A news vendor. Arran Quay/O'Connell Bridge. Dublin 1963.
A newspaper vendor announces breaking news on a Dublin street corner near O'Connell Bridge in 1963. He holds a stack of papers, the top one bearing the headline “THE NEW POPE”, and stands beside his cart advertising “The Irish Press”. To his right, a pillar is plastered with a handmade sign that reads “POPE ELECTED” for the “EVENING PRESS”. The bustling intersection, filled with mid-century cars and a double-decker bus, captures a specific moment of history as delivered by the city's competing newspapers.
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Dublin, Dubliners, Newspaper&Magazine
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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