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Here at the National Library of Ireland we look after the largest collection of Irish printed, manuscript, and visual material in the world, and our collections span almost 1,000 years of Irish art, culture, history and literature. We first started on flickr in February 2010 with a range of items from our Ephemera Collections. These printed items - originally produced to be almost as quickly thrown away - are invaluable as a means of gaining snapshots of different periods in Ireland's social, political, economic and cultural history. Though transient items, they're sometimes very beautiful to look at, occasionally fascinating, and often unintentionally funny...

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Somewhere icy

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  • 18 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    London
  • beachcomber australia said:
    First thought is somewhere in Knightsbridge, London, behind Harrods, but Google Lens is saying Carlos Place, Mayfair. Frustrating!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel beachcomber australia The buns smell very nice!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here we go ... just behind Horrids - maps.app.goo.gl/rQaK76kCpLf1xnus9
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Hans Road straight ahead, Walton Place to the right, Basil Street tot the left, and Horrids behind.

    Google Maps 3D is fun - www.google.com/maps/@51.4985133,-0.1632065,51a,35y,108.98...

Romeo, Romeo I need a new Bra

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One of our best beards ever

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    11 September 1901 was a Wednesday ...

    The verso is a "True Translation" of the front, which might be in Afrikaans or possibly Double Dutch.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia I've only recently started Double Dutch on Duolingo, so can't help at all.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    We read about Boer prisoners of War on St. Helena when researching this moustache:
    Ah Colonel, but that's a fine Ronnie!
  • Foxglove said:
    Deadwood Camp Gedenksboek St Helena 1900-1902.
    share.google/MiskDDIE3zHGNxpYS

    MJ Wolmarans was one of the officers in the Deadwood POW camp.
    A gedenksboek is Dutch/Afrikaans for "remembrance book"
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Ha ha!

    " ... Marthinus Johannes Wolmarans was the commandant of the Potchefstroom commando and was part of the siege of Mafeking where he was wounded. He and his burgers also formed part of General P.A. Cronje’s commando’s that were captured as prisoners at Paardenberg and sent to St. Helena. The eight sons of Commandant Wolmarans all took part in the war and one was later a commandant under General Liebenberg. ..."
    Lots more info here - www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/six-photographs-103-p...

    Same image here (5th down) - rapidttp.co.za/deadwood/personalities.html

    M J Wolmarans Commandant P.C.Stroom [Potchefstroom] Z.A.R.

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