Saint Chad's Cathedral can be seen in the background in the top-left corner of the image. The gabled roof of Mason Science College occupies the lower left corner. The rounded end of the original public library occupies the lower right corner.
Date
4 September 1886
date QS:P571,+1886-09-04T00:00:00Z/11
Medium
Woodcut engraving
Accession number
British Library HMNTS 10352.l.29.
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Image extracted from page 8 of The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis ... With ... illustrations, etc, by DENT, Robert Kirkup. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.
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