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Embrace Our Heritage Part 7

Posted on May 18, 2012 by william
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Ragnahei

Posted in 1800s, burton, Consul Crowe, Iceland, Trollope, wadmal, wool | 1 Reply

Saving or heritage: clothes

Posted on February 28, 2012 by william
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Posted in assimilation, C. W. Sheperd, ethnic costumes, icelandic clothes, immigration experience, integration, John Coles, Laxness, peysufot, S. E. Waller, Trollope, upphlutur | 1 Reply

Trollope on St. Kilda, 1878

Posted on January 18, 2012 by william
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Posted in Cunard, Iceland, Mastiffe, St. Kilda, Trollope | Leave a reply

The Dinner Party, Trollope, Reykjavik, 1878

Posted on January 16, 2012 by william
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Posted in England, Laxness, London, Mastiffe, Reykjavik, Trollope | Leave a reply

Trollope’s picnic, Iceland,1878

Posted on January 13, 2012 by william
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Sketch by Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1823

Posted in 1878, charles lock, john burns, mastiffs, njal's saga, S. E. Waller, Trollope | 1 Reply

Trollope at Reykjavik, 1878

Posted on January 12, 2012 by william
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The Mastiff arrives in Reykjavik early in the morning. After bathing in the ocean, the travellers go ashore.

Posted in 1878, Bishop P. Pjetursson, Mastiffe, Reykavik, Sir George MacKenzie, Thora Pjetursson, Trollope | Leave a reply

The Mastiff at the Faroes, 1878

Posted on January 11, 2012 by william
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Sketch by Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1823

Posted in 1878, Faroe, Iceland, Mastiffe, Trollope | Leave a reply

Trollope at St. Kilda, on the way to Reykjavik, 1878

Posted on January 8, 2012 by william
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The Mastiff Built: 1878 Ship Type: Coaster Tonnage: 871 grt Length: 230 feet Breadth: 30 feet Owner: G & J Burns Ltd Glasgow Remarks: Broken up at Genoa 1924

Posted in Cunard, Mastiffe, St. Kilda, Trollope | Leave a reply

When Anthony Trollope Visited Iceland, 1878

Posted on January 8, 2012 by william
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Part 1
As I was growing up in Gimli, Manitoba, nearly everything I was told about Iceland was incorrect. Memories of Iceland were distorted by time and distance. Events and social conditions were filtered through a lens of misunderstanding. In the days of my childhood, people didn

Posted in Burns, Iceland, Jemima Blackburn, Mastiffe, Trollope | Leave a reply

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