Juma sits on a doorstep with one of his wives and a child, with Kirsti Gallen-Kallela standing in the background in October 1910.
Taken 25 Oct 1910
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Swahili girl Mariam Ascha and Kirsti Gallen-Kallela standing in front of the Gallen-Kallela family's last African home in Nairobi in October 1910 (copy 1).
Taken 25 Oct 1910
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela holding a puppy in his hand at Tarvaspää, 1914.
Taken some time in 1914
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John Jarvin (born Järvinen), a Finnish-born dentist, in Chicago, 1924.
Taken some time in 1924
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Margaret Lippo Hecht and her daughter Margaret who Akseli Gallen-Kallela painted in Chicago, 1924; photograph 1.
Taken some time in 1924
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Margaret Lippo Hecht and her daughter Margaret who Akseli Gallen-Kallela painted in Chicago, 1924; photograph 3.
Taken some time in 1924
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Margaret Lippo Hecht and her daughter Margaret who Akseli Gallen-Kallela painted in Chicago, 1924; photograph 5.
Taken some time in 1924
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Margaret Lippo Hecht and her daughter Margaret who Akseli Gallen-Kallela painted in Chicago, 1924; photograph 7.
Taken some time in 1924
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Portrait of Kirsti Gallen-Kallela outdoors at Tarvaspää, 1924.
Taken some time in 1924
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Mr. Hartman´s wife, daughter, son-in-law and grandchild, possibly in Chicago, 1924: Mr. Hartman met Akseli Gallen-Kallela by chance and gave him the photograph.
Taken some time in Jun 1924
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Tony Luhan on the Gallen-Kallelas´ porch in Taos, New Mexico, 1924.
Taken some time in Oct 1924
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela sitting on the garden wall of the Gallen-Kallelas´ house in Taos, New Mexico, 1924.
Taken some time in Oct 1924
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Mary and Akseli Gallen-Kallela in Taos, New Mexico, 1925.
Taken some time in 1925
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Mary Gallen-Kallela cutting wood with daughter Kirsti watching at home in Taos, New Mexico, ca.1925.
Taken some time in Jan 1925
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Two men in a doorway and another man by a car, all wearing hats, probably in Chihuahua, Mexico, 1925.
Taken some time in 1925
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Portrait of Jessiemay Wyatt in Taos, New Mexico, 1925.
Taken some time in Apr 1925
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Portrait of Verden Wyatt in Taos, New Mexico, 1925.
Taken some time in Apr 1925
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela (holding a basket) in a company at architect Jarl Eklund´s villa, 1926.
Taken some time in 1926
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela on the tower of Tarvaspää working on a dragon-shaped gargoyle with his wife Mary watching, 1927.
Taken some time in 1927
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Alpo Sailo at Tarvaspää´s tower working on a dragon-shaped gargoyle, 1927.
Taken some time in 1927
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Akseli and Jorma Gallen-Kallela with an unknown mason making the Kalevala cupola frescoes in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela sitting on a painter´s scaffolding in front of his cupola fresco Ilmarinen Ploughing the Viper-field in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela standing in front of his cupola fresco The Defence of the Sampo in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela with models and sketches of the Kalevala cupola frescoes in the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
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Studies for the Kalevala frescoes ready to be transported from Tarvaspää to the National Museum of Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela with another man by the car, 1928. Print 1 of the picture 2.
Taken some time in 1928
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The Kalevala cupola frescoes of Akseli Gallen-Kallela in the making at the National Museum of Finland, 1928.
Taken some time in 1928
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela in a monk´s robe, wife Mary, son Jorma and Mary´s mother Aina Slöör at Tarvaspää´s colonnade, 1928.
Taken some time in May 1928
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela giving Joachim Skovgaard an adress to invite him as an honoured member of The Finnish Art Academy, in Copenhagen, 1931.
Taken some time in Feb 1931
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