vintage caps

[KarlCrow]

Not in cork, but I've family there. My dad was born there. I live in Dublin, grew up here but was born in London and I've lived elsewhere. Oddly my brother moved back to cork relatively recently. History is complicated. My grandfather can be written as a hero, but nobody ever mentions the fate of the cockney he stole the uniform from, or written as someone who wouldn't inoculate his children against disease because god. History is generally written by an editorial team employed by those benefitted by talkative survivors gaining. The real history contained in the white space between the type. The facts don't change but are lost.

Sorry, that sounded a bit preachy. It's an interesting history for sure, and if you've read up on it you are possibly more knowledgeable than I.

 

[Blackthorn]

Not in cork, but I've family there. My dad was born there. I live in Dublin, grew up here but was born in London and I've lived elsewhere. Oddly my brother moved back to cork relatively recently. History is complicated. My grandfather can be written as a hero, but nobody ever mentions the fate of the cockney he stole the uniform from, or written as someone who wouldn't inoculate his children against disease because god. History is generally written by an editorial team employed by those benefitted by talkative survivors gaining. The real history contained in the white space between the type. The facts don't change but are lost.

Well said, Karl.

 

[Blackthorn]

If memory serves (and it may not), this is De Valera reviewing the troops after Michael Collins' death:

 

[KarlCrow]

If memory serves (and it may not), this is De Valera reviewing the troops after Michael Collins' death:

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That's Dev alright.

 

[Blackthorn]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[Bamaboots]

Not much stem on Joe's pipe.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Not much stem on Joe's pipe.

He invented the nose warmer.

 

[Blackthorn]

Great pic, I love it!

 

[Blackthorn]

 

[Blackthorn]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

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It's obviously 1931; I'm trying to figure out what the guy (front-left) is applying for & wondering if everyone else around the stove are waiting their turn to apply. At something like 16% unemployment maybe they are applying for a job?

 

[Blackthorn]

It's obviously 1931; I'm trying to figure out what the guy (front-left) is applying for & wondering if everyone else around the stove are waiting their turn to apply. At something like 16% unemployment maybe they are applying for a job?

Yes, they were. If memory serves, they were applying with TVA.

 

[RJR]

Yes, they were. If memory serves, they were applying with TVA.

Good bet.

 

[jonesy86]

If memory serves (and it may not), this is De Valera reviewing the troops after Michael Collins' death:

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Can't find too many images of Machiavelli wearing a cap, but if this is indeed historically accurate, I kinda like the head gear.

 

[Blackthorn]

For that matter, John Calvin had the flat cap thing going on before it was cool, from 1509 -1564)

 

[Blackthorn]

Jack London again, as a reporter on the Russia-Japan war:

 

[Blackthorn]

On Grafton Street, Dublin, during the Irish civil war, 1922:

 

[Blackthorn]