Homes for Sparkbrook

This photograph shows volunteers at work decorating a Sparkbrook property. Improving the condition of properties had the potential to better th...

Houses on Ravenhurst Road

This photograph provides visual evidence of the designs of houses on the Moor Pool Estate at Harborne.

Illuminated Address presented to Samuel Walliker

The people shown enjoying the fresh air in this painting are benefiting from the philanthropy of a man who made his home in Birmingham only in the ...

Illuminated Address presented to Samuel Walliker

This elaborate illuminated address was presented to Samuel Walliker, Postmaster of Birmingham, in 1891. It congratulates him on his good works on b...

Junction of Park Hill Road and Moor Pool Avenue

Black and white photographic print showing land developed by Harborne Tenants Limited to build the new Moor Pool Estate.

Moor Pool Avenue

Black and white photographic print of housing on Moor Pool Avenue, showing unusually narrow street width.

Single Storey Dwellings for Aged People, by Manzoni

Watercolour artist impression by Sir Herbert Manzoni, City Engineer and Surveyor, depicting layout of the kind of elderly person's maisonette-type ...

Sketches In The Condemned Localities

Ink print accompanying an article, originally printed in 'The Graphic' newspaper, depicting inhabitants of John Street in central Birmingham.

Standard Municipal Housing Designs

Example of non-parlour class of council house, from a roll design templates in the records of Humphries & McDonald, Architects.

Street Sign - Court 4

Example of oval-shaped sign used to mark the tunnel-like entrances to the courtyards behind back-to-back houses, usually addressed in censuses and ...