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The Central Library after the fire of January 1879

January 1879 · Ratcliff Place, Birmingham

Engraving of a burnt-out library interior open to the sky, with a Gothic building visible beyond. — Unknown, January 1879. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

THEN: the gutted Central Free Library after the fire of January 1879; Mason’s new college is visible through the wreck. The library was rebuilt and reopened in 1882.

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