Still Image from "The Jews in Ireland" Documentary
This is a clip from a 1965 documentary aired on the show "Discovery" where Dublin's South Circular Road was filmed. The clip discusses the movement and migration of the Jewish population into Dublin in the early 20th century forming what was known as a "Little Jerusalem."
http://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/0723/464110-little-jerusalem-dublin/
'Discovery' television series
RTE Archives
November 8th, 1965
A Plea Against the Embargo
A letter to the editor published in "The Times" expressing concern over the consequences of the Irish Cattle Embargo and its effects on the Irish cattle trade. The double standard between Irish and English cows is revealed to be crippling to the typical Irish farmer.
"Mayo," Palmerstown, Straffan, Ireland
"The Times"
28 September 1912
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
Miss Bruton as Calista.
Calista from <em>The Fair Penitent</em>
Calista, wife of Altamont and the lead female character who is seduced by Lothario, in <em>The Fair Penitent</em>. Print of Calista from the 1791 publication of Nicholas Rowe's <em>The Fair Penitent</em> (1703). The caption reads: Miss Bruton as Calista. / And you, ye glitt'ring, heavn'ly hosts of stars, / Hide your fair heads in clouds, or I shall blast you
<span>Thornthwaite (Engraver), Samuel De Wilde (Painter), J. Bell (Publisher)</span>
Print (engraving)
J. Bell, British Library, Strand, London
March 17, 1791
books.google.com
Public domain
jpeg image
Image of page 3 of the 1915 sixth edition of The Catechism of Balaam
War History
Early twentieth-century instructional pamphlet propagating a particular perspective on the nature of WWI’s conception and current state of affairs in 1915.
An [Anonymous] Irish-American
The Catechism of Balaam, Jr.
Hugh H. Masterson
1915
Archive.org
The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright restrictions for this item.
https://archive.org/details/catechismofbalaa00oshe
en
Text
"Great Fenian Scare" Political Cartoon
A cartoon published in <em>Canadian Illustrated News </em>Volume 1 in 1869 depicting a disheveled scarecrow with the caption: “Great Fenian Scare”.
Anonymous.
October 30th, 1869 edition of Canadian<em> Illustrated News</em>, pg. 16
Library and Archives Canada
October 30th, 1869
JPG image, 441 x 550 pixels.
"A Drive Through Gibraltar" by Arthur M. Horwood
Gibraltar
Scanned section of <em>The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine </em>wherein Arthur M. Horwood details his one-hour exploration of Gibraltar while his military ship is docked for coal. It is featured in the 8th issue of the "monthly journal devoted to all subjects connected with Her Majesty’s Land and Sea Forces."
Arthur M. Horwood
The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine
W.H. Allen & CO
1888
English
Travel Narrative
Gibraltar Narrative
Arthur Rimbaud's "Vies"
"Vies" ("Lives") by the famous French poet Arthur Rimbaud
Rimbaud's works have notably influenced Joyce, particularly during Joyce's exile to Paris.
Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud's "Illuminations"
New Directions Publication
1869-1872
PDF
French
Poetry
Don't Feel Discouraged When You Look Into a Mirror Your Face is Only Skin Deep
Witty and Wise Postcard
This is an antiquated postcard that was originally printed by the Raphael Tuck & Sons Postcard company, founded in 1866 in London. It is chromographed in Saxony and is usually sold in a packet inscribed "Dry Humour Series." The artist of the design is DWIG (C. V. Dwiggins).
C. V. Dwiggins
Raphael Tuck & Sons Postcard Series No. 1
Raphael Tuck & Sons
Late 1800-early 1900
Raphael Tuck & Sons
Status: sold rights; the postcard is currently being printed and sold in series by a company in the United States
At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick. No more than 4-1/4 inches high x 6 inches long x 0.016 inches thick.*
*Standard postcard dimensions
English
Postcard; image
<em>David Copperfield</em>
Ch. 53, "Another Retrospect," The death of Dora.
A PDF of "Another Retrospect" which is Parodied in "Oxen of the Sun"
Charles Dickens
Oxford University Press
Posted by Jennifer Bradley
PDF
English
Novel
Advertisement for the Model Farm at Kinnereth
Leopold Bloom, "Calypso," Model Farm at Kinnereth, Agendath Netaim, Settlement of Palestine, 2nd Aliyah, Zionism
This advertisement is a likely source for Bloom's imagined promised land: Agendath Netaim at the Model farm at Kinnereth
Christine Kelley
Wash drawing originally from Die Welt on 2 April 1909, pg. 304; Trustees of the Public Library of City of Boston; Published in "The Search for Agendath Netaim: Some Progress, but No Solution" by M. David Bell, James Joyce Quarterly, Spring 1975
Die Welt
1909
Image
English and German
Painting, picture, advertisment