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Geo. Hacken Schmidt, standing, with cane and coat, press photo (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hackenschmidt
    "Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt (Russian: Георгий Георгиевич Гаккеншми́дт, romanized: Georgiy Georgiyevich Gakkenshmídt; 1 August 1877 – 19 February 1968), known in English-language publications as George Hackenschmidt, was an Estonian] strongman, amateur and professional wrestler, writer, and sports philosopher. He is recognized as professional wrestling's first world heavyweight champion."

    Includes picture from loc.gov/pictures/resource/ggbain.00734/

Enjoying the Heat Wave?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Horse tramway beside road?

    www.archiseek.com/1906-pier-public-baths-warrenpoint-co-d...
  • Foxglove said:
    East Coast Scotland.....20oC and rain !
    Possibly still early in the day as there are more lookers than "dookers"
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Foxglove Had to look up dookers. Tagging it now, as they'll be along later, I'm sure.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Well spotted. And not in evidence in any other of our Warrenpoint photos on this channel.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Re. POV - Mr French / Lawrence was up in one of these - maps.app.goo.gl/4iz1NLqGeUCjRjbp7
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The derangedlemur is always amazing! [https://www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02/8776679149/]

    We are looking almost due south. The sun is in the west; a summery-ish afternoon.
  • George FitzPatrick said:
    On Mega zoom do i see an early type motorcycle. Parked on the pier third panel of railings in. What I see is the long flat petrol tank.
  • John Spooner said:
    Newry Reporter Tuesday 17th August 1880 Newry Reporter - Tuesday 17 August 1880I'm guessing the springboard is on the other side, where the onlookers are looking on.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons “The public baths and pier at Warrenpoint were built in 1907 on the north-west shore of Carlingford Lough, connected to Warrenpoint’s elegant seafront. The baths were a popular retreat and enjoyed their heydey during the 1950s and 1960s. The pier was elevated over the swimming areas which were separated into ladies’ and gentlemen’s areas. Apparently the ladies got the best deal with the Southern facing pool. The actual “baths” both “cold, tepid, warm and seaweed” variants were inside the main building. Having been long derelict they were latterly used as an ‘adventure centre’.”

    Includes history of our various ‘baths’ and a shot of the horse tram

    villagemagazine.ie/the-ruins-of-summer/

    So, 1907 to 1915 when it closed
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrenpoint_and_Rostrevor_Tramway

Portrait of Two Men

from Museum of Photographic Arts

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  • Rick Barnes said:
    And what of the emboss at left? I found it odd but am sure a trick of light that it appears out of focus. ✨

Baren de Zulylen, portrait bust (LOC)

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Dunville Distillery, Belfast

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Soviet Era ugliness up the Boro

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Defending the Realm while driving - a Distraction?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • beachcomber australia said:
    15 Sunday's Well Rd, Sunday's Well, Cork, T23 C9KC, Ireland -
    DoyleView - maps.app.goo.gl/MKj6BLg3Q4zriEfN6
  • beachcomber australia said:
    It is all double yellow lines around there. Mr Doyle would have trouble parking his Ford (Model T?) 'RI 698'.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    DORA strikes again
  • O Mac said:
    Here's my own grandfather's permit from Aug 1920.
    flic.kr/p/2qLG8K7
  • Niall McAuley said:
    In the 1914/15 directory, RI 698 belongs to James C. Waring, Brookville, Swinford, Mayo
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    O Mac That is a fabulous document to still have in the family.
  • O Mac said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons I must make proper scan. Here's his DMP Permanent Pass from the same time.
    flic.kr/p/2qLAqac
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Not a driving licence, but permission to operate a vehicle
    Under Defence of the Realm Regulation 9AA, Dublin Castle authorities first required permits for motorcycles in October 1918. In November 1919, this requirement was formally extended to all owners of motor cars. The military strictly controlled these passes to monitor civilian movement and restrict unauthorized travel during the Irish War of Independence
    heritage.wicklowheritage.org/topics/wicklow_1916-_1923/wi...

USNS Mercy Sailors participate in MERCEX training 260616-N-YV298-1025

from Navy Medicine

  • Michael Rhode said:
    Fix the date the photo was taken.

Identified! [Dr. Charles G. Abbot (right), Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, with his solar heat engine that was shown at the Third World Power Conference on September 8, 1936, with Dr. William S. Durand, chairman of the conference] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    I was able to find a card for this. It's actually just a photo copy of a handwritten caption on the old negative sleeve and very hard to read. I believe it says: Chas. Abot [sic] pointing out some points of interest in his solar machine to Durant [sic].

