Images Dated 2002

Three Graces, Liverpool AA029396

PIER HEAD, Liverpool, Merseyside. General view of the Three Graces, Liverpool, taken from Birkenhead across the River Mersey. The "Three Graces" (left to right) are the Royal Liver Building (completed in 1911 with two clock towers crowned by mythical Liver Birds), the Cunard Building (completed in 1916) and the Port of Liverpool Building (completed in 1907)

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John Rylands Library BL15845

JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, Deansgate, Manchester. Interior, looking east from the gallery. The library was completed in 1899 to the designs of architect Basil Champneys, and was commissioned by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her late husband. The library is a fine example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. It later became part of the University of Manchester. Photographed by Bedford Lemere and Co. in 1900

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Masons College, Birmingham BL14248

MASON'S COLLEGE, Paradise Street, Birmingham. Inside the Natural History Museum. Established as a college of science by Josiah Mason in 1880 it was intended to equip its graduates to serve local industry. The curriculum was confined to maths, physics, chemistry, natural sciences, physiology and engineering. The building was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the new public library. The photographer's daybook records J A Cossins as the architect. Photographed by Bedford Lemere and Co. in 1897

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