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yellow metal sign that reads "Decoration by Dockrell"
LMODBlack and white photo of Bagatelle and 'Pick of the Month' article from Spinning World
LMODAn Ulster Bank Limited cheque from Ben Dunne Snr. to Ben Dunne Jnr. for £100 dated 4/6/1980
This cheque was written by the late Ben Dunne Snr. to his son, but never cashed. Ben Dunne Snr. was the founder of Dunnes Stores, one of Ireland’s largest supermarket chains. The first Dunnes opened in 1944 in Cork. By 1966 the business had expanded greatly, with nine branches in Dublin, and Dunne bought two disused factories in the Dublin suburb of Cornellstown and turned them into his first supermarket.
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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.
LMODA poster for the ESB with a drawing of a woman relaxing in her home encouraging potential customers to switch to electricity by describing how it will make their life easier. Can be dated 1929.
It is arguable that the most positive decision made by the new Free State government was to build the Shannon Scheme. The project cost £5.5 million, which was about 20% of the government day to day expenditure at that time, and it involved the construction of Ardnacrusha Power Station. Critics of the scheme said it would be a White Elephant as the demand for electricity would never be sufficient to justify the project costs. They were wrong. There was a huge growth in electricity sales from 43kWh hours in 1930 to 218kWh hours in 1937. ESB’s first showroom at 25 St. Stephens Green was part of the success story. Opening in 1929, it sold £315.6sh.8d worth of electrical equipment in its first week of business.
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A grey brick from the Dolphin's Barn birckworks.
The Dolphin’s Barn Brick and Tile Company was established in 1900, and bricks with the Dolphin’s Barn stamp were used widely throughout the city between 1900 and 1942. The distinctive yellowish colour of the bricks means there is a tendency to describe all bricks of a similar colour as ‘Dolphin’s Barn’ bricks, even ones that were produced long before the factory opened. The company was a major employer, and its bricks were used in many notable buildings around Dublin, including the GMB in Trinity College, Steevens’ Hospital and the National Gallery of Ireland. The company merged with the Mount Argus works and the Rathnew Brick Company in 1921. It ceased operation in 1942.
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