Waterfoot, Co. Antrim
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| In collection: | The Lawrence Photograph Collection |
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[between 1880-1900].
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| Notes: | Additional information about this photograph may be available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6981346002 Robert French was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection. For more information, see the Dictionary of Irish Biography: http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a3369 Physical description: 1 photographic negative glass 16.5 x 21.5 cm. Geographic Coverage: Waterfoot, County Antrim, Province of Ulster, Ireland. Caption on glassplate reads: Waterfoot. Co. Antrim. 2300. W. L. more |
This photo was taken in the late 19th century, probably by Robert French, chief photographer of William Lawrence Photographic Studios of Dublin.
You can compare this view with its companion photo next door taken approximately 100 years later as part of the Lawrence Photographic Project 1990/1991, where one thousand photographs from the Lawrence Collection in the National Library of Ireland were replicated a hundred years later by a team of volunteer photographers, thereby creating a record of the changing face of the selected locations all over Ireland.
For further information on the Lawrence Photographic Project, read all about it on our NLI Blog.
Our thanks to beachcomberaustralia for an image of Waterfoot produced using Google Earth.
Date: Circa 1890
NLI Ref.: L_ROY_02300
Tags:
Waterfoot, Antrim, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Ulster, Robert French, William Lawrence, Lawrence Collection, Glass Negative, 1890s, Lawrence Photographic Project, Day Car, Sidecar, Horses, Driver, Pipe, James McAuley, Pub, Bridge, Ladders, Window Cleaners, Federation for Ulster Local Studies, F.U.L.S., Federation of Local History Societies, National Library of Ireland
Comments
only1tanuki
Oh my goodness this is Beautiful.
And still Beautiful in 1990 from Your stream:
@nlireland/6981329372/in/photostream
Posted: 30.04.2012
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
It is great to compare 'Then', 'then', and 'now'. Google Maps Street View is too low down - g.co/maps/tn6wr . The Google Earth plugin produced this -
@beachcomberaustralia/7127624061/
Posted: 30.04.2012
ClickKen04
Nice one Carol, good shot and nice story to go with it!
Posted: 30.04.2012
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@beachcomberaustralia Absolutely too low down. I think we may well need to encourage Google to do Hill View for some of the Lawrence Photographic Project images that we'll be uploading over the next 31 weeks. We're going alphabetically, so today's was A is for Antrim.
Posted: 30.04.2012
John_McK1966
Very good, Carol. I love the then&now shot comparisons. Hoefully more to come.
Posted: 30.04.2012
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@32428096@N05 Definitely! Lawrence Photographic Project Then & Nows will be going up once a week, probably on a Wednesday. Next week will be Armagh...
Posted: 30.04.2012
oaktree_brian_1976
Are there that many Z city's in Ireland? :)
Posted: 02.05.2012
bsbaghel84
great
Posted: 19.06.2013
Jared Enos
Yet another one done! www.flickr.com/photos/jenoscolor/33722189713/in/dateposte...
Posted: 08.05.2017
Jared Enos
This is an amazing collection, by the way. French was a skillful photographer
Posted: 08.05.2017
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Great - a fine piece of colouring work [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jenoscolor] - Thanks!
Posted: 08.05.2017
Niall McAuley
Just admiring this in megazoom, and I see that the building beyond the bridge on the left is called James McAuley (no relation) and looks to have a Post Office sign over the door.
James is 55 in the 1901 census. His wife and assistant, Catherine, is 48. In 1911, the whole town is as Gaeilge.
Posted: 05.09.2022
