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Smiliest flower girls ever?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 40 older comments, and then…
  • Swordscookie said:
    Lovely, three happy looking kids with two nice smiles and nice dresses on the three of them The veils are very simple with the flower headdresses.
  • blackpoolbeach said:
    Are the older girls wearing silk stockings?
  • Swordscookie said:
    blackpoolbeach I think you're right there, those look like silk stockings to me. I also note on closer scrutiny that the two older girls have similar brooches or pins in their dresses. Probably a gift for playing their part. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/69751036@N08] Kevin, as regards the mat/rug/carpet the Poole photographs have many examples of these being laid out to save the footwear and dresses of the participants. Note the young ladies lovely shoes? They were probably being save from the dirt of the lawn and footpath.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    That doesn't look like the front door at Power Hall, which can be seen in other nli photos here and here.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/69751036@N08] Hi Kevin! Yes, as Swordscookie swordscookie says, probably to protect their shoes. And mats or rugs are a hallmark of Poole Photographic Studio outdoor photos. This one is very snazzy...

The Elephant House (formerly the Giraffe House)

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  • derangedlemur said:
    If I remember rightly, it was still like that in the early '70s and would have been here: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,712863,735325,7,9
  • derangedlemur said:
    I think that's the Albert Tower that the elephants are in front of.
  • derangedlemur said:
    From a similar picture in the Northside Pimple: "Dublin Zoo c.1950. Children stand very close, looking in awe at the large Indian elephant, Sara (1932 – 62), who was the last elephant used to give rides for children, and the smaller Ceylonese elephant Komali. The building on the right is the Elephant House or ‘Albert Tower’, which was built in 1845-6 to house a giraffe. On the death of the giraffe the elephants moved into the house. It was designed by George Wilkinson, who was also the architect for Harcourt Street Station"
  • John Spooner said:
    Freeman's disagrees about the architect. The architect of the Albert Tower, Charles Sherrie, died "from the effects of an accident sustained by falling off a car whilst driving up from Holywood to Belfast ... He was also architect of several other important structures in this town, and at present had charge of the new Royal Theatre which is being erected in Belfast" (Freeman's April 11 1871). Admission fees for the Albert Tower in 1854-5 amounted to £1 13s 1d (AGM of the Royal Zoological Society reported in Freeman's May 2 1855). I couldn't help noticing that amongst other sources of income was "manure £14 13s 6d". I imagine elephants made a not insubstantial contribution
  • derangedlemur said:
    There seems to be some difference of opinion as to who the architect was. My quote above is from a "From the Archives" page so I've no idea when it was originally written, other than that it was sometime after 1950. It does have a few design elements also found on Harcourt street station.

Saving the tobacco crop

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons