1919

O Mac was there in 1913!

Ms Dorothy Stokes was lucky to get across the 1841 suspension bridge ...

' ... The effects of traffic far heavier and speedier than was ever contemplated by the original designer took their toll however. A number of the cross girders became badly warped and this caused the lowering of the road level in several places. These depressions were periodically filled and by the time of its demolition nearly 18 inches of stone had been placed on top of the buckle plates at the south end of the bridge. Under traffic of even a very light nature the bridge deck sagged and rose in an alarming manner and gave the impression of being in danger of imminent collapse. In the early 1930’s Professor Pierce Purcell, one of Ireland’s foremost Civil Engineers, was asked by Kerry County Council to investigate the problem of reconditioning or replacing the bridge. It was decided to replace the bridge.
Early in 1932 the bridge was declared unsafe and closed to traffic....

From - www.kenmare.ie/kenmare-item/kenmare-suspension-bridge/

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beachcomber australia I'm no engineer, but "nearly 18 inches of stone" on top of "the buckle plates" does not inspire confidence!

Carol Maddock ah sure it'll be grand

10 July 1919 was a Thursday ...

De Young's was at "Broadway, cor. 17th St., New York" according to the reverse side. But which of three corners?
Broadwayview - maps.app.goo.gl/Sjs6eyHzi9hkkXTYA

Aha! It is the building on the right in Broadwayview above.
'... Around 1900 Joseph de Young opened his photography studio in the building. In 1903 the Drake Business School began operations in the upper floors, advertising “well lighted and cheerful rooms” where students could be trained in shorthand, telegraphy, higher accounting and other business courses.
Joseph De Young’s Photograph Gallery boasted that it was the “largest photographic establishment in New York City” and it would stay here for decades. In 1907 it was instrumental in the apprehension of a bizarre thief. ... ..."
via - daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-1846-no-857-br...

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via The Library of Congress who have several photos of Elisabeth Freeman suffragette-ing -
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The Belfast News-letter is amazing!

A possible match from May 1st 1914. A Z-Elizabeth rather than S-Elisabeth, but remember Fraser/Frazer. Shes in New York and sounds like the sort of person who would belong in the Sheehy-Skeffington circle of acquaintances.

16 November 1919 was a Sunday ...

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According to this article he arrived in Los Angeles on November 17th having been in Butte Montana the previous week.

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National Library of Ireland on The Commons It surprised me that it was a Sunday, when people were more likely to have family stuff going on. So I had a look at the handwritten title, and think it might actually read "Nov 18th 1919". Which would make it a Tuesday ...

beachcomber australia Ah, Los Angeles then, if 18th is correct. I'm rushing to get my monocle!