Joel M. Halpern on shore of Lake Torneträsk

Item Information

Title:
Joel M. Halpern on shore of Lake Torneträsk
Description:
Joel M. Halpern stands on the shore of Lake Torneträsk. In front of him are bundles of his personal belongings. Behind him is a boat with Nils Gaup, a 40 year-old Sami man, standing nearby. In the background is the opposite shoreline, with mountains showing some snow. This photograph was taken by Lutheran Pastor Lennart Wallmark, principal of the Sami folk high school in Jokkmokk from 1942 to 1972. He invited Joel M. Halpern to accompany him on his tour into the Sami villages, and sent the set of prints to Halpern back in the U.S.
Photographer:
Wallmark, Lennart
Date:
[ca. September 14, 1949]
Format:
Photographs
Prints
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 8A. Slides
Subjects:
Sweden--Description and travel--Photographs
Torneträsk--Sweden--Photographs
Ethnic costume--Sweden--Photographs
Boathouses--Sweden--Photographs
Sami(European people)--Sweden--Photographs
Places:
Sweden
Extent:
1 print
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-sw-i0020
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Identifier:
mufs001-sw-i0020