Child Portrait, by Emma Barton
A mother’s pleasure in her child’s body was a standard feature of photographic portraiture in the late 19th century and can be found in the work of Birmingham born Emma Barton (1872-1938). She preferred ...
Child with Cat by Emma Barton
Child’s ration book
Food rationing began in January 1940.
Children and Adults at the Theatre
This photograph shows an old fashioned theatre at Lichfield Greenhill Bower Fair. The theatre was owned by the Holloway Family.
Children and satchels, by Lisel Haas
With growing industrialisation in the 1800s employers required a more numerate and more literate workforce than before. The work of humanitarian reformers led to laws being passed to prevent the employment ...
Children asleep, Hackney, London by Nick Hedges
One of the main problems that homeless families faced was overcrowding. Whole families were often forced to live in one room that functioned as the living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. Hedges did ...
Children at a Market in Algeria
This photograph shows an 'Arab Market at Maison Carree, Algeria'.
Children at a street party to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in Dartmouth Street
Street parties celebrated moments of national significance like royal events, the Boer War or the end of World War 2. At other times the street and public spaces became the focus of popular protest and ...
Children at breakfast table
Children at Garland Day
Garland Day at Abbotsbury, Dorset, was the survival of an ancient festival of Neptune. Boats were formerly decorated with flowers and then cast into the sea as offerings.
Children at Garland Day
Garland Day at Abbotsbury, Dorset, was the survival of an ancient festival of Neptune. Boats were formerly decorated with flowers and then cast into the sea as offerings.
Children by a tree
Shenley Fields Estate, Weoley Castle, Birmingham.
Children chopping wood at home from Edward Cadbury, M. Cecile Matheson, and George Shann, ‘Women’s Work and Wages’
For poor children the home was often a place of work, alongside their mother. Children as young as five contributed to the family’s income by helping with unskilled work such as tying up bundles of chopped ...
Children drying their hands
Children eating breakfast, by Lisel Haas
The children sharing breakfast in this photograph are believed to be siblings although we do not know their names. Haas was born in Monchengladbach, Germany. She was a Jewish refugee who settled in Birmingham ...
Children feeding a swan
Shenley Fields Estate, Weoley Castle, Birmingham.
Children in abandoned car, Lozells
Most working class homes were so small and overcrowded that there was little space to play indoors. Parents encouraged their children to play outside in the street. The street became a place for running, ...