Antwerp in Belgium, looking along De Suikerrui (street with tram) towards the Cathedral of Our Lady, from the elevated Steenplein Walkway
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| Summary: | [Summary]. |
| In collection: | Mason Photographic Collection |
| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[ca. 1890-1910].
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| Notes: | In our catalogue, this photo was originally titled "Streetscape with church, trams, probably not Irish". Research by our Flickr Commons users established that this is Antwerp in Belgium, looking along De Suikerrui (street with tram) from the elevated Steenplein Walkway. The Cathedral of Our Lady dominates the background. Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/30279424327/ Physical description: Glass slide 1. more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fond. |
A Mason image for today with a scene apparently from the Continent of Europe around the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries! The scene is dominated by distinctive church buildings but the street is alive with people and traffic!
Catb - was quick to identify this as Antwerp in Belgium. Specially looking along De Suikerrui (street with the tram) from the elevated Steenplein walkway. The Cathedral of our Lady dominates the background. As the trams in Antwerp were electrified in 1902, this image must date from after then (but probably not much later than then). As indicated by the near exact modern view shared in the comments below, this remains a fairly common vantage-point for snapshots - and indeed has seemingly been used for postcards of Antwerp for some time. That doesn't detract from the liveliness of this Mason shot however. I wonder if the capped/mustachioed man was known to the photographer...
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910. Likely after 1902 (electric trams)
NLI Ref: M24/61/5
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tags:
Thomas Holmes Mason, Thomas Mayne, Thomas H. Mason & Sons Limited, Lantern Slides, National Library of Ireland, Steeple, dome, tram, Cafe Neptune, street scene, Antwerp, Out foreign, Location identified, Belgium, Cathedral of Our Lady Antwerp, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal Antwerpen, Electric tram, 1900s, 4pm, 15:58, Clock, Cathedral, Suikerrui, Steenplein, 20th Century
Comments
catb -
Easy one today - I think this is Antwerp!
Posted: 10.10.2018
Rienk Mebius
D'n Anvers, niewaar?
I should think somewhere in the twenties. The tram looks rather modern.
Posted: 10.10.2018
Rienk Mebius
Suikerrui today (streetview):
www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2212587,4.3971884,3a,64.1y,111....
Posted: 10.10.2018
Niall McAuley
Déja vu all over again today, not sure why.
Posted: 10.10.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2013 via [https://www.flickr.com/photos/100915397@N08/]
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/100915397@N08/10698214273/]
Posted: 10.10.2018
derangedlemur
Saved from embarrassment today; I was all set to guess Strasbourg.
Posted: 10.10.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Electric trams happened in Antwerp from 1902; it must be fairly close to that from the women's hats and frocks ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Antwerp
Posted: 10.10.2018
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
Posted: 10.10.2018
Niall McAuley
Taking a screengrab to do an image search to find where I have seen this before, I find I already have a screengrab saved since the 28th of August.
Aha! When we were looking at M24/61/4:
(which was Shere in Surrey and for which I was no help at all), I commented:
There is a "probably not Irish" Mason photo next door at M24/61/5, but it is Antwerp, not a useful place in Surrey.
Déja vu solved!
(which was Shere in Surrey and for which I was no help at all), I commented:
There is a "probably not Irish" Mason photo next door at M24/61/5, but it is Antwerp, not a useful place in Surrey.
Déja vu solved!Posted: 10.10.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Of interest , during WW2 - www.longshoresoldiers.com/2009/09/antwerp-city-of-sudden-...
Posted: 10.10.2018
Niall McAuley
Video of Antwerp including similar trams in 1905 at youtube includes a single shot of this view at 6.29
Includes aerial footage! In 1905!
Posted: 10.10.2018
catb -
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/79549245@N06]
:-)
Posted: 10.10.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
YouTube red herrings -
Climb up the cathedral tower - youtu.be/jZI4_rTtXY0
Fly Me To The Moon on the carillon - youtu.be/YFzcPV-1ji0
Posted: 10.10.2018
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/catb]/all! I updated the map, tags and date yesterday. And added a short update to the description this morning. Great stuff as usual.
Posted: 11.10.2018
catb -
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland]
:-)
Posted: 11.10.2018
