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A typed letter from Hayes and Sons Solicitors, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, dated 7 November 1952.

Note the address. This politely worded invoice is from Hayes and Sons, former occupants of 15 St Stephen’s Green. It was a prominent law firm, with five partners in 1952 when the letter was written. Louis Wilfred Webb, one of the partners who worked in this room, owned Ballawley estate, part of the land on which the Dundrum Shopping Centre is now built.

Brown bow with green and yellow ‘Dublin Laundry Co. Ltd. Milltown’ ‘Send us your dry cleaning’ with strap and buckle to hold it closed. Two year guarantee inside box that it will not break.

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'