Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle of Man
Date(s): c.1890
Scope & Content: A view of Victoria Street, notice the sundials on several shops on both sides of the street. If you look carefully on the right and beyond the clock can be seen the statue of Queen Victoria one floor up. She was carved by a firm of ships figurehead carvers of Liverpool and placed in the niche by Mr Doyle in his newly constructed ‘Victoria Bazaar’. At the end of the street on the left is the Villiers Hotel where the ground floor of part of the wing facing Victoria Street was converted into shops in the 1880s. Nearer the camera is Victoria Street Methodist Church and the clock cum sundial on the Clock and Watch Depot.
Language: eng
Extent: photo format : 3.00 x 3.00
Physical description: glass plate negative
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PGN 01968