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The Joonas Story: Journey Around the World is a collectible book published by SOK’s coffee roastery, which appeared in the mid-1950s. The work is designed for attaching collectible cards to the pages of the book.

A Young Girl from Maaninka’s Scrapbook of Film Actors from the 1920s

Kaapro Jääskeläinen, also known as August Bernhard Mäkelä, recounts

Siilinjärvi - Maaninka Local Newspaper

Siilinjärvi - Maaninka Local Newspaper

Text written by: Ahti Rytkönen, Savupirttien kansaa. Pages 7–34

Written by: Ahti Rytkönen, Savupirttien kansaa. Pages 72–83

Newspaper clipping 16 May 1944

Otto Wilho Rissanen was the eldest son of the seer and birch bark craftsman Pekka Rissanen. He was born on 28 October 1888 and worked as a laborer in the village of Tuovilanlahti. Today, the objects and papers he left behind, such as this poetry book, can be seen at the Roopentori local museum. He can also be encountered at the Lusto Forest Museum....