Policeman with children, Warley Park
Poor girl in Sutton Park
The comments about the domestic circumstances were very personal, going beyond dry reportage, and it is clear he often found his work an emotional strain. Here he describes visiting a family living in ...
Portrait of Joseph Sturge
Image of Joseph Sturge, leader of the 'Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society'. 'Timmins' Birmingham Portraits, Large Folio (part 2), SE6.
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Post Office Directry of Trades
Princethorpe Priory Schoolgirls
This photograph shows girls in their schoolroom at Princethorpe Priory, Warwickshire.
Records of New Meeting House Birmingham
Submitted by Michael Hunkin, Birmingham Archives and Heritage.
This report book was compiled by the Missionary appointed by the Church of the Messiah Sunday Schools and Home Mission. The reports are ...
Register of Children, Marston Green Cottage Homes
For the Victorians orphans invited both pity and fear. They were pitied because they lacked family, but were feared because of what they might become as adults if they did not receive care, discipline ...
Report from The Birmingham Post
John Daintree was prosecuted in Erdington Magistrates Court for cruelty towards a 13 year old climbing boy called John Salisbury. John had to strip naked to get into a narrow chimney and then got stuck. ...
Rev Peter Stanford.
Stanford was born into slavery in America in 1860. He came to Birmingham in 1887 as a preacher in Hope Street Baptist Church, Highgate. This possibly makes him Birmingham's first black minister. He also ...
Rev Thomas Swan
Image of Rev Thomas Swan, minister of the Cannon Street Baptist Church and member of the Birmingham Antislavery society. Birmingham City archives have some records of Swan which include an extract of ...
Reverse of Commemorative Medal
Medal issued to mark the opening of Calthorpe Park. 'To commemorate the auspicious visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge to the town of Birmingham on the occasion of the opening of Calthorpe ...
School Board Classes for Deaf Children
Group photographs of school children were commonplace in the late 19th century. With the establishment of mass schooling after the 1870 Education Act local School Boards organised classes for children ...
School Boys at Port Elizabeth
This photograph shows school boys in a street at Port Elizabeth, Africa.
School Children in a Class for Deaf Students
This photograph by W. Woollaston shows children in a class for deaf students. Classes were originally run by the Birmingham School Board.
School Children in a Cookery Class
This photograph by W. Woollaston shows school children being taught how to make pastry.
School Children in a Drawing Class
This photograph by William Jerome Harrison shows an art lesson at Icknield Street Board School.
School Children in a French lesson
This photograph by W. Woollaston shows children at Waverley Road School in a French lesson.
School Children in a Needlework Class
This photograph by W. Woollaston shows children at Waverley Road School in a needlework class.