Sami indigenous northern European family in Norway around 1900.
Sami indigenous northern European family in Norway around 1900.
Credit: Detroit Publishing Co.
A Sami family in Norway around 1900. Also known as Lapps, the Sami are among the largest group of indigenous peoples of Europe, inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. This image is a photochrom (a hand-coloured monochrome plate), a common practice at the time.
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