queenssquare

Previously:

It was taken before 1908 ...see date on building www.google.ie/maps/@52.1381891,-8.2752926,3a,53.4y,102.73...

I think it is before the 1899 provincial Bank, too, now the AIB.

I think this image pre-dates the L_ROY_00062 image posted by Sharon Corbet - Note the differences in the facade of the large 12-bay block at the top of the square. In this image, the facade is fairly plain and the two bays at either end have old 6-over-6 Georgian sashes. In L_ROY_00062, the windows are all updated to one-pane-per sash, plaster hood mouldings have been placed over the windows in the central 4 bays and the 4 bays on the right, and a balustrade has been installed on top of the building at the right - that's still there (see Streetview provided by O Mac). Mannix's shop in the older image is replaced by O'Brien's in L_ROY_00062.

On the far side of the square at right, we see Mannix and Smith, in Sharon's shot above we saw O'Brien and Eager. I think this one is earlier...

Was this for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 (20th June), or the Diamond Jubilee 1897?

It must have been for the Diamond Jubilee in 1897, because the statue was not unveiled until 1888.

How can that be looking East? Where's Hyde Park?

The building on the right still stands on the corner of King Street and the Pitt Street Mall. Looking up the hill to the east is the spire of St James Church. The steam tram was heading up the hill to turn right into Queens Square on its way to Rose Bay. "The fatal card" is on the marquee of the Theatre Royal left.

Cate Cahill The northern end of Hyde park is at Queens Square, which is at the east end of King St. You would not see the park from King St.

Yeah, you can see St James and then, beyond that, the Hyde Park Barracks

that photo isnt from 1892. St james spire had a broach added in 1894-95, which is evident in that photo. maybe late 1890s?