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An image showing a procession leaving Soissons Cathedral in France following a ceremony to mark its official re-opening. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Soissons cathedral re-opened 15 years after German bombing / The Soissons historic cathedral, one of the finest gothic buildings in the world, which was bombed by the Germans in 1915 and seriously damaged, was solemnly reopened today by Cardinal [Charles] Binet and many bishops / The cathedral is partly restored / The procession leaving the cathedral'.

Two photographic prints showing Bedouin Arabs in Bethlehem, Palestine, in about 1930. The original captions for the prints are as follows: (top) ‘The Bedouin Arabs from all parts of Judea come into the market at Bethlehem to sell their flocks of goats and camels to local Christians. The market is held every Saturday but very few tourists find their way to this interesting spot in the ancient city’. (bottom) ‘Bethlehem – an unusual scene. The market place is a spot off the track for pilgrims and tourists’.

A view of the seafront in Oban, the largest town in the Argyll and The Isles district on the west coast of Scotland.

Crowds at the Ballymena Show in County Antrim in about 1950.

A view of a farmer resident in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Coming from the peat bogs, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal'.

A view of a turf collector accompanied by two donkeys carrying traditional creels on the Horn Head peninsula in County Donegal. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Going for peat, Horn Head, County Donegal'.

A view of harvesting at Dugort (also known as Doogort) on Achill Island off the coast of County Mayo on Ireland's Atlantic seaboard. The peak in the background is Slievemore (in Irish: 'Sliabh Mór'), a distinctive, almost conical-shaped mountain and the second highest point on Achill Island after Croaghaun mountain.

A view near the village of Dugort on Achill Island, County Mayo.

An image of Ballycastle Harbour in County Antrim. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Fair Head from Ballycastle, County Antrim'.

A view of the exterior of St. Thomas's Church on Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin. Designed by the architect Frederick G. Hicks (1870-1965), this Anglican church was opened in 1932. It replaced the eighteenth-century St. Thomas's Church on Marlborough Street which was destroyed by fire at the outset of the Civil War in 1922.