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Select an item to view an enlarged image and description or to play the video/audio clip. Explore the digitized newspapers, archival documents, historical and contemporary photographs, and oral history recordings that tell the remarkable story of Icelandic-language publishing in Manitoba from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
Four lines of Icelandic poetry printed in black ink on a white page
Black-and-white film still showing the title NÝJA ÍSLAND in bold uppercase letters superimposed over an image of a classical building partially obscured by trees.
Black-and-white image showing a group of people standing on the deck of a large sailing ship, viewed from behind the bow.
Old printed catalog page in Icelandic listing books and prices. The page is organized into categories such as Sögur, Leikir, Ymislegt, and Nýjar bækur. Each entry includes the book title, author’s name, volume or part number, and price in krónur. The text is dense and closely spaced, printed in a serif typeface on yellowed paper with visible aging and small dark specks. The layout is divided into two main columns.
A dark wooden bookcase with glass doors, filled with vintage books in Icelandic and English. The top shelf displays matching gilt-stamped volumes. A small sign on top reads Stephan G. Stephansson Collection. The case stands in a sunlit room with trees visible through a nearby window.
Cover of a commemorative booklet for the 50th anniversary of the Women's Auxiliary of the Liberal Congregation in Winnipeg (1904–1954), illustrated with a blue sketch of a church in a rural landscape.
Cover of the 1897 Icelandic edition of Home Butter Making, Dairy Bulletin No. 5 from the Department of Agriculture Dairy Branch, authored by C. C. Macdonald and published in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The cover is stained and worn.
Cover of Sönglög by Gunnstein Eyjólfsson, published in Winnipeg in 1936. The design features a decorative border and a small illustration of a lyre.
Title page of an old Icelandic publication printed in Winnipeg. The title Hin fríða mey appears at the top in large Gothic-style script, followed by the word kvædi and the name Jón Bjarnason. Below is a line indicating it was worked on by Halldór Halldórsson. The text is centered and printed in black ink on aged white paper. The bottom of the page notes Winnipeg, Heimskringlu prentsmiðja with the date 1891. A small piece of tape is visible on the lower right corner.
A Icelandic language article clipping titled Til Sólskinsbarna by H. Guðjónsson frá Laxnesi, printed in the November 1916 issue of Sólskin.
Cover of a 1917 Icelandic Sunday school booklet titled Sunnudagsskólakver, framed with a decorative border and printed in black on grey paper.
Wooden roll-top desk with a glass display case showing medals, certificates, and documents. Above it hangs a framed painting of a white two-story house with trees in the background. A label reads G.J. Guttormsson Collection.
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