The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
This very popular children’s book was written by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) in 1862-1863 as part of the campaign against climbing boys. The main character, Tom, is a little chimney sweep who drowns ...
Town Hall Antislavery Meeting, 1838
Image: Report of The Birmingham Antislavery Society
For more details on Birmingham antislavery, follow the link below to 'Campaigning for Social Justice'
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Traveller Exhibition [Page 1]
Reverse of photograph reads: "Ishmael Scarratt"
This is a gallery of photographic materials taken by Birmingham City Council in the early-to-mid 20th century. The images offer a vivid and fascinating ...
Trenches at Calthorpe Park
This photograph is one of several images taken of trenches dug in Birmingham’s Parks as part of Civil Defence preparations made by the city authorities during the Munich crisis of 1938. Although the outbreak ...
Tunisia
'Outside a Cafe. Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
'Street Scene. Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
'Mosque and Shops, City of Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
'Mosque and Street Scene. Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
'Church. Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
'Cafe, Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
Originally captioned 'The Great Gate leading into the Arab Town. Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
'The Square at the Gate entrance to Old Town, Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Tunisia
'Street, Tunis.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Unveiling of Sturge Statue, 1862
Image: Engraving of statue published in the 'Illustrated Times'(1862).
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham.
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View of New Tower Blocks and Infrastructure, by Reginald Edgecombe
Reginald Edgecombe was a designer commissioned by the Council to produce artist’s impressions of what Birmingham might look like post-war once reconstruction was complete. A collection of his watercolour ...
Watercolour depicting entrance to Cadbury's Bournville Works, by Claude Buckle
This watercolour depicts the main entrance hall on Bournville Lane. The artist Claude Buckle painted a number of different views of new factory buildings during the 1930s. In this view Buckle used the ...
Watercolour depicting Factory Girls Dancing in Bournville Grounds
This watercolour of girls participating in open-air dancing was taken from a photograph dated 1921. The watercolour was an exact copy of the photograph. Both images are illustrative of gender segregation ...