Lögberg-Heimskringla - 06.05.1994, Page 2

2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 6. maí 1994
Our readers will have
noticed in our past
special issues of L-H
the number of advertisements
and greetings from Iceland.
We are very grateful for the
great work of the people of
Þjóðráð H/F. in Reykjavík,
under the leadership of
Svavar Kristinnsson and
Sveinn Guðmundsson. They
and their staff have moved
mountains for us and showed
to us that our paper enjoys
great respect amongst the
people of Iceland who fínd it
amazing that the paper is still
published now in its 107th
year.
Our thanks go to Þjóðráð!
We are also greatly indebt-
ed to the Reykjavík Museum
of Photography for their help
with gathering and loaning
the pictures of June 17 and
18, 1944, the pictures of
Iceland’s Presidents and the
accompanying photos to the
Jón Sigurðsson article.
The Reykjavík Museum of
Photography is a remarkable
museum. It all started in 1981
when three men, Eyjólfur
Halldórs, Leifur Þorsteins-
son, photographer, and the
geneologist Þorsteinn Jóns-
son became aware that no
organized collection of old
pictures had been gathered.
On their own these three
started and then were soon
joined by a few others in
amassing a growing collec-
tion.
Reykjavík
Höfuðborgin
við sundin blá
Það er ekki bara sagan, menningin eða
náttúrufegurðin sem er einstök í Reykjavík.
Mannlífið, söfnin, leikhúsin, hótelin,
skemmti- og veitingastaðirnir gera heimsókn
til Reykjavíkur að ógleymanlegri upplifun.
In 1987 the city fathers
realized the value of such a
collection and the Reykjavík
Museum of Photography was
founded.
The collection includes
some of the oldest pho-
tographs taken in Iceland,
and the first one of Reykjavflí
taken by Des Cloizeaux in
1846, only seven years after
the Frenchman J.N. Niepce
developed the first camera.
Of great interest to our
readers would be the begin-
ning of a collection of pic-
tures from the Icelandic
Settlement in North America.
Eyjólfur Halldórs, who is
now the Director of the
Museum, along with publish-
er Helgi Björn, visited
Manitoba during the summer
of ’93 to try to locate pictures
for this special collection.
They were successful in
obtaining copies from the
Manitoba Archives and the
University of Winnipeg as
well as from others. This now
makes up the collection from
Icelandic Settlements. They
would greatly appreciate
more pictures of people dur-
ing that era at work and play
if you or someone you know
happen to have any to share.
A special showing of this
collection is in the making. If
our readers have pictures
they would lilce to donate or
loan to the Museum for copy-
ing, please contact Eyjólfur
Halldórs at the Reykjavík
Museum of Photography,
Borgartúni 1, 105 Reykjavík,
Iceland.
BIRGIR
MESSUBOÐ
Fyrsta Lúterska
Kirkja
Pastor Ingthor I. Isfcld
1030 a.m. The Service
followed by Sunday School
& Coffee hour.
First Lutheran Church
580 Victor St.,
Winnipeg, MB
R3G 1R2 Ph. 772-7444
Minnist
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