pawnbrokers

3 photos tagged pawnbrokers, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1880

1910

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Skink74 said:
Google street view: maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&g...
derangedlemur said:
The pawnbroker's globes are looking a bit squashed.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Skink74 Thank you very much! Added to our Flickr Map now...
derangedlemur said:
C. 1910: I hadn't realised the defilement of our built heritage with pebbledash had set in that long ago.
heady school said:
Signs on doorway to left of car read BSA Bicycles.
According to Wikipedia, BSA made bicycles from 1880 to 1887, and then again from 1908 onwards. So given the car there, this would be after 1908.

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derangedlemur said:
He's used a faster shutter speed than the other lads. He has a few people in his picture.
derangedlemur said:
Seems to be some sort of voodoo effect as well. All those cracks in the plate have made that hotel fall down: maps.google.ie/?ll=53.713574,-6.349218&spn=0.003645,0...
ccferrie said:
Worth comparing with this later photo from the early 20C
Swordscookie said:
Isn't it great to see the old symbols of trade, the Pawnbrokers three globes, the barbers red and white pole etc. Simple and effective advertising though everybody could see you when you went in to pawn the Sunday suit:-))
Niall McAuley said:
ccferrie The yoke in the street looks a bit like one on the quays in this image.