Trams and flags on the Green
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Without the benefit of Monkey Morgans airplane nonetheless Mr. French managed to get a shot of St. Stephens Green from high above the street. A lovely scene with trams (electric), flags on high and ladies in the latest fashions. If yesterday's image showed where the city had changed utterly then today's is surely changed even more with very few of the establishments there or if they are looking the same.
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_2514
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_2514
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Just enjoying the sights on this and I note that one premises offers "Turkish and Electric Baths"! Steam and sizzle:-D
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
"SCHREIER" strikes me as an unusual name. From 1908 acccording to - databases.dublincity.ie/search.php?searchtype=surname&... Division: Division 3: St. Stephen's Green Ward: Mansion House Name: Herman Schreier Address: 136 STEPHEN'S GREEN, WEST Qualification: Rated Occupier £72 Description: house, office and yard Voter number: 880 Year: 1908
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
As you were - also in 1899 (bottom entry)
suckindeesel
Tram numbers indicate 1899 onwards
suckindeesel
"Traitor's Gate", 1907, appears missing. So, date range 1899(trams) - 1907
suckindeesel
“Crossing Stephen's, that is, my green…” - Ulysses
Architecture of Dublin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/51682785373/
Architecture of Dublin
And in the distance on the corner of Harcourt Street we can just make out the old Russell Hotel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russell_Hotel [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/51682833073/] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/88[email protected]/4011261500]
Architecture of Dublin
So many Lawrence photos of the Green from every angle imaginable really https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/52610912142/in/photolist-2o4tMHP-2m9EqaT-2mxJVMD-2mjGu8L-2nR1qTW-2oa3Ff7-2mK32ER-2mK2Mur-2n4ikPi-2o5VYRj-2n4jz98
John Spooner
It's probably too late to apply ... and I'm probably not qualified ... but
(Northern Whig - Thursday 23 October 1902)
Niall McAuley
The trams are electrified, but there are no tall electric lights. In CLAR21 (latest 1904) I see a tall swan necked electric light on the green...
Architecture of Dublin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Yes I cannot see any Scotch standard lamposts which seem to have been installed from 1903-20, presumably St Stephen's Green would have been one of the first areas to have them...
Niall McAuley
L_ROY_10569 is later with the Arch, and swan necked lights on the North side of the Green. L_ROY_08598 has them on the South.
suckindeesel
Yes, but what is meant by “electric baths”? Internet gives several possible explanations
suckindeesel
www.victorianturkishbath.org/6directory/AtoZEstab/Ireland... Includes the following description: “Also to be found were sitz baths, foot sprays, and seat sprays which could be 'regulated by the patient' and were recommended for the treatment of piles.” The baths were next door to Jury’s Hotel which owned them. Can anyone ID the hotel location? There were separate entrances for men and women. The men occupied the ground floor and the women were upstairs
Niall McAuley
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] Per their website, the original Jurys hotel was on College Green. Yes, I see pics of it on the corner with Anglesea Street. No Longer Standing, but some entries at the DIA
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ Yes, I well remember the old Jury’s near College Green, but the Turkish Bath site says there was a Jury’s next door to it. However, photo shows no adjacent hotel or anything that could have been a hotel, perhaps it had closed by then? Or a mistake? “This establishment adjoining Jury's Hotel, and owned by them, was opened on 5 August 1878.” The proprietor was actually Jury himself.
Niall McAuley
This history page suggests that the College Green site was the only Jurys Hotel until after 1924. The turkish baths are on the 25" map, but no hotel adjoining.
suckindeesel
Niall McAuley Thanks, no hotel then, so don’t believe everything you read online.
suckindeesel
https://flic.kr/p/2oc3q7d Here’s one version of the ‘Electric Bath’, circa 1870. Definitely looks more than a bit dodgy.
suckindeesel
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