COLLECTION NAME:
University of Manchester History & Heritage
Record
Image Number:
JRL15040228
Reference Number:
UPC/2/383
Series Title:
University Photographic Collection
Parent Work Title:
Mechanics’ Institution
Date Created:
c1885
Description:
Old Manchester Mechanics Institute exterior. Taken at ground level from the western side of what is now Princess Street but was at the time David Street angled south east towards the corner of Major Street and David Street showing the building with various signs and posters on the walls. The Mechanics Institute was resident here until the end of the nineteenth century and the building has since then among other occupants housed the Museum of Labour History before its move to the Pump House and the Labour History Archive. On the back of the image is written the date “October 1885”
Keyword:
University Buildings; University; Manchester.
Subject:
University of Manchester
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
Photo: 199 mm
Item Height:
Mount: 212 mm
Item Width:
Photo: 148 mm
Item Width:
Mount: 163 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Collection Code:
UMHH
