Street photography in Ireland 1890-1910

[retnull]

Photos of J.J.Clarke from Ireland, 1890-1910:

http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/girl-on-a-tricycle-ireland-1900/

Some of these appear to be very early examples of the "street" style -- unposed images of strangers going about their business. Are there similar examples from the same era?

 

[retnull]

Hope it is OK for me to re-link....here's a few samples, more on the site listed above:

 

[besk]

Great, great, great!!

 

[peter_n]

Wow that looks like the junction of Nassau St. & Grafton St. in #3. Trinity College behind the wall on the right.

 

[retnull]

Yes, I think so. And, not positive, but #2 could be the other end of Grafton Street, at St. Stephen's Green.

 

[Lumpy]

The first one looks like Bray.

 

[dexdog]

Brings to mind Leopold Bloom strolling through Dublin on June 16.

 

[peter_n]

The first one looks like Bray.

Yes it does doesn't it? And you know the front hasn't changed all that much, the kiosks are still there and so on. Sadly Greystones has changed a lot though.

 

[petronius]

Great pictures; thanks for the link!

Maybe a little OT, but who likes this kind of pictures might like the novel
Time and Again by Jack Finney

 

[RanceEric]

Thank you for sharing!

Fascinating pictures. What a time that must've been. People dressed so well back then, too. Now we walk around in flip-flops with our underwear hanging out of droopy pants.

+1 to that. I've said that many times, I wish people still cared about looking decent before leaving the house.

 

[blw]

Wow that looks like the junction of Nassau St. & Grafton St. in #3. Trinity College behind the wall on the right.

According to the caption given on the National Library of Ireland's website, that is exactly what you are seeing.

http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000168170

Full disclosure: I wouldn't have found the full collection except that one of the commenters on the blog linked in the OP sent me there with a broken link.

 

[RanceEric]

It seems to be all but forgotten these days. Even in the workplace. There was a story on the news just last night about people going to work wearing flip-flops (with the mention of the girls that posed with President Bush wearing them a few years back). Even on interviews, people seem to think it's okay to dress like a slacker.

Heck, just flip through The People of Walmart to get a whiff of the status quo.

Hahaha It's funny you posted that link.. I actually thought about mentioning that with my first reply.. smh

 

[RanceEric]

Hehehe... Granted, I think Walmart tends to draw a certain... Clientele. 😀

hahaha For sure.. That's a scary place to go on a friday night.....

 

[xayraa33]

Nice photos of Ireland.
They remind me of an other early pioneer of candid photography of 1880s Brooklyn.
The pre Kodak George B Brainerd who unfortunately passed away in 1887 at age 41.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=george++b+brainerd

 

[peter_n]

According to the caption given on the National Library of Ireland's website, that is exactly what you are seeing.

http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000168170

Thanks for posting this! There are other interesting photos at that link too, including the one of the open-top tram heading down towards Trinity College. An open-top tram in Dublin? 😱 That was taken at roughly the same spot but with the photographer standing on Grafton St.

 

[tomalophicon]

Obviously the pictures are of high society. These people would be looking down their noses at the Walmarters of 19th C Ireland just like you snobs are doing it today.

 

[Dr Gaspar]

No bokeh? WHAT!?