Taking a break...
We wanted to let you know that we're pausing our posting of images on Flickr Commons for the moment, while we integrate the information generated over the last few years into our catalogue, and identify how to resource the project from now on. We're so grateful to all of you who have taken the time to share, comment and research these images over the last few years. All our digitised content - these photographs and many thousands more - is also available on our online catalogue.
This image was taken around 1892 by Major Ruttledge-Fair for James Hack Tuke, who was campaigning for improved living conditions in Donegal and Connemara. As lots of you will know, many of our photographs feature a dog lurking around somewhere if you look closely enough, but the one here actually got his own note on the back: "The dogs are to be seen flying out of sight if Police come in sight, in order to escape the dog-tax. This is quite a common fact. They are taught to do it, of course and they never make the mistake of running home."
Photographer: Major Ruttledge-Fair
Date: Circa 1892
NLI Ref: TUKE9
Taking a break...
We wanted to let you know that we're pausing our posting of images on Flickr Commons for the moment, while we integrate the information generated over the last few years into our catalogue, and identify how to resource the project from now on. We're so grateful to all of you who have taken the time to share, comment and research these images over the last few years. All our digitised content - these photographs and many thousands more - is also available on our online catalogue.
This image was taken around 1892 by Major Ruttledge-Fair for James Hack Tuke, who was campaigning for improved living conditions in Donegal and Connemara. As lots of you will know, many of our photographs feature a dog lurking around somewhere if you look closely enough, but the one here actually got his own note on the back: "The dogs are to be seen flying out of sight if Police come in sight, in order to escape the dog-tax. This is quite a common fact. They are taught to do it, of course and they never make the mistake of running home."
Photographer: Major Ruttledge-Fair
Date: Circa 1892
NLI Ref: TUKE9