Motorists at Beggars Bridge, 5 June 1921
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Motorists at Beggars Bridge, 5 June 1921
Identifier
VH0019
Depiction
Three young women and three young men posing with a Ford motorcar, with a building in the background.
Description
The elegantly dressed young man leaning against the car and his companion in the front seat are doing a creditable imitation of Prohibition-era gangsters. None of those present have been identified. The motorcar was still a relatively rare and prized possession in the early 1920s and this photo conveys how students associated it with special outings and social life.
Beggars Bridge is the bridge that crosses the Gaol River, just to the north-west of the Cathedral, on University Road.
Beggars Bridge is the bridge that crosses the Gaol River, just to the north-west of the Cathedral, on University Road.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
P. Larkin, S.G. Jennings, J. Conroy, ‘Motorists at Beggar's Bridge, 5 June, 1921’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13616, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1920s
Category
b&w
group
off-campus
outdoors
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/