Fancy Dress Costume worn by Florence Barrow
This fancy dress costume was worn by Florence Barrow, aged ten, in 1886 for the Lord Mayor's Children's Party. Florence was the daughter of Richard Cadbury Barrow and grew up in Edgbaston. Later she ...
Female American Serenaders
This advertisement for the Female American Serenaders from 1847 represents a form of performance that was popular in Victorian England during the nineteenth century- blackface minstrelsy.
The performance ...
Floor tiles from 'Longworth', Edgbaston
These floor tiles, from 24 Priory Road, were rescued from the home of John Thackray Bunce, editor of the Birmingham Daily Post from 1862 to 1898. His daughters Kate and Myra were students at the Birmingham ...
'Going to bed', by Joscelyne Gaskin
Joscelyne Gaskin (1903-1993) was the daughter of the Birmingham artists and designers Arthur Joseph Gaskin and Georgie Evelyn Cave France. Her parents both worked in a variety of media, with Georgie initially ...
Lantern Slide Showing Woman Wearing Rational Dress
This photograph, probably taken in London, shows a woman wearing short trousers which were worn for cycling. Because clothes like this were based upon function rather than fashion, they became known as ...
Letter from Mollie Cadbury to her parents, 26 April 1915
Marian Janet Greeves (née Cadbury) enrolled with the British Red Cross in April 1915 at the age of twenty-one. Like her brother Laurence she saw service in Belgium during World War One. As a Red Cross ...
Memorial Birdbath to Rose Sidgwick
Rose Sidgwick (1877- 1918)
This memorial stands in the grounds of Birmingham Business School, formerly University House, in Edgbaston Park Road. It commemorates the life of Rose Sidgwick, a pioneer ...
Minutes of Edgbaston Archery Association AGM
The Edgbaston Archery Association (later the Edgbaston Archery and Lawn Tennis Association) was formed in 1860. Membership was carefully controlled: ‘applicants for admission to be proposed by a Member, ...
My journey to and Life in Britain
I got married in 1957. My parents arranged my marriage and that was the tradition of those days. Bride and bridegroom had no say in the choice of their partners. Those marriages lasted for a long time, ...
Oral Testimony of Annie Florence Hackett
There are very few early twentieth century oral testimonies or first hand accounts giving details of the experiences of Bournville Works' employees. Annie Florence Hackett’s account is typical of those ...
Photograph of Cadbury's Forewomen
This photograph forms part of an archive of photographs produced by Cadbury. Each photograph was catalogued and annotated. Some images were used in publications and advertisements, whilst others were ...
Photograph of Dr Mary Sturge
This photograph accompanied a feature on Mary Sturge in Edgbastonia magazine. Mary Sturge was a pioneer of medical training for women, and also campaigned for women's suffrage. She was among the first ...
Photograph of Helen Caddick
Helen Caddick, the traveller and diarist, was featured in Edgbastonia magazine in March 1900. This photograph illustrated that article.
Postcard showing woman cycling on Hagley Road
Even in 1905, Hagley Road was a busy thoroughfare, and this view, with the Plough and Harrow Hotel on the left hand side, shows us people getting about in a variety of ways. Pedestrians and cyclists ...
Rhoda Anstey (1865 – 1936)
Submitted by Dr Tansin Benn (Last appointed lecturer to Anstey College of Physical Education, 1981 - 1984) and Dr Ida Webb (Last female Principal Dr Ida Webb, student 1947 – 50, Principal 1969 – 1975), ...
Stirchley Library - interior
Lewis Lloyd captured an important aspect of Edwardian society with this photograph. Still without full electoral suffrage, women found that libraries offered opportunities for them to relax and to gain ...
The 1st Southern General Military Hospital, Edgbaston
This postcard shows VAD nurses in the grounds of their accommodation at University House, Edgbaston, which had been the student women's hostel.
The Men's and Girls' Works Committees
The following photographs depict the Men’s and Girls' Works Committees at Cadbury in 1907. The Works Committees were established in 1905 as management committees. The Girls' Committee consisted of nine ...