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Lorry in Glenville. : commissioned by W. Power & Son, O'Connell Street, Waterford from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded January 2019
Saving the tobacco crop from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded November 2013
Is she old enough to drive that thing? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded December 2011
Hamburg! Urgent! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded December 2011

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Hamburg! Urgent!

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2 older comments, and then…
Swordscookie said:
1926 to 1949 is??? The tractor would have been a major investment and would have been expected to last for years so it could have been taken any time after 1921! The baskets could have been for seedlings which would have needed some protection against crushing, drying and so on. Looking at the bags they appear to be lumpy in the way that branches would affect them? The young lady is very pretty and as you said very well dressed for the occasion, she was probably one of the Powers and not a field hand in the making!
Seuss. said:
Tobacco? Hamburg was the center of the German cigar making industry. William Power & Co. was a large tobacco grower.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Swordscookie You're quite right, as always! :) I should have been more specific. Definitely think that as the tractor registration (YI 9417) is almost at the top end of the numbering, that it must have been bought and registered very close to the cut-off point for that sequence - YI 9999 was in March 1927 - hence this photo must have been taken after 1926.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Seuss. Well now, tobacco. You could be spot on...
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
This is a big help to narrow the dating. Definitely 1926 or later. At this point the company was still called William Power & Sons. The name changed to William Power & Co. in 1942, when William senior died, and William junior took over. So, some time between 1926 and 1942! Wonder if we can do better than that even...

Lorry in Glenville. : commissioned by W. Power & Son, O'Connell Street, Waterford

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Sharon Corbet said:
There’s some info on Power’s in Glenville in the comments on this photo:
beachcomber australia said:
There's another photo with the contraption going through Glenville's gates - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000593711 [Ed. Fixed!]
From that it is easier to see that the lorry is a "Sentinel" made in Shrewsbury, England - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Waggon_Works Sharon Corbet
beachcomber australia said:
Here is the streetview of the other photo - presumably this is inside? goo.gl/maps/WqfFhqmaK2p

8 November 1923 was a Thursday ...
BultacoFan said:
Very handy to be a steam-powered coal delivery truck if your own fuel supply runs low!
Sharon Corbet said:
Seedtech are the current incarnation of Power's seeds in Waterford. Apparently there was also a tomato plantation there in the 1940's.

Saving the tobacco crop

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O Mac said:
Might be this place.Rathmoylan House. It's the only substantial building in the Rathmoylan townland maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,665954,599294,7,9
derangedlemur said:
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derangedlemur said:
O Mac That or Cliff Lodge.
derangedlemur said:
Or actually here: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,661953,598571,7,9 www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_... Nine outhouses! Madness, I say.
O Mac said:
derangedlemur The building above has a leanto which is not evident in your last OSI link. But Yes, Rathmoylan is not only a townland it's also a DED which widens the scope.

Is she old enough to drive that thing?

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Wendy: said:
what a lovely image!
philip ward said:
Is that the same little lady as in the previous Powers posting.Maybe a member of the family?.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Yes!! The prize of (virtual) Christmas pudding goes to philip ward !! It is the same girl, as suggested before - maybe a daughter of the Powers... Either way, it allows us to date Hamburg! Urgent! to 1929, rather than somewhere between 1926 and 1939... :)
Swordscookie said:
Rather an odd outfit for the driver. No wonder he looks out of sorts. First thing I thought when I saw the young lady was that we had seen her before in the Hamburg Urgent shot but I had been away working and had not see todays posts. She is dressed up all fancy in this one but she still looks very pretty. As regards the trees morrisoxfordV there are a variety of trees for the good reason that Powers sold seeds and trees!
philip ward said:
I eagerly await the pudding in my email.