Swastika Laundry, Dublin

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11/21/2013 at 10:00 • Filed to: None

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Swastika Laundry van... but in Ireland, not in Nazi Germany. The Swastika Laundry was founded in 1912, and was located on Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, a district of Dublin. The delivery vans, of which an example is seen here, were electric powered. With Ireland being neutral in WWII the simultaneous use of the swastika - used by the laundry in its original good luck context (although you can't help wondering about the colour scheme) - by Nazi Germany didn't cause any problems for them, and apparently it continued to be used into the 1980s.

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Kinja'd!!! ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ttyymmnn
11/21/2013 at 10:03

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10/10 Would DD/hoon

(without the company markings of course. i can't imagine that would go well in the US)


Kinja'd!!! Doctor Shieldsy > ttyymmnn
11/21/2013 at 10:07

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Cool find!


Kinja'd!!! Wacko > ttyymmnn
11/21/2013 at 10:07

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Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Wacko
11/21/2013 at 10:11

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Kinja'd!!! Wacko > ttyymmnn
11/21/2013 at 10:21

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Kinja'd!!! Wacko > Wacko
11/21/2013 at 10:22

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sorry for all the posts, Kinja is acting up again.


Kinja'd!!! Rory > ttyymmnn
11/21/2013 at 12:02

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I am Irish and I never knew about this ! Woah


Kinja'd!!! Lazzris > ttyymmnn
11/21/2013 at 13:30

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Swastika means it is good. It wasn't until Germany adopted it and turned it 45 degrees, that gave it a it a bad reputation.