Tonight is the Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards and excitement levels are reaching
fever pitch in the Heritage Collections!
fever pitch in the Heritage Collections!
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| Woo hooo! Let's get this party started! |
The awards ceremony will be at Duffy's Circus in Dun Laoghaire so to get in the mood, we decided we would have a look at some glass lantern slides taken of animals in Dublin Zoo in the 1890s and early 1900s. These slides are part of the J Alfred Scott Collection and give a great insight into one of Dublin's favourite visitor attractions, Dublin Zoo. Up until recently exotic animals were part and parcel of the circus. Thankfully the times they are a changing and animals are no longer being made perform in circuses. Instead they are getting to live the rest of their lives out in a happy carefree environment.
Not having anything related to circuses in the collections but having established a now tenuous link between circuses and animals the (il)logical conclusion is to look at animals from Dublin Zoo who are over 100 years old!!
The slides in this collection are black and white but this sleeping tiger has been coloured in.
What tapir wouldn't love his belly being scratched!
Two men and a two humped camel out for a stroll.
This lady is casually posing for a photo with a lion balancing on two chairs behind her, a couple of lionesses each side and two large dogs at her feet.
As you do.
A kolbe vulture from 1909.
Can you spot the baby elephant??
RCSI Heritage Collections wants to thank all those involved in the organising of the Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards and wishes all those heading
out to Dun Laoghaire a great night!