kathleenobrennanphotographiccollection

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After a Storm

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Northwestern
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Northwestern was pressed into service by the United States Navy during World War II, and was serving as housing for workers at Dutch Harbor on Unalaska when the area was bombed by the Japanese in June 1942. On 4 June a bomb struck her, inflicting extensive damage”

    It wasn’t until recently that the US government acknowledged that the Japanese had in fact bombed the US Continent.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    1916 ?

    Flickr is sometimes amazing! One of ten six photos Via Don...The UpNorth Memories Guy... Harrison
    Others - www.flickr.com/search/?text=SS+Oriziba
  • Suck Diesel said:

    The sunken Northwestern, Captains Bay, Unalaska
  • beachcomber australia said:
    D'you know Juneau? Possibly near this googleball, going by the big hill in the background - maps.app.goo.gl/49eSJHJ9XnaA3Bkw6

Hiding in plain sight

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    I could be convinced that the writing at the bottom, which is presumably where the Julia Bradshaw title comes from, also says Los Angeles
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley I could be convinced that you're right...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    On Kathleen O'Brennan, the dib.ie says In 1918/19, she undertook a lecture tour in the USA, speaking on Sinn Féin, the place of women in the Irish republic, and Feis Ceoil.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From Wikipedia:
    According to research by historian Catherine M Burns, O'Brennan arrived in America in October 1914 and stayed there for longer than expected due to the difficulty of transatlantic travel during the First World War. Working as a journalist and lecturer, O'Brennan traveled to California and Oregon and spoke to women's organisations as an authority on the Gaelic league and Irish art and culture.

    Her lectures included details she got from her sisters and photos of Éamonn Ceannt and his son, Rónán.

    ... She became involved in the IWW through Dr Marie Equi, with whom she had a romantic relationship. When Equi was arrested, O'Brennan worked to see her released and continued to agitate until her own arrest in 1919 during the Red Scare....

    O'Brennan founded the Women's Irish Education League in San Francisco in May 1919.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Aha! Mrs. Julia Brocken Wendts Studio, 2814 N. Sichel Street

The lady in lace

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    23 November 1928 was a Friday ...

    *clutches pearls*
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pearl-clutching
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Pearl-clutching, now there's a thing, we live and learn.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here she is at The Peerage - www.thepeerage.com/p57906.htm#i579056
    "Ellen Fletcher is the daughter of Duncan Upshaw Fletcher.1 She married Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon, 4th Bt., son of Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon, 3rd Bt. and Sophia Annie Scott, on 1 December 1913.1 She and Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon, 4th Bt. were divorced in 1933.1
    From 1 December 1913, her married name became Smith-Gordon.1"
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Her father, Duncan Fletcher, was a US Senator, and in August 1921 he sent Kathleen O'Brennan two photos of his daughter, "Nellie". The letter has lots of useful information and is worth a look - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000586819 .

    I wonder if the 1928 date on the back of this photo is not the actual date the photo was taken, and this is one of the photos sent with the letter ? Someone will know !
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Edmonston, Maryland is 4km from Washington D.C. Can't quite figure out the link though.

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonston,_Maryland