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Blue, red and white Sunbeam poster. ‘Sunbeam The Marvellous Cleanser and Polisher for Household, Hotel and Factory. Excels all other scouring and cleansing powders and is The Pinnacle of Excellence. Packed in containers selling at 6d and 3d each. Manufactures by The Industrial Minerals of Ireland, Ltd. Dublin.’

Silver Munster and Leinster Bank Money Counter counter with slots for each type of pre-decimalisation coin. The top has the bank’s name and crest in black and gold.

This money counter was for use with pre- decimalisation coins. Th e Munster and Leinster Bank was founded in 1885.

Yellow and white label with pink and green writing for ‘Mi-Wadi 6 Fruit Squashes and Mi-Wadi Glucose’ and lists the flavours.

MiWadi fruit squash is a part of many Dubliners’ childhoods. The name comes from the original parent company – Mineral Water Distributors, formed in 1927. MiWadi was originally sold in chemists, because cordials were thought to be good for sick people. In the 1970s, supermarkets such as Dunnes Stores started making MiWadi more accessible. In the 1980s it was oft en mixed with alcohol.

White with purple writing poster for 4 Provnices, Harcourt Street including ‘Sunday Final Miss Ireland’ ‘Earl Gill – Dublin’s Greatest Showband’ and others.

This poster advertises the Four Provinces ballroom on Harcourt Street. An iconic hangout for many years, the 4Ps later became the Television Club before being demolished. Showbands were popular between the mid 1950s and late 1970s; they usually featured a lead singer fronting brass and rhythm sections and a keyboard instrument, playing popular hits of the day. The Miss Ireland pageant has been running since 1947.

Yellow and orange tin with black writing 'Jacob's Cream Crackers, Original and Best'

Commemorative programme for the Gaiety Theatre- featuring Orson Welles

A print of a black and white photograph of an elderly woman collecting holy water from a tap on Meath Street taken by Bill Doyle.

A black and white advertisement for Guinness titled '1759-1959 200 Years of Guinness' and numbered GD.1 the first Irish press advertisement for Guinness stout. It has a picture of Arthur Guinness on the left and some text describing a little of the development of Guinness.

Guinness advertising has been iconic for a long time, but most of the advertising now seen in pubs here was never used in Ireland. This is an original proof of the first print ad ever published in Dublin. GD1, as it is known, was produced in 1959 – the bicentenary of the company.

Book with white cover and red writing. ‘Dublin Horse Show August 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 1958’ The cover also has the RDS logo.

Colour lithograph of 5 horses standing on top of the world. ‘Dublin Horse Show August 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 1957. Great International Jumping Competitions. Travel to Ireland the easy way Fly Aer Lingus.’