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The Market Square in Donegal town with what looks like the tail end of the market activity. A couple of toffs stand talking to a lady while men gather around the tripod for the towns scales and carts are scattered about.
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: Circa 1890
NLI Ref: HAR2
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
A coastal scene with a fishing boat beached just below a road in what looks like an urban area. There are so many clues to the location in the background, the Martello Tower, the monastic ruin and of course the buildings along the seafront. We haven't had the pleasure of Mr. Hargraves company and this is an especially pleasant opportunity to change that. Happy 23rd of June everybody!!!
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: Circa 1890
NLI Ref: HAR136B
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My first thought when I saw this Hargrave image was that the people in the Post Office were cracked but then I saw the stones holding on the "hat" that is the roof! Not a very pretentious, imposing or indeed inviting premises nonetheless it was no doubt a community centre in it's time? I don't think we will be finding a streetview of this somehow.
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: 1890
NLI Ref: HAR19
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Connemara might seem an unlikely place to find marble but the green stone found there continues to fascinate. Mr. Hargrave has captured four children among the rocks of a quarry and unless my eyes deceive me they appear to be boys in dresses?
Apropos yesterdays image of a GNR railbus, Mr. Hargrave worked as a railway engineer for the Great Northern Railway so there is a connection however slight...
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue date c.1891
NLI Ref: HAR20
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Having arrived at the northern end of the country on Friday, we decided to go a step further to start this week by going out foreign altogether! This image, from the Hargrave collection, follows the trend of his most recent photographs with a location that is not likely to be in Ireland and he captured on his travels. Where is it and can we see what it looks like now?
Even though this image was/is apparently reversed (mirrored) in our catalogue, John Spooner was quick to identify this as a view of the Danube and Budapest in Hungary. Other contributors note the Chain Bridge, Buda Castle and Church of Sainte-Catherine d'Alexandrie...
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: c.1890
NLI Ref: HAR161
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Not one of our most crisp photographs, but there is still a lot going on. The catalogue description suggests a promenade which I for one am inclined to agree with. We will require the help of all of our fashionistas to help pinpoint the date. Have a great weekend.
BultacoFan, with corroboration from sharon.corbet, quickly identified this as the Seaview promenade (esplanade?) of Warrenpoint, County Down....
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1890
NLI Ref: HAR149
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Starting this week with an image from the Joshua H. Hargrave Collection! An official looking building with a number of sentry boxes and an abundance of statues and figures on the pediments of the building. The "bridge" leading out is unusual and may be distinctive enough to help us with location or to give some idea of what it is?
Based on input from sharon.corbet, Beachcomber, derangedlemur, Vab2009 and in particular Niall McAuley we have 99.9% confirmation that this was taken in continental Europe. The sentry boxes (un-Irish) and sun shades (very un-Irish) were key give-aways. The consensus is that it is a shot (probably reversed in our catalogue) of the City Palace (Stadtschloss) in Potsdam, Germany. Hargrave captures it here in the late 19th or very early 20th century. It was significantly damaged during WWII - but thankfully later restored (albeit without the adornments we see here)....
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue date c.1890
NLI Ref: HAR156
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Here we go again with a third "unidentified" photo this week. Not as difficult as Monday and perhaps a little less difficult than yesterday. You all continue to amaze me how you get to the bottom of these photographs. This photo is from the lesser spotted Hargrave Collection.
While there were suggestions of Cobh and Dun Laoghaire, [https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03] suggests (and others agree) that this is Bray, County Wicklow - perhaps capturing a regatta or other boat race. Despite the worthy jokes to the contrary, this image was probably not captured through a U-Boat periscope - although it seems likely it was taken from the deck of some vessel or other. (Impressive given the clarity of the image - from what may have been a moving vantage point...)
Photographers: Joshua H. Hargrave
Collection: Joshua H. Hargrave Photographic Collection
Date: c.1890
NLI Ref: HAR62
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie