SIA2008-4515 - Public domain portrait print
90-105, 10, "Portraits, Jones K-Z"; "Phyllis Jones, May 7, 1935. Because her photograph was attached to a resume, this 28-year-old woman may have been applying to be a Science Service correspondent. Jones had... More
First President, Dublin, Ireland
This is Douglas Hyde (in back of car holding top hat), leaving Dublin Castle with a cavalry escort following his inauguration as Ireland's first president. The car has just turned out onto Cork Hill/Dame Street... More
Marjorie Van de Water photograph of Patricia Ann Jacobsen
90-105, 10, "Portraits, Jacl - Jacz"; "Science Service psychology editor Marjorie Van de Water took this photograph of Patricia Ann Jacobsen, daughter of Yale University professor Carlyle Ferdinand Jacobsen (19... More
Portholes, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Two chaps eyeing up the hullabaloo at Dun Laoghaire as one of the ships bringing visitors to Dublin for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress docked...Incidentally, if we had a CSI style database of finge... More
El Argentino, La Plata, Smithsonian Institution archives
Creator: Lucile Mann..Local number: SIA2011-0664..Summary: Page with photographs and news clipping. Scrapbook entitled "Argentina 1939" from the William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers...Dates: 1939..Col... More
Player's Please, Leinster, Ireland
Glorious searchlit photo of the heart of Dublin, with the city en fête for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress...Date: (Almost certainly) Saturday, 25 June 1932..NLI Ref.: IND_H_2068 ( IND_H_2068 )
Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946), Silva Tipple New (b. 1898), and Robert Pierc...
90-105, 12, "Portraits, La-Lal"; "Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946), Silva Tipple New (b. 1898), and Robert Pierce Casey (1897-1959), co-leaders of a 1938 Brown University-University of Pennsylvania joint expedition to ... More
ose Koller, sculptor and head of restoration department, Vienna Museum...
90-105, 12, "Portraits, Kol-Koz (1)"; "Rose Koller, sculptor and head of restoration department, Vienna Museum of Natural History, ca. mid-1930s. In 1936, the museum’s Anthropological Department commissioned a... More
Swedford? No, it's Guildford!
Very exciting this morning, Flickroonies - we're venturing onto English soil!..This is an early O'Dea photograph from 1936, allegedly taken in Swedford, England. On a very cursory search, Swedford certainly was... More
Regina Flannery Herzfeld, scientist
90-105, 7, Portraits Fla-Flem; "Regina Flannery Herzfeld (1904-2004), one of the first female anthropologists in the United States, was a professor in the Department of Anthropology, Catholic University, 1935-1... More
Leonardo at Lahinch - A group of men standing around a small plane
This is the Leonardo da Vinci, aka NR 13137, resting comfortably after an emergency landing near Lahinch, Co. Clare, and captured by an Irish Independent photographer...This was part of the account in the newsp... More
Tramless Patrick Street in Cork
We've seen this snippet of Patrick Street in Cork before, but that was when it was very much be-trammed (technical term). It looks as if trams were gone as a mode of Cork transport by the time this Valentine C... More
The Púca's Hole, Leinster, Ireland
Early days of construction of the dam at Poulaphouca in Co. Wicklow…..Photographer: James P. O'Dea ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=O'Dea,+James+P.+1910-1992+photographer&sort=year+asc&view=grid ) .... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Sausage Room at Denny's Factory, Waterford
First uploaded this about 18th months ago, but when I spotted the date, thought that I'd upcycle it today, 76 years after it was taken.....Photographer: Poole Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Sear... More
Building Bridges, Leinster, Ireland
A very early O'Dea photo, allegedly from November 1936. I'm not convinced about that month, unless it was unseasonably warm for the time of year. That looks like summer clobber on the local children who had gat... More
Swedford? No, it's Guildford!
Very exciting this morning, Flickroonies - we're venturing onto English soil!..This is an early O'Dea photograph from 1936, allegedly taken in Swedford, England. On a very cursory search, Swedford certainly was... More
Arthur Henri Poole - March 25, 1936
I urge you all to zoom in on this one for the sheer discomfort on the faces of some of the "ladies". Think we've finally got a photo of the H.M.S. Pinafore, after some of our earlier Gilbert & Sullivan guesses.... More
Arthur Henri Poole - February 11, 1932
Not a very picturesque view, but instead Poster Heaven and a great example of NLI collections colliding!..This is Manor Street school in Waterford photographed on the day after a fire. Next door is the Cumann n... More
Arthur Henri Poole - December 29, 1931
Lovely shot of Christmas festivities at Waterford's Sailors' Rest. Particularly like the British Sailors' Society banner adorned by a dove with a twig in its mouth (as in the Noah's Ark story). And wondering if... More
Arthur Henri Poole - December 12, 1930
Artistic display of meat products from Irish Co-operative Meat Ltd., Waterford to tempt the palate in the run up to Christmas 1930. So we have sausages, black and white pudding (or maybe brawn?), and lard. The ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - December 4, 1939
This "Dining Room" with its imaginary fireplace is just one of a set of dressed rooms that was photographed for Mr Raymond Corish, and must have been quite a modern innovation.....Raymond Corish's were furnitur... More
Arthur Henri Poole - November 27, 1935
This is a wedding shot of Mr Paul I. Power and Miss Mary Christopher. Unfortunately we don't have names for the best man or bridesmaid. As this is a Poole photograph, we're assuming this wedding took place in t... More
Arthur Henri Poole - August 12, 1937
An unusual photo in our collections - this unidentified woman was photographed for a Dr. J.C. Walsh, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary specifically to show the effects of Pellagra. This disease is caused by a lack of the ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - July 17, 1931
The Sailors' Rest, Waterford, including some crew of the H.M.S. Sturdy. There were a number of H.M.S. Sturdys - one was a submarine. This Sturdy may have been the very first to carry the name - an S-Class Destr... More
Arthur Henri Poole - July 12, 1932
This group of four are pictured outside the Seaview Hotel in Tramore, Co. Waterford. Perhaps they are holidaymakers, but the gentleman may be P. Fitzgerald, owner of the Seaview, pictured with his family. We'd ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - July 7, 1934
This is the large, but very smiley, family of Mrs Wall of Arundel Square, Waterford...Date: Saturday, 7 July 1934..NLI Ref.: P_WP_4048 ( P_WP_4048 )
Arthur Henri Poole - The 3 Amigos!
