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W.A. Oldfield (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. W.A. Oldfield [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.34766 Call Number: LC-B2- 5806-15
Owner: The Library of Congress
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1920

On the wrong side of the tracks...

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Description: To end a week where we had 500 years of Jesuits in Limerick, a fiddle for a tombstone, Star Wars in CIE, and Napoleon of the Confederacy, we have an image from none other than the Roger Casement collection!! A small photograph showing some railroad tracks and local stores with lots of people about. I am almost drooling at the prospect of what might be discovered about this scene... Photographers: Sir Roger Casement(?) Collection: Roger Casement Photographic Collection Date: April 1920(?!) NLI Ref: NPA CAS12D You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1920

Napoleon McCafferty?

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Description: Given the pose a comparison with the late French Emperor was inevitable, but who was Captain John McCafferty? He certainly looks like a dashing character with a high opinion of himself. Was that an accurate description of the man? Who was he, and what happened to him? Photographers: Adolph Lesage Collection: Invincibles cartes de visite Photographic Collection Date: Well after 1838 NLI Ref: NPA INV20 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 11148
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1870

Baldwin Steam Tram, Marrickville Tram Terminus, c.1889, by John Rae

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Description: Baldwin Steam Tram, Marrickville Tram Terminus, c.1889, by John Rae, albumen print, from Miscellaneous views Album, DL PX 168 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAyo3Y#5gMvvaD5WEP2E
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1889

Daimler YC-type water flusher tanker, Parramatta Council, Sydney, ca. 1926

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Description: Daimler YC-type water flusher tanker, Parramatta Council, Sydney, ca. 1926, gelatin silver print, from Peter Anderson aggregated collection of photographs, Series 01 Photographs of trucks and vans, ca. 1920-1980, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 978/101-203 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7deMx9
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1926

The Pearse family celebrating Bloomsday?

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Description: PH Pearse poses with other members of his family for this photograph taken in the early 1900s. The various characters are named in the link, but this is an unusual image in that it shows the family and Patrick’s penchant for showing his “best” side! Have a happy Bloomsday! Photographer: Willie Pearse Collection: Republican Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1910 NLI Ref: NPA PRP4 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1910

Country Roads, take me home...

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Description: Yesterday’s Instructors Cottage proved to be a bit of a puggle, and while I suspect that today’s might do likewise, I have been proved wrong in short order in the past. A country road with a cottage near Camross in Co. Laois by Mr. O’Dea probably means that there is a strip of permanent way not too far off, if that is any help. Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection: James P. O'Dea Date: Thursday, 17 May 1962 NLI Ref.: ODEA 30/89 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1962

'Where have the roads gone', Longreach to Darwin Survey for aerodromes and supply depots, 1919, Hudson Fysh

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Description: 'Where have the roads gone', Longreach to Darwin survey for aerodromes and supply depots, 1919, Hudson Fysh, vintage gelatin silver pront, from Sir Hudson Fysh Photographic album, PX*D 294/vol.26 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110592586
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1919

More Power to your elbow sir!

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Description: The old catchphrase for Power families was “More Power said old Power when new Power was born” and Mr. Richard Power of Belvedere, Tramore was able to say that a lot of times! A delightful family group from the Poole Collection, taken on the steps of their home. Mr and Mrs Power were busy, but produced a very handsome family. Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: The Poole Photographic Collection, Waterford Date: ca. 13 June 1925 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3288 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1925

SS Franconia, Cunard Line Ship, c. 1930, published by M. Cooper

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Description: SS Franconia, Cunard Line Ship, c. 1930, published by M. Cooper, Ernest G. Best postcard collection of vessels, ca. 1900-1940, State Library of New South Wales, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1930

W.W. Nutting (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. W.W. Nutting [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.34584 Call Number: LC-B2- 5785-10
Owner: The Library of Congress
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1920

Roll up, roll up free copies of Ulysses...

