| ID | 22673 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Local Studies Collection |
| Reference | |
| Description | Collection of c.4000 postcards, alphabetically arranged by place in 10 boxes, late 19th century-20th century. This collection includes numerous representations of women, both photographic and illustrated in street, rural and domestic scenes and in romanticised and comic settings. For example: Postcards showing 'typical' Irish girls in rural and domestic settings, no date. A postcard of Aileen McCarthy and her horse drawn cart, no date. A postcard of women spinning and reeling, no date. A postcard of Lady Augusta Gregory, no date. A postcard of women seated at Saint Patrick's Cross in Ballymaclinton, 1908. A postcard of women attending a unionist demonstration in Belfast, 1912. 2 postcards with illustrations of women in anti-home rule propaganda, c.1912. A photographic postcard of the interior of the noviciate of the Convent of Mercy in Downpatrick, County Down, 1912. |
| Access | Contact Repository. |
| Century | 19th, 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | South Eastern Education and Library Board Local History Collection |
| Address | Cultural and Heritage Gallery Downpatrick Library Market Street Downpatrick County Down |
| UK Postal Code | BT30 6LZ |
| Telephone | (028) 4433-3980 |
| Telephone 2 | (028) 4461-2895 |
| Email Address | localstudies.down@librariesni.org.uk |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.librariesni.org.uk/libraries/county-down/downpatrick-library/ |
| latitude | 54.40379 |
| longitude | -5.89401 |