I had long wondered about Daniel Nyblin, the photographer mentioned on this cabinet card of my great grandfather, Adolf Paul. Yesterday I received an email (see below) from Marten Mickos which explained everything. Nyblin did lots of celebrity portraits, like this one of Ibsen, and is considered the father of Finnish photography. Thanks for the note, Marten!
Jim,
I was leisurely googling for "Daniel Nyblin" and came on this blog posting of yours:
http://www.jimnolansblog.com/2011/01/finnish-cabinet-card-explained.html
Here is some further info: Daniel Nyblin was a Norwegian photographer in Finland. He was my maternal grandmother's maternal grandfather. He was married to Wera Pautow of Russian ancestry. The family became Swedish-speaking in Helsinki, which at the time was very much a Swedish-speaking city.
The card just lists his name and the city Helsingfors / Helsinki. The Nyblin photo studio was on the Fabianinkatu street, so that must be the word that is covered. The words in Russian is the same address written in cyrillic letters. At that time (i.e. from 1809 to 1917), Finland was a grand duchy in the Russian empire.
Daniel Nyblin was his time's most famous (and productive) photographer in Finland and he has at times been called the father of Finnish photography. There is plenty of information about him and his studio on the web.
He spent some time in the US and some of his brothers and/or cousins emigrated. I believe there are Nyblin ancestors in the Chicago area.
Not sure you needed all that info, but nevertheless hope it is useful or interesting to you.
Happy holidays and with kind regards,
Marten
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