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Set of black and white photographs from Queen Victoria's visit to Dublin. Two loose photographs, one booklet containing four photographs, one photograph in paper frame.

A framed picture taken outside the Waterloo Pub, Baggot Street

A black and white photograph of an old man on a bus sitting upstairs at the front taken by Tony O'Shea.

Tony O’Shea was arguably the city’s greatest press photographer in the latter half of the century. His ability to capture the reality of a situation was such that some luminaries feared being photographed by him. As Colm Tóibín once put it, “he is not the sort of photographer who helps politicians to win elections.”

A black and white photo of a man wearing a Jesus Saves sandwich board staring at a young couple kissing on Henry Street taken by Sarah Cully.

A black and white photo of children queuing to ride an elephant with a number of children already on top.

Dublin Zoo opened in 1831, with 46 mammals and 72 birds donated by London Zoo. In 1840 the zoo made the radical decision to charge only a penny for entry on Sundays, thus endearing itself to many Dubliners. One of the best-loved zoo-keepers was Jimmy Kenny, who oversaw elephant rides in the 1950s and 1960s. Jimmy was the father of Pat Kenny, one of Ireland’s most famous broadcasters. Elephant rides are a thing of the past now, of course.

Two black and white photographs of O'Connell Street during the rain. The one on the left shows Nelson's Pillar while the one on the right shows the Spire in the background.

Two black and white photographs of the Liffey and the surrounding docklands from above.
McMahon recreated the photos as faithfully as possible, using the same exposure settings, in the same locations – even at the same time of day and in the same weather. In the photo on the left the shadows on the Custom House – the large domed building in the foreground – are in the exact same position. Almost everything else has changed.