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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Dublin => Topic started by: Doyley on Saturday 07 May 11 17:26 BST (UK)
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Would any kind person be able to tell me the name of the Photography Studio of 48, Lower O'Connell Street please. I can make out the address but not the name. The photo was taken 1937.
Many thanks.
Doyley. :-\
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There's no photographer listed as that address in Thom's 1938 ..
48 O'Connell Street Lwr
Premier Tailors (Ireland) Ltd
Freely Bros & Co., Jewellers
Charles Barklie, estate agent
In 1943 the only difference is that the ground floor is occupied by Joseph Cafolla, ice cream parlour
In 1927 the Freely jewellery business is listed at the address, along with Frewen & Ryan, hosiers, glovers & outfitters and also listed is the London Gen. Assurance Co.
Most of the Dublin city photo studios seem to be listed in the directories but I suppose it's possible that some smaller studios were not... or this particular studio didnt operate for very long at this address
Is the address clear ?
In 1938 the photographers listed on the street are :
14 - H. Cowan
55 - H. Roe McMahon
Shane
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I'm so grateful for your time, I can't thank you enough. I think now that the date is incorrect and maybe the photo is earlier than is stated. I have attached both sides of the photo. I would appreciate your thoughts.
Kind regards,
Doyley.
P.S. The attachment it says is too big. Any suggestions?
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there's a max. size allowed for attachments - I think it's 500k. It's mentioned somewhere on the help pages ...
I'll have a look back at some earlier years to see if a studio was at that address at an earlier date..
Shane
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p.s. it cant be that much earlier since before 1924 the street was named Sackville St Lwr.
Shane
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did you post a query about this on the forum on dublin.ie ?
S.
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Yes, and they advised me to try here.
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the closest I have found so far is in 1914...
Ed. S. Lauder, 45 Sackville St Lwr
update : the street listing also mentions a Peter Dinnette, photographer at that address
Shane
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Thanks Shane, I wish I could attach the photo.
Doyley.
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you need to reduce the file size so that the rootschat uploader can accept it - i.e. make the image smaller .. Scans often come out in very high resolution which is useful for checking all the details, but can result in a huge file.
Most photo editors will do this for you - look for a resize option and try to make the image half, or quarter the size. Or you could just copy out the part of the photo with the photographer's name and address, it should be smaller file which might upload for you.
If you cant figure it out. try uploading the back of the photo to your Dublin.ie post - It looks like that forum software automatically reduces the image to a more reasonable size..
Shane
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Yippee!!!!!!! I managed to crop the part I needed. Hopefully somebody can shed some light.
Kind regards.
Doyley.
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God that's frustrating! :P
I threw it into Photoshop to see if I could isolate/darken the lettering, but it was having very little effect. I then spent ten minutes holding my laptop at different angles and to me it now looks like it says 'Dempsey's Studios, 48 Lr O'Connell Street', or something similar at least. I can definitely see 'SEYS' at the end.
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Thanks. Great minds think alike, I too thought it maybe Dempsey's. My eyes are sore from trying to figure it out.
Regards.
A very frustrated Doyley.
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Doyley
Thoms 1934 shows Dempsey's Studios at No.48. I would have replied earlier but this site has removed my name twice within the last two months. Maybe I should pay the licence fee!!.
Quaxer
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Thankyou so very much Quaxer and all the people who helped me with one of my many dilemmas. What wonderful people you are. I can now put a rough estimate on my photo. Just as a matter of interest I have posted the front of the photo.
Many thanks again.
Doyley.
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excellent.. I was beginning to wonder what was going on, when I couldn't find it. Looks like the business didn't stay at the address for all that long... not there in 1927, listed in 1934, and gone by 1938. So just as well that Quaxer had Thom's for the crucial year!
Shane