Shirt-sleeve winter in Tahmela

"15th of February 1925"

Back inscription: "15th of February 1925 in Tahmela!" (A quarter in a City of Tampere, Finland.)

This photo was likely been taken to demonstrate the unusually warm winter of 1924-25. Jouni Keskinen tells in his article ( www.uta.fi/yky/arkisto/koskivoimaa/kaupunki/1918-40/leuto.htm ) how the lack of snow caused various problems - people used to getting around by skis, sledges and carriages, couldn't perform their regular logging and woodworking in wet forests, which caused major unemployment. Dozens of people were drowned in the lakes which normally would've been frozen solid. Driving manure into the fields was also very difficult, so cattle-keepers were in a literally shitty situation. That winter held a record as the warmest of the century for 80 years, being topped only by the winter 2007-8.

These gentlemen look pleased though to be able to flaunt their watch-chains in midwinter. I cropped a detail of the intriguing mystery man in the background:
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