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October 8, 1903

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • instinctive mind said:
    Nice photo. Before I was born & not being Irish- I also don't know what the Hell they were doing, but it seems that it interested many people back then - - -
  • Swordscookie said:
    Barton was the name of Erskine Childers mother and they were part of the Barton and Guestier wine growing and shipping company. The original Barton was Thomas - is it possible that the two are related. I tried to google the name but did not do too well. It does appear that the Childers family had strong connections to Waterford.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Well, keep at it! ;) No T. Barton in Waterford in either 1901 or 1911 census...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Re Barton and Childers, see our OTHER Flickr photostream (that's swanky for you)!
  • Paul Appleyard said:
    It may be a red herring, but a "Bovril boat" was a boat used in London to carry sewage out to sea ([en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovril_Boats]). The small boats in the foreground don't seem to match the description, but perhaps the larger ones in the background do.

Servian prisoners cross Save [i.e., Sava] River near Neusatz (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    Probably the Sava River (a tributary of the Danube), near Novi Sad today in northern Serbia and formerly Neusatz (in Austro-Hungary). From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia#Balkan_Wars_and_World_War_I Serbia won the first major battles of World War I, including the Battle of Cer and Battle of Kolubara – marking the first Allied victories against the Central Powers in World War I. Despite initial success, it was eventually overpowered by the joint forces of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in 1915.
  • Art Siegel said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sava_River "The Sava marks the northwestern boundary of the Balkan peninsula (Southeast Europe). All lands north of the Sava (e.g. Vojvodina, northern Croatia, most of Slovenia, etc.) are geographically within Central Europe."

Refloating passenger pontoon

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • beachcomber australia said:
    Evidently the accident happened on 31/12/1918 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15818215

    This photo is likely on 6/1/1919 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15818947

    CREMORNE FERRY SERVICE.
    The Cremorne ferry service, which has been disorganised during the past week, owing to the sinking of the pontoon at the Cremorne wharf, will be resumed to-day [7/1/1919].
    The pontoon has been refloated, and a temporary structure, which will be utilised until the damaged one is repaired, was placed into position yesterday.
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    Thanks beachcomber australia - it's quite a sight