Zone d'identification
Cote
IE LMOD 451
Titre
1947 Hospitals' Trust Letter Head
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
Paper, ink. 16 x 20.5 cm
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Histoire archivistique
26/07/2011
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
