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Tapiirs. Ostriches and Hippotamuses in Sackville Street

  • 29 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Yes, 1808

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Stephen Polito (also known as Stephano, Stephani and Stephanus Polito; 1763/64–1814) was a menagerie owner of Italian descent in Georgian England.
    Polito was born in Moltrasio, Italy. He owned a menagerie which he toured around England in the late 18th century. He went into partnership with another menagerist named Miles in 1798, and "Miles and Polito's Menagerie" exhibited at St Bartholomew's Fair in 1799. Polito's menagerie also attended Nottingham Goose Fair in 1807. ... ...


    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Polito

    Staffordshire pottery flat back mantelpiece ornament, c. 1830 of the Menagerie of the Polito family. V&A Museum
  • John Spooner said:
    Early 1908, a notice with similar wording appeared in Saunders's News-Letter on Tuesday 26 January 1808.

    Mr Pollito had been in Briston in September 1807.

    The adverts in Saunders News-letter continued until 14th May 1808, At some point between 26th January and 4th March the admission price was reduced to "One British Shilling".

    So some time between 26th early January and 4th March 1808.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is another one in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
    Via Simon Wilkinson who includes a bit of history -
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Of course, the Zoo didn’t open until 1831, so these were great novelties

Bounding Bounders Battling Blackhearted Blackguards

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  • Mike Grimes said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Tone_Weekly
  • beachcomber australia said:
    13 September 1939 was a Wednesday . . .
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Mike Grimes Aha! Then this might well have been its last ever news poster:
    ... the Wolfe Tone Weekly continued to appear, but was finally suppressed in September 1939, with the introduction of internment in the Free State.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Thanks, as always.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview of Ardiff Printers premises from slightly later, 1923

A Railway trip to New England

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Ship illustrated is the SS Canada
  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Unfortunately, trips were one way, emigrants only
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Vintage travel posters are among the most attractive and among the highlights in this auction is Lot 478, a trans-Atlantic liner poster, for the "Dominion Line" featuring an illustration of SS Canada. It was made for display in "Great Southern and Western Railway" stations, advertising the line's trans-Atlantic schedule for autumn and winter 1900. The poster has added historical interest because these sailing never, in fact, happened.

    The SS Canada was taken out of service in mid-1900 to ship troops to Southern Africa to fight in the Boer War and the services advertised on this poster were cancelled as a result. “

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  • John Spooner said:
    Suck Diesel Lots of records of application for naturalization in subsequent years travelled on the SS New England. Here's one, Cornelius Sheehan, Queenstown to Boston in 1900
    Screenshot_2025-05-08_08-34-00
    None of the dates of sailings in 1900 match the dates on the poster. Perhaps these dates were best guesses, dependent on several factors, of perhaps the applicants had difficulty remembering the exact dates after 19 years.
  • John Spooner said:
    Suck Diesel The Canada may have been withdrawn, but the New England continued in service as advertised on the poster. Here's the top of the passenger list for the 26th October sailing from Queenstown to Boston, with J James in command.
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