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This poster, by Matica Slovenska Abroad and from the Ján Okáľ Fonds (20-016), promotes the Matica Slovenska Abroad's 6th ecumenical calendar, published in 1980, centenary of Milán R. Štefánik's birth. It includes a portrait of Štefánik in a military…

Nancy Ruth before an unidentified rock outcropping.

This poster, from Hamilton, Ontario's Matica Slovenska Abroad and located in the Canadian Slovak League (CSL) Fonds (20-017), contains a portrait of General Milán R. Štefánik in a military uniform by painter A. Schwarz.

This book is a post incunabula and was printed in 1512. It shows with more abundance, almost exaggeration, the use of printed ornamental initials of different sizes and formats.

An ex-libris embossed on a leather over was one way of indicating ownership of a book. In this example, however, we do not see a familial coat of arms, as can be seen in image no.8, but the “Quebec Library” choosing to simply spell out its name in…

Here we see yet another type of decorative paper, probably achieved through a mechanized process. The design of flowers with tendrils of gold is reminiscent of wrapping paper for gifts or even wallpaper, which is of no surprise, as these types of…