The original photo was taken at the Gap of Dunloe in Kerry. It features in our collections because a copy was ordered from A.H. Poole, photographers, by a Mr John Keane of Mary Street, Waterford. We have no fur... More
Arthur Henri Poole - June 28, 1932
37 Green Street, Waterford decorated in honour of the 31st International Eucharistic Congress, held in Dublin 21-26 June 1932. We believe that this house was owned by a Mr M. Quinn...Thanks to noonies12 who ide... More
Arthur Henri Poole - June 20, 1938
This is Mrs Nolan, who was from or was photographed in a location in the South-East known as The Square, perhaps in Waterford?..Date: 20 June 1938..NLI Ref.: P_WP_4264 ( P_WP_4264 )
Arthur Henri Poole - June 14, 1939
O'Shea-Flavin Wedding..According to sharon.corbet ( /photos/scorbet/ ) this is almost certainly Patrick O’Shea and Mary Agnes Flavin who were married in Tramore on 14 June 1939 ( https://civilrecords.irishgene... More
Arthur Henri Poole - May 30, 1931
All we had on this photo was "Rev. Father Conlon, Handball Court" until we got this great information from Brendan Grogan:.."Checked out the photograph in question, dated 30th May 1931. It's from the old Good C... More
May 26, 1932, Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland
This is described in our catalogue as "Group of priests : commissioned by Rev. Father McCarthy, St. Josephs Missionary House, Rockwell"...Some years after posting this, Bernard Healy ( /photos/bernardhealy/ ) ... More
May 6, 1931 - Black and White Portrait Photograph
Mr T. Healy, 9 Bridge St., vig, copy..NLI Ref.: P_WP_3805 ( P_WP_3805 )
The Púca's Hole, Leinster, Ireland
Early days of construction of the dam at Poulaphouca in Co. Wicklow…..Photographer: James P. O'Dea ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=O'Dea,+James+P.+1910-1992+photographer&sort=year+asc&view=grid ) .... More
Instruments at Clonsilla, Co. Dublin...
... in the signal box presumably. It would be lovely to get a name and a use for all of these things...Photographer: James P. O'Dea ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=O'Dea,+James+P.+1910-1992+photogr... More
Arthur Henri Poole - The Grubb Family
We believe this is Colonel R.R. Grubb, pictured with his wife and son at Castle Grace, Clogheen, Co. Tipperary...Photographer: Poole Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=A.H.+Po... More
Priest, Valamo Russian Orthodox Monastery, Karelia, Russia
Father Gerontius with a barrow. ..Fader Gerontius med en kärra. ..Location: Valaam monastery, Valamo, Karjala, Karelia, Karelen, Russia (Finland when the image was taken)..Photograph by: Einar Erici .Date: 193... More
Carl Bohlin, Enånger, Hälsingland, Sweden, Sverige
The carpenter Carl Bohlin in Enånger. Born in 1866. ..Snickaren Carl Bohlin i Enånger. Född 1866. ..Parish (socken): Enånger.Province (landskap): Hälsingland.Municipality (kommun): Hudiksvall.County (län): Gäv... More
Priest, Valamo Monastery, Karelia, Russia
Father Vladimir, a priest at Valaam Russian Orthodox Monastery. ..Fader Vladimir, en präst vid Valamo rysk-ortodoxa kloster. ..Location: Valaam monastery, Valamo, Karjala, Karelia, Karelen, Russia (Finland whe... More
Mr and Mrs Persson, Dalarna, Sweden, Sverige
The yeoman farmer Ollas Per Persson and his wife Greta at a hut in Dalecarlia. ..Hemmansägaren Ollas Per Persson och hans fru Greta vid en fäbod. ..Parish (socken): Siljansnäs.Province (landskap): Dalarna.Muni... More
Lars Erik Pettersson, Kopparberg, Västmanland, Sweden, Sverige
The miner Lars Erik Pettersson in Kopparberg. Born in 1858. ..Gruvarbetaren Lars Erik Pettersson i Kopparberg. Född 1858. ..Parish (socken): Ljusnarsberg.Province (landskap): Västmanland.Municipality (kommun):... More
Greta Persson, Almo, Dalarna, Sweden, Sverige
Greta Persson, 66 years old, dressed in a traditional costume. Wife of the yeoman farmer Ollas Per Persson in Almo, Dalecarlia. ..Greta Persson, 66 år, i folkdräkt. Hustru till hemmansägaren Ollas Per Persson i... More