Figure 1.--The photo was taken in 1897 in Niemenlautta, southern Finland. The children are having fun wiyh a play cart. It could be pulled by a older boy or we think large dogs were also used. The boy has a peaked cap and knee pants. The girls wear jaunty tams with dresses and pimsfors.

And of course children also have fun with vehicles likescooters, bikes and trikes, although before World War II many children could not afford them especially the nikes and trikes. This was the case in more affluent countries before the War and would have certainly been the case in Finland. And Finland took longer to revover from the War than Western Europe, because of the war damage, Soviet seizure of territory, and the need to placate the Soviets afrer the War. Bicycles became very poukar in Finlans and still are. They are evn rode during the winter. Filand is now one of the most peosperous countrues. And most kids who want them have bikes. Many kids today cycle to school, even during the winter. We also notice basic sked affairs. We notice images playing with what look like farm cars. We have seen some similar images in Sweden. We also note both play carts for children. Others were utilitarian farm carts of various descriptions which the children sometimes played on.

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