The full title/description for this shot was too long and confusing for use on a Monday morning so I summarised it slightly :) A Belfast scene with lots to view and plenty of life going on. It immediately brought to mind James Craigs poem about Belfast:
"Red brick in the suburbs, white horse on the wall,
Eyetalian marbles in the City Hall:
O stranger from England, why stand so aghast?
May the Lord in His mercy be kind to Belfast."
While we had a notion of location, today's contributors have helped refine the 25 year date range to perhaps a decade or so between the mid-1870s and the upper catalogue range of the mid-1880s. One of the more interesting features here (described in the catalogue entry as "iron feature, possibly a fountain") is the
Jaffe Memorial Fountain. Seemingly built by Belfast's only Jewish mayor,
Otto Jaffe, the "memorial" in question was to Jaffe's own father - who funded Belfast’s first synagogue.
Vab2009 points out that, after 70 years in Belfast's botanic gardens, the fountain has since been moved back to this original location...
Photographers:
Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor:
John Fortune Lawrence
Collection:
Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: ca. 1860-1883 (though likely later than mid-1870s per comments)
NLI Ref:
STP_2495
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at
catalogue.nli.ie
Info:
Owner:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Source:
Flickr Commons
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Streetview 2016: goo.gl/maps/uQM5bkaCYP92
robinparkes
That's Victoria Street.
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The Albert Memorial Clock was completed in 1869 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Memorial_Clock,_Belfast
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The Jaffe Fountain in Victoria Square was constructed in 1874 www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/fountain-returns-within-a... www.blankgenealogy.com/histories/Location%20histories/Bel...
AndyBrii
This stereo pair image(s) are good for 'freeview' - to view the 3D image. 'Freeview' is using just your eyes, not optical/ mechanical means. See: adcnj3d.wordpress.com/free-viewing-3d-parallel-view/ or www.angelfire.com/ca/erker/freeview.html Or you can make an Animated GIF ( see: www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Editors/... simple animated GIF guide)..
Vab2009
The Jaffe Fountain is once again back in the site shown in this photograph. It languished in Botanic Gardens for years.
Vab2009
The building on the right was the old Town Hall. It was demoted in 1888.
Vab2009
Pre 1905 as no electric trams. Or lights.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/vab2009] Thanks for the Old Town Hall ID. It was designed in 1869-71 according to www.victorianweb.org/victorian/art/architecture/misc/23.html , which is a little older than the fountain date.
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The horse-drawn trams operated since 1872. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Corporation_Tramways
robinparkes
I can see the shadow of the horse in front of the tram. The building on the left with the bow front is still there. 1861 is on the front of the building.www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/16270953447/in/photoli...
CHG PRO PHOTOGRAPHY incorporating the APL archives
Isn't that now a Police Station to the right, and the thin narrow building on the mid left a bar/pub?
Andy Gant ...
Great image, seen in "B&W Images from around the World" www.flickr.com/groups/picsinbw/
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
There's a newer warehouse to the left of that flatiron Bittles Bar building, where the Kitchen Bar has now moved to - it is not in this photo, so might provide an "earlier than" date. I am not having much luck tracing the warehouse's history - help! Streetview - goo.gl/maps/kuHFCgSY2SM2 Kitchen Bar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Bar
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Brilliant! Thanks all. The story of the wandering fountain in particular makes for interesting reading. Great to see that it has been returned to its original/intended location! Description, map, dates, etc all updated...
oaktree_brian_1976
NYPL stereogranimator!
GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator
oaktree_brian_1976
Centered on the streetcar.
GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]. Those are a bit of fun alright :) If creating or sharing those in future threads however, could we ask a minor favour? Based on the feedback from other contributors (that perhaps some of our Flickroonies find those somewhat headache-inducing relative to the actual resulting 3D effect), could we perhaps link to any future ones? Rather than maybe embedding them in the thread directly? Thanks again and happy stereogranimating :)
oaktree_brian_1976
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland ok we can link directly.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Merci beaucoup :)
BlueisCoool
An amazing looking street capture.