Antonia Hart
@antoniahart.bsky.social
Historian, writer, researcher.
Newell’s the Blouse House at 63 Grafton Street (now Dunne’s) and 76 Grafton Street (now Russell & Bromley) - from the official handbook to Dublin Civic Week 1927.
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Newell’s the Blouse House at 63 Grafton Street (now Dunne’s) and 76 Grafton Street (now Russell & Bromley) - from the official handbook to Dublin Civic Week 1927.
Been trying to get an interview with this seal for weeks now.
November 28, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Been trying to get an interview with this seal for weeks now.
Michael Collins, NAI.
November 28, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Michael Collins, NAI.
Gloomy but gorgeous.
November 27, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Gloomy but gorgeous.
Imagine the scramble to get the good telegraphic handles - crime.dublin is a great one from 1908.
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Imagine the scramble to get the good telegraphic handles - crime.dublin is a great one from 1908.
Broken bits from the garden this morning.
November 1, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Broken bits from the garden this morning.
As to the occupations of women being ‘mostly sedentary’, I bet the maid-of-all-worked described in the same book dreamt of that being true.
October 31, 2023 at 11:40 AM
As to the occupations of women being ‘mostly sedentary’, I bet the maid-of-all-worked described in the same book dreamt of that being true.
‘Females, from physical causes, frequently find walking painful’ - mystifying, from “Girls’ Reading Book”, published by Commrs of National Education, 1879.
October 31, 2023 at 11:35 AM
‘Females, from physical causes, frequently find walking painful’ - mystifying, from “Girls’ Reading Book”, published by Commrs of National Education, 1879.
'Nuns do not care to put forward their opinions', but it's good to know that in 1890 one convent was rid of giddiness and flatulence by the sculling of Salt Regal.
October 3, 2023 at 4:23 PM
'Nuns do not care to put forward their opinions', but it's good to know that in 1890 one convent was rid of giddiness and flatulence by the sculling of Salt Regal.
I’m guessing my gorgeous, sweet-natured Juno makes the best possible first post.
September 26, 2023 at 12:21 PM
I’m guessing my gorgeous, sweet-natured Juno makes the best possible first post.
Doppelgänger, Naomi Klein - very good but kind of exhausting.
September 23, 2023 at 7:38 PM
Doppelgänger, Naomi Klein - very good but kind of exhausting.