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O'Mara's bacon company - logos and ads

Logos and letterheads and ads for O'Mara's bacon company, Limerick.



O'Mara's ad of 1903.
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From Fete in aid of St.John's Hospital, Limerick, June 8th to 13th, 1903. Limerick City Museum. See PDF.



O'Mara letterhead on telegram of 4 Aug 1904.
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Award granted to O'Mara's at Irish International Exhibition in Dublin, May to Nov 1907.
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Courtesy of Davoc Rynne.



Letterhead on letter of 7 Nov 1907.
Same on letter of 23 Aug 1910.
Same on letter of 11 Feb 1911.



Letterhead with wonderful drawing of O'Maras.
Letterhead must be designed in or shortly after 1908 (by dates of awards).
But is used here on a receipt of 1920 (or maybe 1930).
Posted by Killaloe-Ballina Local History Society.
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[McCloskey, 2001] has a copy of this letterhead on a letter signed 1916 (credit Limerick Museum) so the design is pre-1916.



Letterhead on letter of think 1909.



O'Mara's ad or leaflet of 1912 or shortly after.
Posted by Limerick Museum.



O'Mara letterhead on letter of 4 Mar 1913.
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O'Mara's bacon ads on trams on Sackville St, Dublin.
Detail of postcard of Sackville St.
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See other scan from here.



The full postcard.
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See other scan.
See other scan from here.
See other scan from here.



O'Mara's bacon ad on tram at Nelson's Pillar, O'Connell St (Sackville St), Dublin.
Photo perhaps c.1927.
From NLI.
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O'Mara letterhead, 1935.
Note "Ray's Dept". Jim Ray was a Director of O'Mara's in the 1930s. It seems that his late father's Provision Merchants business on Roches St was merged into O'Mara's.
On display at [LCM]. See full size.



O'Mara document, apparently 1936.
Courtesy of Davoc Rynne.



Two trams in Dublin with O'Mara's ads. Date 1937-1940.
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Logo for O'Mara Limerick centenary dinner, 11 Feb 1939.
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See another copy. From P40/185.



O'Mara's letterhead, 1943.
Signed by Stephen O'Mara.
Directors Stephen O'Mara and Michael Rynne and James O'Mara and James Ray and Marcus O'Sullivan and Jack O'Mara.
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From Limerick Museum.



O'Mara letterhead, apparently 1967.
On display at [LCM]. See full size.



O'Mara's bacon factory truck.
Photo courtesy of Tony Punch.
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