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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.
Grainy black and white photo of an elderly woman with short, curly hair, facing left. She is wearing a light-colored vest over a dark blouse and appears to be speaking or mid-sentence. Part of a man in a suit is visible to her right. The background is dark and indistinct.
A photo of three tall shelves filled with tightly packed books in a library or archive. Most of the books are older and bound in a variety of rich colors such as red, green, brown, and black, with white spine labels indicating cataloging information. Some titles are in Icelandic. The books appear well-preserved.
Three vintage Icelandic-language almanak covers from 1895, 1896, and 1897, printed in Winnipeg. Each features bold typography and ornate borders. Advertisements in Icelandic promote goods like watches, clocks, eyeglasses, and furniture from local businesses including G. Thomas and Inman & Co. The 1896 and 1897 covers also show illustrations of eyeglasses.
A stylized portrait of a smiling man with glasses, a beard, and a striped shirt with suspenders, standing in front of a white wooden church with a tall steeple. Green leaves from a tree hang into the frame from the top left.
An older man with white hair, beard, and glasses speaks at a podium with a microphone. The podium has a sign that reads BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity.
A man wearing academic robes with a red and blue trim speaks at a microphone during a formal ceremony. He has short gray hair, glasses, and is dressed in a shirt and tie.
Black-and-white portrait of an elderly woman with short, curled hair. She is smiling softly and wearing a light-colored blouse with vertical stripes.
An older man with white hair, beard, and glasses sits outdoors, playing a small string instrument. He is wearing a gray shirt with suspenders, and trees fill the background.
An older man with white hair, beard, and glasses stands in front of a stone wall, wearing a black collared shirt with a pen in the breast pocket.
An older man with glasses, white hair, and a beard sits indoors in front of a window, wearing a plaid shirt with suspenders. A brown and white dog rests on the back of the couch behind him, looking toward the camera.
A black-and-white portrait of a Jorundur Eyford in a pinstriped suit, seated and looking directly at the camera. He wears a patterned tie and white shirt, with neatly combed hair. The background is softly blurred, creating a formal studio setting from approximatly 1930.
Hand-drawn map from the late 1800s depicting Icelandic settler homesteads around Lake Winnipeg, with numbered sections and handwritten names marking individual plots.
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