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Cadbury's Tool Check

Cadbury produced a variety of checks and tokens issued to their employees. Some tokens, like this tool check, were used to monitor the workforce and tools, whilst others encouraged employees to use in-house ...

Carpenter’s Mill, with Birmingham in the distance

This drawing gives a vivid impression of Edgbaston's rural landscape in the nineteenth century. St Thomas's Church, The Windmill on Holloway Head and St Martin's Church are visible in the distance.

Certificate for Long Service at Cadbury

This certificate was awarded to Amelia Drew, an employee of Cadbury, after seventeen years service. It was awarded on the fifth of April 1930. Amelia Drew began working for the company in 1913, and as ...

Ceylon

Coastline and Fishing Boat, nr Columbo'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

Children at a Market in Algeria

This photograph shows an 'Arab Market at Maison Carree, Algeria'.

Children at a Sugar Factory Estate

This photograph shows children on the estate of Colonial Co., a sugar factory in Trinidad.

Children carrying bricks, from George Smith, ‘The Cry of the Children from the Brickyards of England’

China

Originally captioned 'View of Glass Cutting Shop. Hong Kong & Macao. Glass. Co. Hong Kong', June 1886. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

China

Originally captioned 'Chinese Workpeople. Carpenter, Needle-woman, etc.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

China

Originally captioned 'The River Population of Canton'. China, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

China Court Restaurant

Photograph by Terry Lo.

Chinese Bakery, Sparkbrook

Photograph by Terry Lo.

Chinese Bakery, Sparkbrook

Photograph by Terry Lo.

Chung Ying Restaurant, Wrottesley Street

Photograph by Terry Lo.

Cocoa - The Story of its Cultivation, illustrated by Frank Newbould

Frank Newbould’s designs for Cocoa: the Story of its Cultivation, were in a bold graphic style. He used vibrant colours to illustrate some of the key stages in cocoa cultivation, from harvesting through ...

Crescent Bicycles Catalogue, Arthur E. Sayer & Co., Sherlock Street, Birmingham

This catalogue shows that companies were actively marketing bicycles to women by 1900. Inside we find the 'Crescent No 3' Ladies Safety model, which has 'saddle and handle positions arranged to allow ...

Dragon Inn Takeaway

Photograph by Terry Lo.

Drawing of a Middlemore Girl

As an Edgbastonian, John Middlemore was proudly celebrated in the pages of the Edgbastonia magazine: ‘A benevolent Edgbaston gentleman who has solved one of the difficult social problems of modern ...