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Poet's Corner.
Albumen print in business card format.
In the mid-19th century, the Sun Inn, known as Poet's Corner, was Manchester's main literary meeting place; it was a historic timber-framed building. At the end of the 19th century, the Sun Inn was converted into a bookshop and pastry shop before being finally demolished.
H. Petschler & Co. was a Manchester-based photography studio active around the 1860s that contributed to the photographic documentation of Manchester and its surroundings. Their work included landscape and architectural photographs, as well as portraits.
Poet's Corner CDV H.PETSCHLER & Co c. 1850
Poet's Corner.
Albumen print in business card format.
In the mid-19th century, the Sun Inn, known as Poet's Corner, was Manchester's main literary meeting place; it was a historic timber-framed building. At the end of the 19th century, the Sun Inn was converted into a bookshop and pastry shop before being finally demolished.
H. Petschler & Co. was a Manchester-based photography studio active around the 1860s that contributed to the photographic documentation of Manchester and its surroundings. Their work included landscape and architectural photographs, as well as portraits.