My grandfather,
Jón B. Ágústsson
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The postcards in this collection were given to me by
my grandmother, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir,
which inherited them when my grandfather, Jón Bekk Ágústsson died a few years ago.
Most of them were sent between the years of 1903 and 1933 by relatives on his side of my family. There are
about 100 Icelandic postcards in the collection, and many more from Europe, mainly Great Britain and
Scotland.
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My grandmother,
Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir
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I had kept the postcards for quite a while before I got
the idea of scanning them and
publishing them on the Web. My interest in the pictures is mainly because of their historic value, but I
realise that they must also be of interest to postcard/stamp collectors.
In the future I hope to scan the rest of the images and add them
to the site.
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Credits
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There are quite a few people that have helped me with this project,
supplied additional material and information, and helped publicizing the page.
- My sister, Dagbjört Óskarsdóttir, for the picture of the last Great Auk, and
for design tips/creative input.
- Ingvar Sigurðsson, for helping me develop the idea, scanning and mental support.
- Michael D. Smith, for generously donating one of the Reykjavík pictures.
- Árni Gunnarsson, for the picture of Geysir in Ölfus.
- Sigurður Fannar Guðmundsson, for the article in Morgunblaðið.
- Chris Astridge and Paul Lydon of Iceland Review's Daily news from Iceland.
- Lýður Pálsson, for information on the names of some of the people on the cards.
- Eiríkur Ágúst Guðjónsson, for help with the names of some of the people.
- Josephine Sigurgeirsson, Cyril MacDonald, for creative input.
- Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, for the link on the Reykjavík Web site.
- Jane of Lonely Planet, for the positive comments, and link from their site.
- Jóhann Magnússon for adding to the collection.
- Roger Harvey, for the link on his excellent Postcard Collecting Worldwide page.
- Albert Sigurðsson of the Icelandic Club in Finland for the link on their homepage.
- Chris Hyde for the link on his interesting Web site, The Antique Postcard Gallery.
- Lucian Millis of the Maximaphily and Cartophily Homepage.
- Lars-Olov Stenborg has a fine collection as well as excellent postcard links on his Home page.
- Don't forget the Maximaphily Club!
- Collectiques is another great resource for antiques and collectables.
- Visit the Swappers and Collectors Pages for hundreds of links to postcard resources.
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Copyright info
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I hope I have not violated the copyright of the
original owners by displaying the pictures, but the following are credited as
being the publishers of the cards in this collection:
- Egill Jakobsen & verzlunin Björn Kristjánsson, Reykjavík
- Sigfús Blöndals Forlag, Reykjavík
- Einar Gunnarsson, Reykjavík
- A. G. Beiðdal, Seyðisfirði
- Thorstein M. Jónsson
- Bókaverzlun Sigfúsar Eymundssonar
- Nordisk Kunstanstalt, København
- G. Gamalíelsson, Reykjavík
- Pjetus Johannesson, Seyðisfirði
- Stenders Forlag
- Ólafur Magnússon, Reykjavík
- Helgi Árnason, Reykjavík
- Ólafur Ólafsson, Reykjavík
- Gudrun Clausen, Reykjavík
- J. Chr. Olsen's Kunstforlag
- Samúel Eggertsson, Reykjavík
- B. Magnusson & Co.
- G. I. Johnsen
- Björn Jónsson, Reykjavík
- J. A. Gíslason, Reykjavík
- O. Johnson & Kaaber, Reykjavík
- Páll Jónsson
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Awards
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