Motorists at Beggars Bridge, 5 June 1921

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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.
Contributor: Patrick Larkin
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: Beggars Bridge, Galway
Temporal Coverage: 1921
Period: 1920s
Category: b&w; group; off-campus; outdoors
Subject: University of Galway; Social life; Students; Motoring
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/

Item sets: Patrick Larkin album; Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES