Área de identidad
Código de referencia
IE LMOD 451
Título
1947 Hospitals' Trust Letter Head
Fecha(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Unidad documental simple
Volumen y soporte
Paper, ink. 16 x 20.5 cm
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Historia archivística
26/07/2011
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
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.