Legendary Finnish criminal, the "King of Härmä" Antti Isotalo as an old man, ca. 1910 (79 yrs). Among other numerous crimes, Isotalo got finally a death sentence in 1869 for an alleged murder of a decade earlier. The sentence was changed to 12 yrs in prison for lack of sufficient evidence. In his older years, Antti Isotalo renounced his crimes and came to faith in Christ. Antti Isotalo was the other one of the famous criminal pair "Isotalo and Rannanjärvi" as they were known. They terrorized western Finland ca. 1850-1870.
Historia väreissä esittelee suomalaisia historiallisia, alunperin mustavalkokuvia tai piirroksia väreissä taiteellisen näkemyksen mukaan. This blog is called "History in Colors" and is about colorized historical Finnish black and white photos, or drawings.
perjantai 25. lokakuuta 2019
Isontalon Antti, 1910
Legendary Finnish criminal, the "King of Härmä" Antti Isotalo as an old man, ca. 1910 (79 yrs). Among other numerous crimes, Isotalo got finally a death sentence in 1869 for an alleged murder of a decade earlier. The sentence was changed to 12 yrs in prison for lack of sufficient evidence. In his older years, Antti Isotalo renounced his crimes and came to faith in Christ. Antti Isotalo was the other one of the famous criminal pair "Isotalo and Rannanjärvi" as they were known. They terrorized western Finland ca. 1850-1870.
perjantai 18. lokakuuta 2019
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