Robot Man

Robot Man

One in a series of World of Tomorrow cigarette cards produced by W.D.& H.O. Wills featuring...

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Smash Hits

Smash Hits

1932 Cumann na nGaedheal election poster that references popular culture in the form of records,...

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The Roll of Dishonour

The Roll of Dishonour

1932 Cumann na nGaedheal election poster designed to counter Fianna Fáil protests at the amount of...

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The Bugle Call Polka

The Bugle Call Polka

This is the cover of a volume of piano music. Sir Henry Brownrigg was Inspector-General of...

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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012

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To Emigrant Returning...

To Emigrant Returning...

Is this Irish emigrant in New York, who looks as if he's done well for himself,...

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Think!

Think!

WWI recruiting poster. The artist Harry Lawrence Oakley, 1882-1960 (signed bottom right) was a...

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Family - A Closer Look

Family - A Closer Look

Deciding whether a child in a Victorian or Edwardian photograph is a boy or a girl is a difficult...

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Day 24

Day 24

Final card from our NLI Advent Calendar 2011! This card was sent by a Mr (?) Stoker to...

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Day 23

Day 23

Almost at the end of our NLI Advent Calendar 2011. Day 23 brings us a Cuala Press Christmas card -...

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Day 22

Day 22

This is the only example of nudity to be found in our collection of Victorian Christmas cards (not...

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Day 21

Day 21

What is it about sailors that seems naughty, rather than nautical?! From an album of Christmas...

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Day 20

Day 20

We're nearly there! Only 4 more cards to go in our 2011 Advent Calendar... Today's card is...

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Day 19

Day 19

This Christmas card from our Prints & Drawings collections depicts lively, but still genteel...

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Day 18

Day 18

An odd mix of Victorian notions of Christmas and much earlier fashions. The lady at the back of the...

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Uploaded on Dec 18, 2011

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Day 17

Day 17

Old Father Christmas & His Little Friends building up an appetite before dinner... Date: Circa...

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Day 16

Day 16

Today's Advent Calendar Christmas card is, if you'll pardon the pun, nothing to write home about....

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Day 15

Day 15

"Come in come in dear people, For none shall lack at all." Epitomising neighbourly...

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Day 14

Day 14

Another lovely hand-drawn card from Arthur Conan's Xmas Scrap Book, 1876. Think that this Christmas...

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Uploaded on Dec 14, 2011

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