“A love of flowers and children was one of Sophie Mannerheim’s defining features,” writes Tyyni Tuulio in a biography of Mannerheim. Upon her 60th birthday, Mannerheim received a photo album as a gift from the Children’s Castle hospital she had established. Enclosed within the album’s brown leather covers are 26 black-and-white photos of the old Children’s Castle and its patients and staff. This photo album is our object of the month.
![A brown photo album with a dedication inscribed on the cover in gilt letters.](https://blogs.helsinki.fi/hum-object-of-the-month/files/2022/12/kuva1_201620a67_nettikoko-1024x708.jpg)