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1. Orange: Wc 0394, 1 1/2D. Ad on back for Flanagan's Ltd.
   2.Blue: Sm 9924, 2D. Ad on back for Flanagan's and advertisement rates.
   3: Purple: Rk 9313, 2D. Ad on back for Shaws.
2. Pink: Uq 2280, 3d. Ad on back for Newtonsandes Creamery.
   5: Grey/Green: Yk 7755, 2 1/2d. Ad on back for Bradmola Stockings.
   6: Grey/Blue: Rp 1642, 2d. Ad on back for Lombardstown Creamery.

The tramways began operating in 1872 and the very last line closed in 1959. The last tram in the city proper left Nelson’s Pillar in 1949. The tram barely made it, as the Irish Times reported: “Tram No. 252, the last one, had struggled free from the clutches of thousands of souvenir hunters in Westmoreland Street and had set out for Blackrock; two hours later it crawled into its home depot. The tram’s seats were gone, windows smashed, side panelling ripped away, still accompanied by a roaring, singing, hooting crowd, which had to be forcibly restrained by police reinforcements from breaking into the Blackrock depot.”

Cardboard box with picture of Arnotts on Henry Street and words 'Arnott and Co Ltd. Tailoring Department Henry Street, Dublin' Can also be dated 1949.

Established at 15 Henry Street in 1843, Arnotts was for many years the largest department store in Dublin. Patrick Pearse allegedly stopped off to settle his account on his way to the GPO on the day of the Rising. In recent years the store has become a prominent victim of the recession.

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'

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

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.

Orange tin with Jacob's logo and black writing 'Jacob and Co's Biscuits' Back of box has gold embossed 'Free Sample. Ask for Jacob's Cream Crackers in airtight cartons.

Grey with black detail typewriter that was used by Dermot Bolger.

This typewriter belongs to the playwright, poet and novelist Dermot Bolger, who was born in Finglas in 1959. Bolger has worked as a factory hand, library assistant and publisher. A respected voice in Irish literature, his novels include Night Shift and The Journey Home.

Etching of Leinster Market (Off D'Olier St) by Estella Solomons HRHA, signed and dated 1913.

Many Dubliners lived in the sort of tenements depicted in this 1913 etching by Estella Solomons. Solomons was, like Harry Kernoff, Jewish. Her brother, Bethel, was master of the Rotunda Hospital. Estella studied art under Walter Osborne and William Orpen, and later married Seamus O’Sullivan, with whom she produced the Dublin Magazine for 35 years.