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Description: A visit to the Wiltshire Collection today, and a return to Bloomsday in 1954. The title on the image is “Unidentified man holding copy of “Ulysses”, others in background, Michael Scott’s house, Sandycove, Co. Dublin” and it shows a queue to a booth while in the foreground two men in deep conversation while one shows his copy of the book. We have been to Mr. Scotts house before but who are the men? Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire Collection: Wiltshire Photographic Collection Date: Bloomsday 1954 NLI Ref: WIL pk15[6] You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1954

Fitziu (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Fitziu [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.34568 Call Number: LC-B2- 5783-16
Owner: The Library of Congress
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1920

Deep Sea Hydraulic Engine

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Description: To end this week, where we have moved about the country quite a bit, we have a most unusual image from the Mason Photographic Collection. A “Deep Sea Hydraulic Engine” plan which at that time was unusual or significant enough to merit a photograph. Why did Mason have this image, and why is it so important? Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M23/53/10 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1910

RMS Mauretania, merchant ship, ca.1915

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Description: RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett for the British Cunard Line. She made her maiden voyage on 16 November 1907 and was the world's largest ship until the completion of RMS Olympic in 1911. In 1915 she was ordered by the British government to serve as a troop ship to carry British soldiers during the Gallipoli Campaign. This photo is from around that period and shows her painted in wartime 'Dazzle Camouflage.' RMS Mauretania, merchant ship, ca.1915, from vintage postcard, State Library of New South Wales PXE 722-2462 search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1cvjue2/ADLIB110328751
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1915

A band of Adelie penguins met on the floe ice, Queen Mary Land, ca. 1912, by Andrew D. Watson

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Description: A band of Adelie penguins met on the floe ice when sledging off Queen Mary Land, ca. 1912, Western Antarctic Base, Australian Antarctic Expedition, by Andrew D. Watson, from half plate negative, Home and Away - 38271, photonegative, ON 144/P264, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110039437
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1912

Dog poses with humans in Lismore while spaniel goes shy :-)

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Description: Continuing the practice of posting on Bank Holidays, we have this lovely, happy, and varied group from the Poole Collection. At least three generations of a family gathered with lots of smiles and happy faces, and all centred around a fine looking dog! Today in Ireland is a Bank Holiday celebrating May Day (just a bit late), and normally a great time for trips away, but not this year. Hopefully we will be out and about again soon? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Around 21 August 1926 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3391 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1926

Soldier and dog, departure of the 6th Division for the Middle East January 1940, Sam Hood

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Description: Hood Collection part II, Wartime departure of the 6th Division for the Middle East, 9-10 January 1940, Sam Hood, Sydney, no. 50 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110095755
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1940

Filming on set of the film 'Thoroughbred', 1935-1936, Sam Hood

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Description: Filming on set of the Cinesound-Ken Hall film, Thoroughbred, 1935-1936, Sam Hood, Hood Collection part II, Theatrical, Cinema; people, films and theatres, ca. 1920-ca. 1950, State Library of New South Wales, PXE 789 (v.56) archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110095706
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1935

Unloading mules, ANZAC Beach, 1915

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Description: Unloading mules, ANZAC Beach, 1915, by G. Downes, vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales PXE 697 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110044411
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1915

AWA building and traffic light, York Street, Sydney, ca. 1938, by Max Dupain, State Library of New South Wales

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Description: AWA building and traffic light, York Street, Sydney, ca. 1938, by Max Dupain, from original negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 559/Box 5/nos. 607-619, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110594846
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1938

Aluminium blues (self portrait), 1935, by Max Dupain

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Description: Aluminium blues (self portrait), 1935 by Max Dupain, vintage gelatin silver print, State LLibrary of New South Wales, P2/564 digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1935

