Postcard of Edgbaston Reservoir
In 1903 postcards were still a relatively new phenomenon. Only the address could be written on the back, and any message had to be fitted onto the front alongside the picture. This postcard carries a ...
Poster advertising an event to raise money for Belgian refugees in Birmingham
Princethorpe Priory Schoolgirls
This photograph shows girls in their schoolroom at Princethorpe Priory, Warwickshire.
Professor Muirhead
The Edgbastonia magazine presents the new University of Birmingham as the pride of all Edgbastonians. Professor Muirhead is proudly claimed as an ‘Edgbastonian Past and Present’. The writer asserts that ...
Programme for Joseph Chamberlain's 70th Birthday celebrations
As part of Birmingham's celebrations to mark the 70th birthday of Joseph Chamberlain, fireworks and entertainments were held in several of the city's parks.
School Boys at Port Elizabeth
This photograph shows school boys in a street at Port Elizabeth, Africa.
School Children in Barbados
In this photograph from Hole Town, the school children are running towards Benjamin Stone and his camera.
School Children in Norway
This photograph shows school children and their teacher in Vossevangen.
School Children in Warwickshire
Children are shown with their teacher in Astley, Warwickshire.
School photo c.1993
"This is a school photograph. I remember starting at my local school in Ersel..."
"My first memory is being the first black person in the classroom, and everybody's looking at you. I was nervous actually..."
"The ...
Script for 'The Colony'
Page from the script of ‘The Colony’, a film about the African Caribbean community in Handsworth, Birmingham, made for the BBC in 1964 by the film maker Philip Donnellan and Charles Parker who did the ...
Script for 'Under the Apple Tree'
Page from the script of ‘Under the Apple Tree’ made for the BBC in 1969-70 by Charles Parker using recordings made by Dilip Hiro where people talked about their experiences of marriage between black and ...
Selly Manor
Henry Baker’s painting shows Selly Manor in a ruinous condition. By the early 1900s it was threatened by demolition. George Cadbury arranged for its re-location from Selly Oak to Bournville, where the ...
Silhouette of Sturge Family
Image: 'Sophia Sturge, A Memoir'(1940)
This silhouette possibly features the inside of Sturge's home on Wheeley's Road.
(Click zoomify to enlarge).
Single Storey Dwellings for Aged People, by Manzoni
Watercolour artist impression by Sir Herbert Manzoni, City Engineer and Surveyor, depicting layout of the kind of elderly person's maisonette-type dwelling built on new housing estates.
Sir Benjamin Stone and Children Around the World
Sir John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838 and educated at King Edward's School on New Street, Birmingham. He joined his father’s glass manufacturing business, eventually succeeding him as director. ...
Sir Benjamin Stone and Children in the UK
Sir John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838 and educated at King Edward's School on New Street, Birmingham. He joined his father’s glass manufacturing business, eventually succeeding him as director. ...
South Sea Islands
Originally captioned 'Governors Gig & Crew, Nasova, Fiji Islands. South Sea Islands.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.