Ida, sweet as apple cider
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Where: Leinster, County Wexford, Ireland
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We're taking a swift detour from Clonmel to Waterford (I think) today. This is the Ida. Wildly out of focus for a Poole glass plate, but that's surely to be forgiven as the boat is in motion. What was the Ida? Why all the flags? And where was it off to, loaded with enough people on board to give Elfin Safety a heart attack? Also, 1901-1954? We can surely do better than this? Flickroonies laugh at such a wide date range...
derangedlemur points us to this fantastic article by Andrew Doherty of tidesandtalesDOTie which suggests that this image dates to c.1898. Likely it was before c.1905 when the paddle steamer Ida left the service of the Waterford Steamship Company. Before being apparently broken up in 1908....
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Likely before c.1905 (last sailing). Perhaps c.1898 (as suggested here)
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0957
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derangedlemur points us to this fantastic article by Andrew Doherty of tidesandtalesDOTie which suggests that this image dates to c.1898. Likely it was before c.1905 when the paddle steamer Ida left the service of the Waterford Steamship Company. Before being apparently broken up in 1908....
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Likely before c.1905 (last sailing). Perhaps c.1898 (as suggested here)
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0957
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Foxglove
the US flag appears to be the earlier 48 star.... quick Google...pre 1912 . though they could just be flying whatever they had handy. certainly packem' on board
abandoned railways
www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68737
derangedlemur
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland] That one's an iron screw steamer www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&imo=&a... It seems to be this one: tidesandtales.ie/paddle-steamer-ida/
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland So pre-February 1917 then.
Foxglove
today's photo is on the page that derangedlemur cited and dates the photo to 1898. usually I only spot bare foot children but I am on a roll today !
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxglove "leaving New Ross" – brilliant! May be something in newspapers...
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
russianside.blogspot.com/2018/02/paddle-steamer-ida.html tidesandtales.ie/paddle-steamer-ida/ wikivisually.com/wiki/USS_Ida www.revolvy.com/page/USS-Ida en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ida www.scvsemmes.org/shipwrecks-of-mobile-bay-and-alabama-18... www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68737 "Torpedoed Union vessels included the USS Althea, USS Ida, USS Itasca, USS Milwaukee, USS Narcissus, USS Osage, R. B. Hamilton, and USS Rose "
oaktree_brian_1976
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland New Ross is in Nova Scotia. Would make sense to have the American flag if she was visiting here.
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Surely that would have been the other American flag - the one with the big leaf on it?
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] The Canadian flag was only adopted in 1965 - they used to use the Union Jack or Canadian Red Ensign (with the Union Jack in the corner).
unbiased channel
Not to be pedantic, but it isn't "out of focus". The focus is just fine, as you can see that the waves in front are in focus as is the ship in the background. The image is unsharp due to too slow a shutter speed being used / being available or the movement of the person operating the camera (camera shake). Sorry it doesn't help with the photo identification, but it's an important distinction when assessing the sharpness of images.