I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls

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Description: This is allegedly a bust of Denis Florence MacCarthy. Now I suspect that many of us plebs never heard of this gentleman, so one wonders who was he to be preserved for all time in marble? It is a fine-looking sculpture with excellent detail, so this is a particularly singular honour for Denis. Google search on the way!!!! +++ UPDATE +++ No idea why our catalogue record had a question mark after Bust of Denis Florence MacCarthy? as it quite clearly states what it is on the tin, or in this case, marble plinth. Thanks to Suck Diesel for the list of the great and good of Irish society in 1882, who came together to contribute to a memorial fund to perpetuate “in a fitting manner the memory of this distinguished Irish poet”. We’re assuming this bust was the outcome of that fund? And we now know that Mr MacCarthy (1817-1882) was an Irish poet, translator, and biographer, born in Sackville Street Lower (now O’Connell Street), Dublin. Photographers: Various Collection: Political Personalities Photographic Collection Date: After 1882 (date of death is on the plinth) NLI Ref: NPA POLI41 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1883

John Tyndall, half-length portrait, facing front

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Description: This image of John Tyndall has so much information contained within regarding sartorial, tonsorial and “barborial”, all denoting the fashions of a time! Who was John Tyndall? Did he write songs as well, or was he a wielder of the sword rather than the pen? +++ UPDATE +++ Turns out he was more of a wielder of the mind, rather than sword or pen. There was some initial argument as to whether this was, in fact, John Tyndall – based on hair parting, facial features, facial hair, apparent age in various portraits, and the name J. Glastrich on the carte-de-visite itself. However, the consensus is that this is indeed physicist John Tyndall, professor of physics at London’s Royal Institution from 1853 to 1887. He was a very interesting fellow. Domhnall Sioradáin provided us with a succinct biography: Tyndall, from Leighlinbridge, Carlow, is remembered in Cork, in the Tyndall National Institute. He left Carlow at 18 to work for the Ordnance Survey around Munster, before moving to Preston. He is noted for his explanation of why the sky is blue (Rayleigh scattering), heat absorption by CO2 in the atmosphere, and the measurement of aerosols by scattering (Tyndall effect). Photographers: Millard and Robinson Collection: Invincibles cartes de visite Photographic Collection Date: Around 1850?! NLI Ref: NPA INV1 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1850

The Terra Nova off Cape Evans with capsizing Berg. January 1911, [attrib.] Herbert Ponting

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Description: The Terra Nova off Cape Evans with capsizing Berg. January 1911, [attrib.] Herbert Ponting, from vintage print in photograph album of the Scott expedition to Antarctica, 1910-1913, annotated by T. Griffith Taylor, State Library of New South Wales, PXA 157 search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1cvjue2/ADLIB110339803
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1911

Bunlin Bridge, Co. Donegal

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Description: We had another personality lined up for today, but since yesterday’s post I have The Rising of the Moon playing live in my head, so we’re off to Donegal! Bunlin Bridge somewhere in that beautiful county looks like quite a feat to create the causeway and build the bridge. Is it still as picturesque today? +++ UPDATE +++ A big thank you to all of our usual suspects for finding out, and more importantly, for telling us that the cottage, the mill wheel, and the humpback bridge are sadly, long gone. The cottage was Widow Algoe’s, and Tuck Mill was a flax mill. They unearthed references to Molly Maguire activity in the area, and open-air masses in the late 1860s. In 1876, the widowed Mrs Algoe was evicted with her six children from the cottage for allegedly cutting some trees, “contrary to the order of” her landlord. She retook possession of her cottage in 1878, perhaps thinking that the assassination of her landlord, Lord Leitrim, might save her. However, the estate's agents evicted her again. And our resident newspaperman, John Spooner discovered that in August 1939, the Londonderry Sentinel newspaper considered it newsworthy that a pair of swans chose this inlet to nest and rear their young – must have been a very slow news month. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_01279 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1875

John Keegan “Leo” Casey

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Description: John Keegan Casey, or as the police would say, John Keegan alias Leo Casey, in a very old and faded photograph for today’s image. A big change from the wide and crowded street of Kingscourt to the clouded and tragic world of the Fenian Brotherhood. What can we find out about John, and what happened to him? +++ UPDATE +++ Thank you to everyone for the great information contributed about John Keegan Casey, who we found out was a poet, a teacher, a scholar, and a Fenian. BeachcomberAustralia found a great article in the Irish Times although he says it’s "hopefully reliable”. How very dare you? That’s the ‘paper of record’ you’re casting asparagus at! :)) Anyway, among many gems in that article by Denis Fahey was this interesting little nugget: “His coffin was draped in silk banners of green white and orange, the first recorded use of a tricolour for this purpose, and thousands of people marched in a procession from his home to Glasnevin Cemetery.” Photographers: Various Collection: Irish Political Figures Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1850-1870 NLI Ref: NPA PERS3 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1860

And the truth shall set us free...

