The Congested Districts Board Photograph Collection
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Images documenting congested districts along the west coast, including Mayo, Galway and Donegal. Subjects include: new and improved housing in rural villages, like on Mellenish Island; new concrete house at framing level; a series of images of grass farms, Kilree, Cloonmore; women cleaning or salting fish, Ardara, Co. Donegal; Harbour area; boats; local inhabitants. Other images include; group portrait of the Horace Plunkett Inquiry at Old Head, 1906; Lady Aberdeen outside new dwelling; visiting nurse at home of poor family.
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| Notes: | Individual items of the CDB Collection are catalogued under call no. title and subject. Original prints albumen and gelatin, some with details on verso in handwriting. Physical description: 1 box ; in mylar, in phase box. Physical description: 120 photographs : albumen and gelatin silver prints ; 15 x 20 cm or smaller. Citations/References: Cited in "Into the Light" by Sarah Rouse, NLI, Dublin, 1998 pp. 18 and 19. Finding Aids: Photocopied surrogates of the CDB Collection are available for viewing at Reading Room in the National Photographic Archive. more |
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1906-1914.
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