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Personal Papers: Wilkie Collection

Ref. Code: U399

Collection reference U399 consists of photographic prints, made or collected by Wilkie Photographers, King Street (now MacCurtain Street), Cork, and Guys of Cork. Mainly consists of photographs of Cork City and environs, but also for a few locations in County Cork. Mainly photographs of buildings, streets and quays in Cork City, including a number of Patrick's Street, Grand Parade, South Mall and Merchant's Quay (U399/38, /41, /45, /56, /79). Sailing ships, steam ships and electric tramways are in evidence in some of the photographs. Also contains a few studio photographs of people (U399/48 and /49). Also includes a few photographs of Queenstown (Cobh) County Cork, and Cork Harbour (U399/58 and /60). Most prints are of fair to good quality. Some of the prints may also be early copies of similar items in the Lawrence Collection in the National Library of Ireland.

Date: 1871-1938
Extent: 96 items
Level of Description: Fond
Finding Aid: U399 Descriptive List
Access: By appointment and application form. For more information, see notes on access .