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A fire in Helsinki in 1847

A fire in Helsinki in 1847
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A painting showing people watching a house on fire.
Fires were the bane of the wooden city. A painting by Robert Wilhem Ekman from the late 1840s depicts a log cabin fire in Helsinki at night.

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Helsinki City Museum

Phenomena

Changing urban environment

Period

1847 – 1849

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Painting Work of art

Authors

Ekman Robert Wilhelm

Keywords

tulipalot

Copyrights

CC BY 4.0

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