One of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's First Images

from NASA on The Commons

A love lost - A Nation won

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

11th MEU Marines, Sailors Hold Cake Cutting Ceremony for Hospital Corps’ 128th Birthday 260617-M-YF186-1001

from Navy Medicine

  • k said:
    Amazing photo

Heaven sent, a priest in the family

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    21 June 1925 was a Sunday ...
    It was also the summer solstice.
  • John Spooner said:
    J. P. wasn't the only one to enter the church. Irish Independent - Saturday 06 April 1935
    The death took place suddenly at his residence, Coolbawn, Midleton, of Mr. Richard J. Callaghan. chief accountant, Midleton branch Cork Distiieries Co., Ltd He was the father of Rev. J, P, Callaghan, P.P, Lynwood, California; Mr. D. Callaghan, V.S, Boston, Lincolnshire; Rev. Mother Xavier, Ursuline Convent, Westgate, Kent: Sister Angela Callaghan, Ursuline Convent, Forest Gate, London, and the late Sister Claver, Ursuline Convent, Blackrock,
  • John Spooner said:
    Perhaps the photo was commissioned to mark a visit home by J.P. hence his position in the place of honour front centre, rather than his parents.

    Off to the passenger lists I go.

    In the 1940 US census, John P Callaghan, born c. 1901, clergyman, 3524 Verdugo Rd, Los Angeles, naturalized citizen, income: 1000, hours worked per week: 60.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Richard J. Callaghan at home in the 1926 Census with wife Annie and daughter Charlotte.

    Married 29 years, 7 children
  • Niall McAuley said:
    In 1911 with wife Anne, children John, Richard, Annie, Eleanor, Charlotte and Matthias.

    7 Children in 1911, too, so one is away in 1911, and there is a spare in the photo
  • Niall McAuley said:
    There was a Catherine Josephine born 1899, before John.
  • John Spooner said:
    If anyone was wondering what V.S. signifies after the name of D Callaghan and what he was doing in Boston, Lincs, a glance at the Boston Guardian in the 1930s shows lots of references to Richard D. Callaghan M.R.C.V.S., a Veterinary Surgeon and Veterinary Inspector for the Parts of Holland (i.e. that (very flat) part of Lincolnshire)
  • John Spooner said:
    Richard passed the exams for his M.R.C.V.S. in 1923 (Larne Times - Saturday 04 August 1923)
  • John Spooner said:
    Public notice in the Cork Free Press - Monday 5 May 1913
    IN THE CORK LOCAL BANKRUPTCY COURT. RICHARD J. CALLAGHAN, of Main Street, Midleton, in the County of Cork, grocer and hotel proprietor, was on the 20th day of April, 1913, adjudged bankrupt.

Be sure to wash behind your ears!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think it says "SEA WATER BATHS" which would be excellent !
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq Gave my pince-nez a thorough cleaning, and you are right. Sea Water. I did not see the sea.
  • DannyM8 said:
    beachcomber australia National Library of Ireland on The Commons I can’t sea the Dog
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Early in the twentieth century one Mr Carroll, in addition to owning a café, operated on the premises water baths to which salt water was pumped from the sea.

    Taken from
    sonairte.ie/visit/hill-top
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    DannyM8 He's off having a doggy paddle.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I seem to remember that Laytown/Bettystown were missing from the 1911 census.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Mike Grimes Excellent. Wonder if Mr Carroll is here?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Still there but orange - maps.app.goo.gl/2sdc4isiWsX7JNXN7

    Ed. And in the distance here - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000559619
  • Dún Laoghaire Micheál said:
    That hip-roofed building behind might be The Alverno House. Chimneys are a perfect match.

    Laytown

Bankers galore when women stood behind

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Navy Medicine celebrates 128th birthday of the Hospital Corps

from Navy Medicine

  • k said:
    Amazing

No signs of the Auld Lammas Fair on Ann Street

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

In the Badlands

from Museum of Photographic Arts

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  • Rick Barnes said:
    This I really like as well.

[Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Gustavo Adolfo Cerritos Duron said:
    Onomatopée

[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Students in the library reading room] (LOC)

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  • Gustavo Adolfo Cerritos Duron said:
    Фt

X-ray of Hitler's head

from National Library of Medicine

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  • orion said:
    you can still see his moustache

October 4, 1928

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here is Mr. Edward Walsh, newspaper proprietor, in the 1926 Census

August 20, 1928

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here is Mr. Edward Walsh, newspaper proprietor, in the 1926 Census

In celebration of the 5th International Stereoscopy Day!

from The Library of Congress