Irish Independent Monday 24th April 1916 - (6 page edition) Page 1 (Front Page)

Irish Independent Monday 24th April 1916 - (6 page edition) Page 1 (Front Page).

Contains a full page of dislay and classified small ads capturing the commerical and social fabric of the city on the morning of the Easter Rising across the pillars of advertising - Personal Ads, Property, Motors, and Entertainment (including Births, Marriages, and Deaths) with many well known Dublin businesses represented (some still in business like "Fanagans Funeral establishment, Aungier Street" , "Heitons"and "Beechams Pills".

It includes personal ad from a middle aged bachelor with "£160 capital and £2 per week salary "looking to correspond with steady, domesticated Young Girl" with a view to" MATRIMONY". There are so many gems of the age and the wider social fabric of Dublin to contemplate in the small ads, particularly at  such a momentus time in Ireland's history. 

This beautiful reproduction captures all the detail of the original on 210 gsm Satin Art paper and is set on a mottled green suede background, behind glass, in an antique style Gold Leaf frame.