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Partially coloured map of Dublin Port and the Liffey from Eden Quay and O'Connell Street out to sea. 'Dublin Harbour Plan of Shipping Quays, Sheds and Tramways Under the Jurisdiction of the Dublin Port and Docks Board 1951'
Dublin was a port before it was a city. This map shows the quays, sheds and tramways under the jurisdiction of the Dublin Port and Docks Board in 1951. At the time, ships unloaded much further up the Liffey – the port moved downstream with the advent of larger container ships.

Red box with black writing 'Wills's Handy Cut Flake, manufactured in Dublin'. The same is written again inside the box.

Cardboard Weir and Sons box with dark blue writing ‘Weir and Sons manufacturing Jewellers and Silversmiths. 96 Grafton Street and 1, 2 and 3 Wicklow Street, Dublin. 33 Donegal Place, Belfast.’ Also has two stickers with items ‘Silver Sweet Baskets’ and ‘Candle stick tops’ written on them.

A collection of posters censored by the Irish distributors so as not to offend religious authorities or the sensibilities of Irish audiences at that time. The censorship usually amounts to painting dresses on scantily clad female actors (never on men, interestingly) in varying degrees from covering up low cut dresses to adding dresses or tops to bikini clad girls. Includes Hotel Sahara, 1951, The Prodigal 1955, The Captain's Table 1959, No Love for Johnnie 1961, What A Carve Up 1961, Some Girls Do 1970, and many more. A fascinating and unique collection of Irish social history ephemera of the 1950s to 1970s. (32)

mixed theatre programmes from Gaiety Theatre, Abbey Theatre, Gate Theatre, National Stadium

Small wooden chest with black writing 'Robert Smyth and Sons Ltd. Tea Merchant 6 and 7 St. Stephen's Green North, Dublin'

Green sign with yellow writing 'Telefón Puiblí Public Telephone'

A 1950s green An Post post box with black paper and white writing to show times for collection.

The civil service ran the post and telephone system in Ireland until 1984, when it was replaced by An Post and Telecom Éireann. The Department’s logo – P & T in Gaelic script – can still be seen on manholes covers around the city, at access points to the phone lines.

Cardboard box for the post and telegraph with P and T written on the front and back.

Empty Milk Bottle with raised writing 'Merville Dairy, Finglas' on one side and on the other 'Unauthorised persons using this bottle will be prosecuted'.

The Merville Dairy collected milk in bulk from farmers, processed it and delivered it. Originally milk was delivered ‘loose’, poured into customers’ containers from vats on the truck, but this was phased out in favour of bottles by the 1930s. Eventually Merville was amalgamated into Premier Dairies, and the horse-drawn floats were phased out.