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1950s P and T Post Box
1950s P and T Post Box
IE LMOD 370 · Item · Twentieth Century

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.

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1950s P and T Box
1950s P and T Box
IE LMOD 493 · Item · Twentieth Century

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

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1950s Notice for Settinng Hafner's Sausages
IE LMOD 532 · Item · Twentieth Century

A white notice with red writing telling customers how to set their Hafner's sausages in order to keep them for a few days.

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1950s Merville Dairy Finglas Milk Bottle
1950s Merville Dairy Finglas Milk Bottle
IE LMOD 358 · Item · Twentieth Century

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.

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1950s Menu from Russell Hotel
IE LMOD 467 · Item · Twentieth Century

Front and back of a menu from the Hotel Russell’s restaurant from a dinner given by the then Chairman of the ESB, R. F. Browne. Has the signatures of Sean Lemass, Henry Kennedy, T MacMahon, Arthur Cox, Dr Tom Murphy, Erskine Childers John H. Ryan, Brendan O’Cearbhaill, J. P. Digby, R. F. Browne. Has a picture of a fish in a chef’s hat playing the harp to lobsters.

This menu from the Russell Hotel, on the south side of St Stephen’s Green, suggests that politics and business have long been intimate. It was produced for a dinner hosted by R. F. Browne, Chairman of the ESB. The menu reads like a who’s who, with a line-up that includes Erskine Childers (President from 1973 until his death in 1974), Seán Lemass (Taoiseach from 1959-1966), Jack Lynch (Taoiseach in the 1960s and 1970s), Arthur Cox (Legal advisor to the ESB), Dr. Tom Murray (Secretary of the Department of Finance and future chair of the ESB), Henry Kennedy (a Director of the ESB, Bank of Ireland and many other companies), J. P. Digby (Chairman and founder of Pye Ireland and a Director of the ESB), John H. Ryan (a Director of Bank of Ireland), T. MacMahon (Director of the ESB) and Brendan O’Cearbhaill (Director of the ESB). Blue Nun wine was served at the meal.

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1950s Jacob and Co's Biscuit Tin
1950s Jacob and Co's Biscuit Tin
IE LMOD 363 · Item · Twentieth Century

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.

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1950s Hatch and Sons Milk Bottle
1950s Hatch and Sons Milk Bottle
IE LMOD 357 · Item · Twentieth Century

Empty milk bottle 'Hatch and Sons, Dairy Farmers, 6 Lesson St, St Stephen's Green, Dublin'

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1950s Hafner's Rubbed Thyme
1950s Hafner's Rubbed Thyme
IE LMOD 534 · Item · Twentieth Century

A green envelope with blue writing for Hafner's Rubbed Thyme. 'Hafner & Sons, Ltd., South Gt. George's St., and Henry St., Dublin." Also has a drawing of five butchers.

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1950s Hafners advertisements
1950s Hafners advertisements
IE LMOD 531 · Item · Twentieth Century

A white shop sign with blue writing advertising Hafner's. "Stuff your turkey and fowl with Hafner's Famous
Force Meat"

Trading since 1882, Hafner’s is one of Dublin’s oldest and most famous sausage brands. This notice was displayed in the shop window in the run-up to Christmas. A smaller notice, for rubbed thyme, would have been another ingredient used in stuffing.

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