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Mr Wheeley's, Edgbaston, by Charles Barber
Many of Charles Barber’s drawings are simply labelled with their district rather than a specific location, but this farmhouse is helpfully titled <...
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Sketch for Peace, by Joseph Southall
This sketch is from a collection of material relating to the artist Joseph Southall held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Galleries. Southall was b...
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The Junction, Kings Norton, by Frank Lockwood
Campaigning for Canals in Kings Norton
Frank Lockwood’s pencil drawing The Junction, Kings Norton shows the toll house i...
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The Sitting Room, by Myra Bunce
‘Mr. Bunce is an intense lover of art and artists […] notable examples of Wainwright, of his old friend Henshaw, of H. Moore, Langley, J. Collier, ...
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Women Employees arriving at work
Cadbury’s archives hold a bound volume of Personal Reminiscences of Bridge Street and Bournville 1870-1929 by 63 men and women living at the tim...
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19th Century Black Performance
Black performance in Britain has a long history. As far back as the sixteenth century musicians had a presence in public life, playing at the court...
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20th Century Black Performance
As migrants from South Asia and the Caribbean arrived after the Second World War a dramatic change took effect in the direction of black performanc...
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A Boy and a Catch of Fish
This photograph shows a boy and a catch of fish, with the fishing rod and basket beside a tree.
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A Government School in Wadi Halfa
This photograph shows advanced scholars and teachers at a Government School in Wadi Halfa.
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A Gun Manufacturer
Image: A Trade Card of John Sharpe (date unknown).
In the eighteenth and nineteenth century, many Birmingham gun manufacturers relied upon forei...
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A Home for the Association
As the organisation's work grew it became essential to acquire somewhere to accommodate its activities and provide a focal point within the local c...
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A Legacy of Anti-Fasicm
Image: Civil Liberties in Britain, (extract) 1965.
Jewish activists would continue to play a significant role in Birmingham throughout the twent...
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