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November 21, 1920

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Peter Denton said:

  There's no need to apologise - this is a great documentary 'action' shot from the 1920s which really captures the drama of the event. So far as the ad's concerned... when I worked on newspapers as a reporter in the 1960s, spaces on the pages were allocated for ads, but we (in the editorial department) never knew what the content of the ads were - they were just blank spaces during the production process. If that's how it was at the Irish Independent way back then, it's likely to be coincidence - a nice one, though!

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Peter Denton The next ad was for Minimax Hand Fire Extinguishers and proclaimed "50,230 actual fires extinguished by the Minimax Hand Fire Extinguisher since January, 1904 (include many indendiary burnings). Refills free; inspections free; & Descriptive pamphlet free from Minimax Ltd., Dublin." Sadly, I would imagine that business was booming in Ireland at this time...

• Artur Sikora said:

  magical image... as Peter said "no need to apologise" ...

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Artur Sikora Thanks, Artur! Hope your exhibition went well?

• instinctive mind said:

  Quite a Photo. Looks like it took out most of that Place.