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Image Not Available for Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.
Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.
Image Not Available for Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.

Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.

Creator Dorien Leigh
Datec. 1937
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16.9 x 22.5 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/5769
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Industry in Foynes is not affected by the transatlantic flights; the village is a distributing centre for timber from Danzig. Here some timber workers enjoy a good glass of beer in the pub.
Industry in Foynes is not affected by the transatlantic flights; the village is a distributing centre for timber from Danzig. Here some timber workers enjoy a good glass of beer in the pub.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for The general waiting room of Foynes Station in Foynes, Ireland is now the office of Imperial Airways for transatlantic flights
The general waiting room of Foynes Station in Foynes, Ireland is now the office of Imperial Airways for transatlantic flights
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Traffic in Foynes is practically non-existant; an occasional horse-cart, for the rest - cows.
Traffic in Foynes is practically non-existant; an occasional horse-cart, for the rest - cows.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as transatlantic flights did not exist.
Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as transatlantic flights did not exist.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as trans-atlantic flights did not exist.
Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as trans-atlantic flights did not exist.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy
The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
The Dandy of Darjeeling. A complete western outfit, even down to watch chain and clip-on pencil, and of course the umbrella must not be left behind; it is the insignia of the fashionable man in Darjeeling.
The Dandy of Darjeeling. A complete western outfit, even down to watch chain and clip-on pencil, and of course the umbrella must not be left behind; it is the insignia of the fashionable man in Darjeeling.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Rock climbing is hardly a thing to be done unless one does it for pleasure and for some, there are few greater pleasures than scaling a perpendicular rock in this manner.
Rock climbing is hardly a thing to be done unless one does it for pleasure and for some, there are few greater pleasures than scaling a perpendicular rock in this manner.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A mother brings her baby back to the Child Welfare Clinic after discharge from hospital to have it weighed.
A mother brings her baby back to the Child Welfare Clinic after discharge from hospital to have it weighed.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for This chef claims to have cracked roughly 20,142,307 eggs. Employed by a well known firm of bakers, he has done nothing but break eggs for fifteen years, at the rate of one million and a quarter per annum.
This chef claims to have cracked roughly 20,142,307 eggs. Employed by a well known firm of bakers, he has done nothing but break eggs for fifteen years, at the rate of one million and a quarter per annum.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A real Irish colleen, Maura Bourke, aged 16. Flying boats don't affect her life nor interest her much. She still goes on drawing water daily from the pump as her ancestors have for many generations.
A real Irish colleen, Maura Bourke, aged 16. Flying boats don't affect her life nor interest her much. She still goes on drawing water daily from the pump as her ancestors have for many generations.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
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