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Description: One of Ireland's greatest heroes and statesmen who has streets and monuments named after him all over the country is now almost a forgotten man! Daniel O'Connell was a powerful figure in the 19th century who did not believe in the use of force but who put the fear of God into his opponents at that time. This caricature gives some sense of his power and the belief that people had in him! Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M16/4/5 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1900

Les Corvettes L'Astrolabe Et La Zelee caught in Antarctic ice, watercolour by A. Mayer. (1838)

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Description: This watercolour painted by A. Mayer is of the Astrolabe and Zélée caught in Antarctic ice in 1838. The ships were on Jules Dumont d'Urville's Second Voyage of exploration which had left Toulon on 7 September 1837. One of their main objecttives was to discover the South Magnetic Pole but on 1 January 1838, two weeks after sighting their first iceberg, the ships became entangled in a mass of ice. Over the next two months d'Urville led increasingly desperate attempts to find a passage through the ice so that he could reach the desired latitude. d'Urville was eventually forced to give up the search and directed the two ships towards Talcahuano, in Chile, where he established a temporary hospital for the crew members affected by scurvy. Les Corvettes L'Astrolabe Et La Zelee Commandees Par Dumont-Durville Et Jacquinot; La Corvette L'Astrolabe Est Arretee Par Une Glace a La Sortie De La Banquise, Passages Antarctiques, a Fevrier 1838 / Watercolour by A. Mayer. (1838). V*/Ships/Astr/1 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110336668
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1838

Constructing a wall? I think not!

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Description: Some townie in Library Towers thought that these men were building a wall at the foot of Mount Errigal! Sure God help them they never spent a day on the bog footing turf. This really gorgeous Tynan image shows one of the real beauties of Donegal while also showing a dying art, the cutting, drying and gathering of turf (peat to the forringers among us) from the bog! Photographers: Denis Tynan 1923 - 2010 Collection: Tynan Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1950 - 1960 NLI Ref: NPA TYN101 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1955

The mill wheel keeps on turning...

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Description: The archivist trying to describe this image provided an elaborate title "River, rocky bed, between wooded banks, weir seen from dumstream, mill wheel mill, outflow to left" I await an explanation for "Dumstream" and a virtual sticky bun for the best version! The scene is wide and sylvan with an enormous mill building, probably a tidal river below the falls and a verdant river bank. Where is/was it? Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_0735 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 20270
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1875

Not everybody left Skibbereen it seems!

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Description: This Mason image is a hive of industry with Looms, Spinning Wheels and a sewing machine to the fore! A fine bright room with lots of good light coming through the window, religious pictures on the wall probably indicate a local co-operative? Growing up the plaintive song "Skibbereen" was a party favourite but is seldom heard today! Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M4/12 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1900

Amy Sheridan, as Lady Godiva, c. 1873, photographer unknown

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Description: In 1872 Miss Amy Sheridan's performance of Lady Godiva by W. M. Akhurst for Astley's circus created a furor among the respectable society when she appeared as Lady Godiva dressed in what for the time was deemed virtually nothing. Described as "a sight to drive the mosquitoes mad" photographs of the Amy were deemed pornographic by many but still sold in large numbers in Australia. Miss Amy Sheridan, Ias Lady Godiva, item 03: Photographs of actors and actresses, singers, music hall artists, and others, ca. 1863-ca. 1881, State Library of New South Wales PXA 362/vol. 3 p.8, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110336651
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1873

The Wheel of Life

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Description: The lovely Elinor was becoming quite inventive in framing this monastery and round tower in the spokes of a wheel. A really nice shot with lots of building and even a cow, though no dog, for our delectation on a cold, wet and windy Friday!!! Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire Collection: Wiltshire Photographic Collection Date: 1954 May NLI Ref: WIL k2[54] You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1954

Salmon fishing at Lalholm, or more precicely Balholm!!

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Description: From the fox hunt in Cork to, what I suspect is out forring, salmon fishing in Lalholm wherever that might be? The sheer cliff with the ropes running down to it reminds me somewhat of Carrick a Rede in Antrim where the locals made amazing adaptations in order to get down to the sea to capture salmon as they ran past that coast! Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M51/6 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 14428
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1900

Pearl diving Australia, 23 March 1939, PIX Magazine

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Description: Pearl Diving Series, 23 March 1939, photographic prints copied from earlier photo, PIX magazine, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 026/Item 063 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110589656
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1939

DOGS with Mr. J.P. Longfield M.F.H., Duhallow, Waterloo, Mallow on horse

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Description: With enough dogs to satisfy the dog fanatics among us this fine photograph from the Poole Collection shows a hunt about to begin! Mr. J.P. Longfield, Master of Fox Hounds is getting ready to lead the hounds out while in the background his retinue prepare for a days sport. Regardless of ones views on fox hunts such occasions were wonderful photographic opportunities and Arthur Henri nailed this one! Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: between 1913 and 1914 NLI Ref: POOLED 0845 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1914

Unidentified but it looks like Wicklow?

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Description: Somehow this reminds me of a number of places in County Wicklow. The ridge, the trees and the houses in close proximity to water. The one thing that throws me is the broad expanse of possibly tidal waters in the foreground. I wonder why those stakes are placed at the end of the falling water? Fish traps perhaps? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_05710 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1910

American and Australian soldiers at Townsville, 21 February 1944, photographed by N. Herfort

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Description: American and Australian troops not only fought together but were often housed in the same camps. Taken 76 years ago this picture is of Private First Class JE Peterson, of Chicago, and Bombardier N Roughley of Sydney. It was taken at the American Red Cross tent in northern Australia. State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 019/Item 003 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110588548
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1944

The Vandeleur Evictions

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Description: Those among you Flickroonies who've been with us for a long time will be familiar the 1880s eviction photographs that we've posted over the years. They're mostly action shots of depredation and desperation. This one is rather different, with many of the dramatis personae pictured calmly sitting on the steps of Kilrush House. p.s. Apologies for late posting! You just can't get the staff these days... ;) Photographer: Robert French? Date: August 1888 NLI Ref: NPA MOPR You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1888

Earl of Longford, Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham

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Description: When you read the title you might expect a man in ermine and silks standing in a great hall with flunkeys at his beck and call? Instead here is a portly young man with a suit that is just a little tight and a very pleasant smile on his face. From a photographic point of view this is a dreadful crop from another photo! Photographers: Various Collection: Irish Personalities Photographic Collection Date: 5th September 1928 NLI Ref: NPA PERS36 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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1928

'Victory Shower', Victory Hat, worn by Alba Callinan, war loan series, 28 February 1945, photographed by Grimes, PIX Magazine

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Description: 75 Years ago the Third Victory Loan Fashion display was put together to demonstrate how it was possible to subscribe to war loans and remain fashionable in the process. 'Victory Shower', worn by voluntary war-worker Alba Callinan, has a veil liberally be-spotted with War Savings Stamps. 'Victory Shower', Victory Hat, worn by Alba Callinan, war loan series, 28 February 1945, photographed by Grimes, PIX Magazine, copied from original negative, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 017/Item 075 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110588364
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 11974
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1945

Dog poses with nine people outside house!

