Japan
Originally captioned 'Making Tea, Japan.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Japan
'Wintertime, Japan.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Japan
Originally captioned 'Japanese Girl in Wet Weather.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Japan
'Buddhist Priests, Japan.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Japan
Originally captioned 'A youth of the better class, Japan.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
John Phillips, philanthropist (born 1836)
Between 1851 and 1871, the number of Jewish families living in Edgbaston had increased from two to a hundred - an indication of the growing prosperity of many Jews.1 John Phillips was one of a number ...
Joseph Sturge
Image: Copy of an engraving of Joseph Sturge, originally published in 'The British Workman', 1859.
Joseph Sturge was a nineteenth century antislavery campaigner living in Birmingham.
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Joseph Sturge with family and John Bright.
Image: nineteenth century photo of Joseph Sturge, taken from 'Sophia Sturge, A Memoir'(1940).
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Kimberley Diamond Mines
Kimberley Diamond Mines, South Africa, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone, June 1894.
Kimberley Diamond Mines
Kimberley Diamond Mines, South Africa, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone, June 1894.
Label from Men's Tennis Trouser
These flannel tennis trousers were probably worn by Alderman Wilfred Byng Kenrick. This label is an interesting early example of washing instructions.
Laurence Cadbury
Laurence Cadbury was the eldest son of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury, George Cadbury’s second wife. At the outbreak of World War One, aged twenty-five, he volunteered as a member of the Friends Ambulance Unit ...
Letter from Arthur Davies to Lord Calthorpe
Lord Calthorpe's land agent, Arthur Davies, discusses potential sites to donate for the building of Birmingham's new university.
Letter from Eliezer Edwards to Hugh Nettlefold
In November 1884, a lengthy article about the Botanical Gardens appeared in Edgbastonia magazine. This letter illuminates the background to the publication of that article.
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Letter from G.H. Browne to Neville Chambelain, MP
Arthur Neville Chamberlain was elected as Conservative-Unionist Member of Parliament for the Birmingham constituency of Ladywood in 1918. He played a leading role in directing national housing policy ...
Letter from Hilda Chamberlain to Neville Chamberlain
This letter was written by Hilda Chamberlain to her brother, Neville, while he was living on Andros, in the Bahamas, managing the family's sisal plantation. It describes the proposed layout of newly acquired ...
Letter from Laurence Cadbury to his parents, 26 May 1916
Conscription was implemented in March 1916 as part of the Military Service Act of 1916. Prior to the Act, the British War effort was serviced by the Regular and Territorial Armies that was manned through ...