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A full view of the front of Hyam's store on the left.

Yes No.84 has gone

The tram track layout suggests a date range of 1913 - 1933. A Coles (right of photo) was Albert Coles, a tobacconists at 84 Villa Road. Country Life was founded in 1897.

Oldham and Cooper's top floor photographic studio can be see at the junction of New Street and Pinfold Street. According to Kelly's Directory Oldham and Cooper occupied those premises in the 1870s. The building still stands today.

Guggenheim was a photographic studio. It occupied the top floor of the corner of New Street / Pinfold Street around the turn of the 19th to 20th century. No relation to the wealthy American family.

Yes it is Warren Farm Road

The old photo of Moat Row, the open air Smithfield Market, including the steam tram, appears in the Warwickshire Photographic Survey, where the photograph is attributed to Thomas Lewis.

I read somewhere that the John Whybrow Collection was recently taken over by the Birmingham Library. However, I can't recall the source, so this needs corroboration.

The photographer for the older of the Old Crown photos was Joseph Pickering.

This was Longdon Hall. It was also the residence of the King Edward's Aston's Headmaster. Longdon Hall was is no longer used by King Edward's and last I heard it was a special needs school.

Trolley Bus OV 4002 entered service in 1931 and was withdrawn in 1940.

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Does anyone know anything about the source of this document? Is 'Charles Radclyffe, Birmingham, 1840' its title and publishing date?

This photo is by Ben Brooksbank and was taken in 1957 looking down New Street from its junction with Stephenson Place. In the distance you can make out what looks like the scaffolding on the front of the old Hyam's building, prior to its demolition. (Source geograph.org.uk) (Usage rights...