Postcard
Collection object
1990.0203
h. 19.7 W. 12.1
Postcard, colour, glossy; large format multiview; portrait style, with five views, two on right and three at left; title between first and second view at left "Limerick Ireland". Views from top right and clockwise; Spring-Rice memorial with groups of people sitting around its base; O'Connell Street looking north, with the street full of traffic; Adare Manor seen from across the Maigue; a river with houses to left, Newcastlewest?; King John's Castle seen from across the River Shannon, from south-west. Reverse printed in black; at centre top "Photographic Impressions" in a cursive script; centre bottom a camera and tripod; bottom left "Limerick: This county is, in general, a place of quiet beauty/ and rural charm. There are excellent sporting facilities particu-/ larly for the angler and the golfer and Limerick contains some/ of the finest hunting country in Ireland. The city of Limerick stands/ on the site of an important ford of ancient times, where the/ Shannon River meets the sea. It is one of the most progressive of/ Irish cities and an important transport and industrial centre./ JHPI 128/ [copyright sign] Printed and Published in Ireland by John Hinde Ltd." Box for stamp at top right in which "Standard/ Post/ Card/ Rate" with four lines for address below. Unposted and unused.
John Hinde (published by)