Council House, Birmingham

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Date:1890 - 1900 (c.)

Description:The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, built in a classical style in 1874/79. This postcard view has space for the message on the front,which implies that it dates from before 1902. For its time it seems a rather modern and effective image.


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1830s
Town Hall, Birmingham
Town Hall, Birmingham

Interior of the Town Hall, Birmingham, from a postcard. Begun by Joseph Hansom and ...

1870s
Council House, Birmingham
Council House, Birmingham

The Banqueting Hall in the Council House, Birmingham. Even this black-and-white ...

1900s
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

One of the exhibits in Birmingham Art Gallery, from an early 20th-century postcard. ...

1920s
Victoria Square, Birmingham
Victoria Square, Birmingham

Victoria Square, Birmingham, seen in a postcard view dating perhaps from the early ...

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Donor ref:BMAG 1995v632.536 (74/8120)

Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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