Thursday 5 September 2019

Three legendary yachts in the Solent

Three legendary yachts competing during the Cowes week on August 28, 1934. In the middle HMY Britannia, king George V:s yacht, on the left Shamrock V and on the right Westward. Of the three only Shamrock is preserved.
The photo by NP - here with my colorization - is in the archive of M/S Maritime Museum
 of Denmark in Elsinore



Monday 2 September 2019

A wedding cortege in Finland in 1913


On the way to church in 1913. A traditional wedding cortege in the Swedish speaking area of Ostrobothnia in Finland. My colorization of a photo by Gösta Carlsson. The original is in the Svenska Litteratursällskapet archive.