1939 LAPLAND magazine article, Lapland, Lapps, Northern Europe, color photos

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Selling are 2 magazine article from 1939:
Lapland
Title: The Nomads of Arctic Lapland
Author: Clyde Fisher
Subtitled “Mysterious Little People of a Land of the Midnight Sun Live Off the Country Above the Arctic Circle”
Quoting the first page “Among the far mountains and rivers of northern Scandinavia, above the Arctic Circle, wanders a mysterious race of people known as the Lapps. Where they came from or who their ancestors were, are matters of debate.
Small in stature but of surprising courage and endurance, most of these sturdy little people are ever on the move. Through whirling snows of the Arctic, up steep mountain passes, through icy rivers, year after year they follow the migrations of their reindeer, upon which they depend for their livelihood.
Here we find the usual order of things reversed, man's life being ruled by an animal's needs. The reindeer is the basis of Lappish life. Since verdure in even the best pasturage fields is scanty, the reindeer do not stay long in one place; therefore, few Lapps have a fixed abode and they build no towns. To see how these people, living as their ancestors have lived from time immemorial, meet the problems of life in the inhospitable Arctic is a fascinating adventure.
All the Lapps may be divided into three groups: the poorer sedentary Lapps, who make a living chiefly by fishing; the mountain Lapps, who carryon reindeer culture; and the forest Lapps, who live in the forest district and have settled down to a large extent with their reindeer herds. There are numerous tribes, which can be distinguished by the shape and color of their caps. Within the same tribe the men's caps are usually different from the women's.
On a late spring day Carveth Wells and I found ourselves on a long, narrow lake well above the Arctic Circle. A pile of miscellaneous baggage lay in the bottom of the little old Finnish boat-cameras and films, food, and gifts for the Lapps.
We had come to Arctic Lapland on a photographic expedition for the American Museum of Natural History, to make still and motion pictures of the everyday life of the Lapps, so different from our own; to carry back to our civilization a glimpse of the courage and grit of a people carrying on in the face of tremendous odds.
With us as guide and interpreter we were fortunate in having Dr. Erik Bergstrom, inspector of the nomad schools of Swedish Lapland, who passed eight months of every year in this Arctic country. His integrity of character and sympathetic interest in the Lapps had won for him the confidence of these mysterious people.
Across the spring heath, bright with the shining yellow of butterballs and the waxy white of dwarf dogwood, rose low, snow-covered mountains, pink in the morning sun. It was a brilliant and unforgettable scene.
Close at hand was a sight that interested me even more. On the shore of Lake Kartjejaure squatted a small, conical, blackish Lapp tent, or kåta (pronounced "kawta"; cf cottage, cote)-the first Lapp dwelling we had seen, and the only habitation for miles. Blue smoke curled invitingly from the wide smoke hole.
"I should like to call on this family and make some pictures," I told Dr. Bergstrom.
"Certainly, if you wish," he replied.
"You won't even need to knock, for the dogs will announce you. In fact, it is not customary in Lapland to knock at the door."
Suddenly I felt diffident at the thought of intruding upon these strange people, uninvited and unannounced. To be sure, I had come more than. 5,000 miles over land and sea to become acquainted with them and to study their customs, but how did I know that I would be welcome? How ought I to behave when once inside the kåta?
As if he guessed my thoughts, Dr. Bergstrom went on: "You will find the Lapps…”
7” x 10”; 27 pages, 27 B&W photos plus map.
Title: European Northern Nomads
Photos by: Jack Kuhne
No text, just photo captions.
7” x 10”; 8 pages, 12 color photos of the Lapp people
These are pages from an actual 1939 magazine.
39K3
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