Open Air Service by Salvation Army
Open air service by Salvation Army, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Organist
Organist, Baptist Church, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Panjabi Dawn
Poster for an exhibition of photographs by Nirmal Singh Dhesy, Larrie Paul Tiernan and Herbie Lawes, held at the Triangle gallery cafeteria 1 July-2 August 1985. The exhibition was organised by the Sikh ...
Paul Robeson
In 1949 Birmingham was host to two performances by American actor, singer and activist, Paul Robeson. Both concerts took place at Birmingham Town Hall and one was organised in conjunction with the Birmingham ...
'Peace?', by W.L. Sherwood
This dramatic frontispiece to an issue of 'The Southern Cross' (the Edgbaston military hospital magazine) is entitled simply ‘Peace?’. It is one of a series of visionary works by Staff Sergeant W.L. Sherwood, ...
Performance of 'American Serenaders'
An advertisement for the appearance of the ‘Female American Serenaders’ at the Town Hall, Birmingham, on 9th June 1847. It depicts seven ‘coloured ladies’ who were to provide entertainment ...
Photograph of Helen Caddick
Helen Caddick, the traveller and diarist, was featured in Edgbastonia magazine in March 1900. This photograph illustrated that article.
Photographs by Bill Brandt
The following photographs by the British photographer Bill Brandt (1904-1983) were taken for the Bournville Village Trust from 1939-1943.
Exhibition compiled by Dr Nicola Gauld
Photographs by Lisel Haas
The photographer Lisel Haas (1898-1989) was born in Germany. She was a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany. She initially applied to the USA for asylum but was turned down and came to Birmingham in 1938. ...
Plan for a Midlands Arts Centre for Young People
This plan formed part of a proposal prepared by John English concerning the establishment in Cannon Hill Park of a Midland Arts Centre, which he hoped would be administered by an independent trust. The ...
Poetic performance- Benjamin Zephaniah
Britain's most celebrated oral/dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham and grew up in Handsworth during the 1970s. Zephaniah popularised the poetic form of dub poetry which originates from ...
Pogus Caesar
Pogus Caesar, Director of the media company Windrush Productions; and photographer: "Keep your third eye open and you will see a light, you will gain strength from its glow, and you will keep shining. ...
Politics and performance
Performance played an important role in consolidating a sense of community and identity for migrants. Many cultural performances were organised by the Indian Workers Association, including those for Jagmohan ...
Portrait of a Girl by George Hallett
Hallett (b. 1942) is a South African photographer. Whilst living in exile in Britain in 1971 he was commissioned by the Times Educational Supplement to take a series of photographs in Handsworth. Many ...
Postcard of Motor Bus, Hagley Road
This postcard gives us a vivid impression of people queuing up for the Hagley Road bus in 1906, while horsedrawn vehicles and a handcart share the road. On the back is a handwritten message from Kate ...
Postcard of the School of Art, Birmingham
This postcard carries a handwritten message from Gertie of Sparkhill to Lily Morris, who was staying in the popular holiday and health resort of Llandudno. At this time the back of the card was reserved ...
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 ...
Pride, Victoria Square
This image shows Birmingham Pride in Victoria Square. Pride has become one of the major events in the city's calendar:
“I think one of the big things probably in the last 10 years is the growth of ...