Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 451
Title
1947 Hospitals' Trust Letter Head
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Paper, ink. 16 x 20.5 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
26/07/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Blank letter headed paper for ‘Hospitals Trust (1940) Limited’ Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. ‘One of the largest office buildings in the world’
The Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake was established by the Free State government in 1930 as a way to finance the country’s health care system. Many tickets were sold illegally in Britain and the US. In 1940 the Sweepstake moved to a permanent home in newly-built Ballsbridge offices, designed by John Joseph Robinson. The building was seen as the most striking example of Robinson’s modernist art-deco designs. The final Sweepstake was held in January 1986.
