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Picture of the day
A
photochrom
print of Patrick Street in
Cork
, the second-largest city in the
Republic of Ireland
, ca. 1890–1900. Originally founded as a
monastic
settlement in the 6th century, Cork is believed to have been an important
port
city for
Vikings
. After the
Great Irish Famine
in the 1840s, Cork became a major point of Irish
emigration
to North America.
Photochrom:
Detroit Publishing Co.
Restoration:
Lise Broer
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