Cork Collection (page 8)

Duke of Edinburgh reviewing London firefighters
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on an informal visit to Brigade headquarters. Here he is visiting the Lambeth River fire station on the Albert Embankment, SE1

Queenstown Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

St. Finbars Cathedral. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bantry Bay. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Cromwells Bridge, Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Glengariff Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Sugar Loaf Mountain. Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

At Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Patrick Street (i. e. St. Patrick Street), Cork. County Cork
Patrick Street (i.e. St. Patrick Street), Cork. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The cove and harbour, County Cork Ireland

From Roches Royal Hotel, Glengariff Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Eccles Hotel, Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Poul na Gurn, Glengariff Harbor. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Tunnel near Glengariff. County Cork, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

True to the Core lifeboat crew, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The crew of the True to the Core lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, seen here wearing their cork lifebelts and souwesters. circa 1895

Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton, Essex
The first National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, donated by and named after The Honourable Artillery Company whose Drama Club sponsored it, was launched in 1884

A young wife visiting a cigar shop to buy some cork tipped cigars for her husband. Date: 1928- 1929

Crew of the Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton
Crew members of the Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Seen here at the boathouse, wearing their cork lifebelts with the lifeboat behind them

True to the Core lifeboat, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The lifeboat of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, named True to the Core, seen here under sail with her crew on board wearing their cork lifebelts. circa 1898

Lifeboat crew, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The crew of the first voluntary lifeboat of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, named True to the Core. They are seen here wearing their cork lifebelts. circa 1905

Ireland / R. Blackwater
The River Blackwater, near Killmurrag, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 1960s

Convent at Bantry, County Cork, Ireland Date: circa 1910

Views of Cork, Ireland, including the River Lee, the Imperial Hotel (from where this card came) and Blarney Castle. Date: circa 1898

Glengarriff, County Cork, Ireland
The coastline at Glengarriff, County Cork, Ireland Date: 1905

Ireland / Fin Barres Isle
St. Fin Barres Chapel, on an island in Gougane Barra Lake, County Cork, Ireland. At the end of the 16th century it was occupied by Fin Barre, the Patron Saint of Cork. Date: 16th century

Cork Floats
Fishermens cork floats. Date: 1960s

Ireland / Glengarriff
Glengariff, the lovely land- locked harbour in County Cork, Ireland, where the vegetation luxuriates in the warmth of the Gulf Stream and the growth is almost tropical. Date: 1950s

Castletown Berehaven (East View), Ireland
Castletown Berehaven (East View), County Cork, Ireland Date: circa 1905

Church Bay ourside Cork Harbour, Ireland - view from the Hotel Date: circa 1898

Hotel at Castletown Berehaven, Ireland
View over the water toward the Hotel at Castletown Berehaven, County Cork, Ireland Date: circa 1905

Ireland / Tim Healy Pass
A fine impression of cyclists and cattle on one of the S- bends of the Tim Healy Pass, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Ballybeggs Abbey
The ruins of the old Franciscan Abbey of Ballybeggs, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 13th century

Gods Provident House - Chester
Gods Provident House - Watergate Street, Chester. This building is famous for its inscription on the front reading: Gods providence is mine inheritance

Isle of Wight - Yarmouth Lifeboat Crew
Isle of Wight - The Yarmouth Lifeboat Crew. The large wheels of the trailers are fitted with boards, preventing the wheels from digging into the soft sand of the beach. Date: circa 1910s

Waiter Uncorking Bottle
A waiter with neatly combed hair and sideburns trying to pull a cork out of a bottle of wine Date: 19th century

Industry / Cork Cutter
Two french cork cutters cutting bark which is stripped from the cork tree, into a variety of small round cylindrical pieces for stopping bottles. Date: circa 1760

Dunmanway from the Cork Road bridge
The road leading into the town of Dunmanway, from the bridge on the Cork Road, in Ireland. Referring to the Irish famine at this time

Adults and children on a London street, outside the gates of a large building, possibly a warehouse. One boy, carrying a toddler, has bare feet

Queen Victoria in Ireland 1849
At the Custom-House Quay in Cork, Ireland, the mayor, the Corporation of Cork and various deputations await the arrival of Queen Victoria during her visit to Ireland

On board the Titanic
A photograph of passengers on the boat deck of the Titanic whilst docked in Cork, Ireland

Butter Market at Cork, Ireland, 1859
Engraving showing the interior of the Butter Market at Cork, Ireland, 1859. The image shows a large number of barrels of butter being moved by market porters

General street scene in Cork, Ireland
This is a general scene of street life in a lane in Cork, Ireland. In this poor neighbourhood men, women and children walk up and down the lane

Emigration. Irish Emigration. The Emigration Agents Office
Engraving of the Emigration Office at Cork, of Mr G. O Neil. Crowded with men discussing business and reading papers and families with women and children sitting on boxes, waiting for their ship

Emigration. Departure of the Nimrod and Athlone Steamers
Emigrants set sail from Cork for Liverpool in the first stage of their transatlantic jouney. Dock side with exterior of two steam ships

Father Matthew Leaving Cork for America, 1849
Engraving showing a dock-side scene in Cork as a crowd bid farewell to a popular priest, leaving for America

Patent Reversible Lifeboat, 1875
Engraving of a patent reversible lifeboat for ships, designed by Anderson and Burkinshaw of Bridlington Quay, 1875. The lifeboat could be used either way up

William O Brien (1852-1928)
Photograph of William O Brien, the Irish journalist and nationalist, seen during his term of office representing Cork in the British Parliament

The Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, Cork, 1879
Engraving of the Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, November 1879. A Board of Trade paper had been issued that year, praising the lighthouse and the quality of its light

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