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1964 Prescott's Dry Cleaning poster
1964 Prescott's Dry Cleaning poster
IE LMOD 331 · Item · Twentieth Century

Prescott's six hour service for safe, speedy, super cleaning' Colour poster showing an Aer Lingus plane flying over Dublin airport and green fields.

This poster has nothing to do with air travel. It is an ad for Prescott’s dry cleaners in Drumcondra, near the airport. The pitch borrows the glamour and speed of commercial air travel to make a mundane service seem more exciting. The plane in the picture – a Fokker Friendship – puts thead some time between 1958 and 1966, when the Friendships were phased out of service. A miniature incarnation of Dublin airport is depicted at the bottom of the ad. The airport was designed by Desmond Fitzgerald, who was only 26 years old when he secured the commission.

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1964 Sean O’Casey’s Room at 42 Mt Joy Square by Gjon Mili
IE LMOD 714 · Item · Twentieth Century

A colour photograph of Sean O'Casey's room showing a number of books and religious pictures and icons. From Getty 'Sean O'Casey’s Room at 42 Mount Joy Square where O'Casey lived and which was also the setting for his play ‘Shadow of a Gunman’.'

Sean O’Casey lived in this tenement flat at 42 Mountjoy Square. It was the setting for his play, Shadow of a Gunman. O’Casey never forgave the Abbey Theatre for rejecting his fourth play, The Silver Tassie, and left Dublin for good in the late 1920s. He died in Torquay in 1964.

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1965 Bar Sign
IE LMOD 618 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white picture of a sign inside a pub saying 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Served in Lounge'

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1965 Dublin Theatre Festival Poster
IE LMOD 967 · Item · Twentieth Century

Orange Dublin Theatre Festival poster. Large. Framed. Designed by Pat Scott.

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1965 McDaids Pub
IE LMOD 617 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photo of the bar inside McDaids pub showing a barman at work.

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1965 The Dublin Bookshop, Nassau Street
IE LMOD 614 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of a book shop with the sign 'The Dublin Bookshop' over the top and a bike parked on the street outside with the sign 'Fred Hanna Ltd. Booksellers 29 Nassau St.' on it.

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1966 George Colley, Seán Lemass and Jack Lynch by Colman Doyle
IE LMOD 293 · Item · Twentieth Century

Print of a black and white photo of George Colley, Séan Lemass and Jack Lynch following Lynch’s victory to succeed Lemass as Taoiseach and Colley’s loss in 1966 taken by Colman Doyle.
Colman Doyle was one of the first documentary-style photographers in Ireland. And this picture is a classic. It was taken in 1966 just after the Fianna Fáil leadership election. George Colley has just been informed that he’s lost the election to Jack Lynch, who is calling his wife to tell her the news. Seán Lemass, the retiring Taoiseach, is in the centre. Lynch was Lemass’s preferred candidate. He went on to serve two terms as Taoiseach.

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1966 Henry Street and Litter Bin 1966, Henry Street and Litter Bin 2009
IE LMOD 653 · Item · Twentieth Century

Two black and white photographs of the same part of Henry Street in 1966 and 2009. The left one has a bin with the caption 'Cleaner streets please' and the one on the right has a bin with the caption 'Litter is disgusting. So are those responsible.'

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1966 Marlene Dietrich In Dublin
1966 Marlene Dietrich In Dublin
IE LMOD 738 · Item · Twentieth Century

A black and white photograph of Marlene Dietrich in a large frame, signed by her to Jack.

Marlene Dietrich, the celebrated German-American singer and actor, played two concerts here at the Adelphi cinema in November 1966.

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