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Description: This lovely photograph from the Poole Collection shows a family, headed by a beautiful dog, standing outside a house somewhere. There is so much to see in this, not least the fact that there is no obesity here, these people walked wherever they went, worked around the farm and ate home cooked food! Who were they, where was this and what more can we find out? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: ca. 19 October 1919 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 2828 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 17515
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1919

Joseph Holloway, head and shoulders, front facing portrait

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Description: I love a photograph with a lived-in face and this is just perfect! Joseph may be the older brother of Stanley for all I know but he has a great face for a portrait. Who was he and why was he considered to be an Irish Personality? Photographers: Various Collection: Irish Personalities Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1920-1944 NLI Ref: NPA PERS26 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 15047
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1940

Wet weather Sydney, Pix Magazine

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Description: Wet weather, Sydney, 6 March 1939, Pix Magazine, ON 388/Box 035/Item 178. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd. archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110591609
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1939

Scotch Street, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone

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Description: There is a lot going on in this photograph, you could say that there is something here for everyone to see (bar the Dog brigade!). There are some posters right in the middle and a fantastic looking decorative Ram, will they help? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_02472 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 14364
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1900

Devenish Island, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

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Description: We revert to the Lawrence collection for our selection today. We see a fine Celtic cross in the foreground, backed up by an excellent and seemingly fully intact round tower. What can you tell us about both of them? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_05582 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 12542
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1900

Tram smash, Taronga Zoo Park line, 8 September 1939, Pix Magazine

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Description: Apparently the passengers on this Taronga Park bound train had a miraculous escape when another tram crashed into it on Saturday 8 September 1939. The accident occurred at the bottom of the hill near Milsons point when the Chatswood tram telescoped the rear drivers cabin into the passenger car. More the 20 people were injured but none seriously. Tram smash, Taronga Zoo Park line, 8 September 1939, Pix Magazine, ON 388/Box 035/Item 093. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd. archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110590830 Tram Crash: 20 Injured (1939, September 16). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 20. Retrieved February 7, 2020, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55773885
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1939

Koshetz and husband (LOC)

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Description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Koshetz and husband [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.34071 Call Number: LC-B2- 5703-10
Owner: The Library of Congress
Views: 3755
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1920

Narrabeen camp war workers holiday, 26 January 1944, photographed by Alec Iverson

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Description: On Australia Day 1944 Pix photographer Alec Ives visited the war workers holiday camp at Narrabeen, Sydney. Here he captured workers relaxing while having their haircut. From the left, they are Mr I Brown (miner), Mrs E Burnett (munitions worker), Miss I Bowen (poultry farmer), Miss M Delaney (munition, Mrs Brown (munitions) and D. Burnett (munitions). State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 019/Item 001 archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110588546
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1944

Caging the tiger

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Description: Is this the forerunner of the 40 foot container that is so ubiquitous today? This giant cage protecting the new item of equipment for the “GPE” factory in Donegal must have been quite the marvel in 1979. Taken when industries were opening in rural Ireland, whereas they all appear to be closing down today, sadly! Photographers: Denis Tynan 1923 - 2010 Collection: Tynan Photographic Collection Date: 14 May 1979 NLI Ref: NPA TYN209 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Views: 15062
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1979

Costume, Adelaide Centenary, 1936, Thelma Afford

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Description: Costume, Adelaide Centenary, 1936, Thelma Afford (nee Thomas), State Library of New South Wales PX*D 330 digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
Owner: State Library of NSW
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1936

Identified! [Martha Anne Scott Hazard at the National Capital Horse Show 1911, May 4-6. Building in back is Frazee Potomac Laundry, 18th Street and D Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (NW Corner)] (LOC)

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Description: Harris & Ewing, photographer [Martha Anne Scott Hazard at the National Capital Horse Show 1911, May 4-6. Building in back is Frazee Potomac Laundry, 18th Street and D Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (NW Corner)] 1911 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller Notes: Title and other identifying information from source: Flickr Commons project, 2020. Title and date from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection: Horse shows, unidentified woman. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc., 1955. Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Harris & Ewing Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.00266 Call Number: LC-H261- 340
Owner: The Library of Congress
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1911

Wine Ballet Costume for Adelaide’s Centenary Pageant, 1936, design by Thelma Afford

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Description: Wine Ballet Costume for Adelaide’s Centenary Pageant, 1936, Thelma Afford (nee Thomas), State Library of New South Wales PX*D 330/f.9 digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
Owner: State Library of NSW
Views: 11442
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1936