Fair Fashion

Fair Day, Ballybricken, 1949

Fair Day at Ballybricken, 1949.

© Jack O'Neill.

Fair Day, Ballybricken, 1949
© Jack O'Neill.

Fair Day, Ballybricken, 1949

Fair Day at Ballybricken, 1949.

© Jack O'Neill.

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Spot the Difference

You can tell a lot about the people in the photographs by what they are wearing.

Country men often wore broad-rimmed hats and city dwellers wore either a cloth cap or a bowler. Country women often wore shawls or hooded cloaks.

Market at Bakehouse Lane, 1900

Photograph of the market at Bakehouse Lane, Waterford City, in around 1900.

© Jack O'Neill.

Market at Bakehouse Lane, 1900
© Jack O'Neill.

Market at Bakehouse Lane, 1900

Photograph of the market at Bakehouse Lane, Waterford City, in around 1900.

© Jack O'Neill.

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The photograph to the left shows the market at Bakerhouse Lane in around 1900. Take a look at it and see if you can identify which woman is the customer.

Additionally, take a look at the posters stuck to the walls on the background. Can you see what they are advertising?