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Description: | A blank postcard with a reproduction of a photograph taken around 1900, of the frontage of the Empire Palace Theatre in Queen Square (later to become the Hippodrome). Further up in Queen Square (right) stands Barclays Bank (left) with the Cafe Royal opposite. The turreted building housing the Cafe Royal stands on the junction with Lichfield Street. On the top of the turret is a time-ball which was presented to the town by the first Sir Charles Mander before he received his title. At 10.00 a.m. every morning, the ball would glide slowly down its shaft. Note the horse-drawn passenger trams (right). | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Subjects: | Theatres Photograph Photographs Streets | Temporal: | [Late 20th cent] | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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