Stevie Wonder: American Vocalist / Producer
Born Steveland Judkins in Michigan in 1950, Stevie Wonder was photographed in Birmingham, 1989. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
Stirchley High Street (now the Pershore Road)
This image is from the golden age of picture postcards and depicts Stirchley in its Edwardian hey-day. Its origins as an industrial village are not apparent and it is not yet overshadowed by the gentility ...
Stirchley Library - exterior
Lewis Lloyd’s photograph of Stirchley Library was taken in 1913 for the Warwickshire Photographic Survey, now held at Birmingham Central Library. Not long opened at this date, the library was constructed ...
Stirchley Library - interior
Lewis Lloyd captured an important aspect of Edwardian society with this photograph. Still without full electoral suffrage, women found that libraries offered opportunities for them to relax and to gain ...
Street Boys in Greece
This photograph shows 'street boys' in Patras.
Street Children in Italy
This photograph shows 'street loiterers' in Milan.
Street scene
Photograph of women and children in street. Taken in Salford by Nick Hedges.
Study for 'The Beloved', by Rossetti
This drawing was made by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) as a study for a painting, ‘The Beloved’ (‘The Bride’), which features models of different ‘races’. The dark skin of the boy is contrasted with ...
Sunday School Anniversary Parade
Methodist Sunday School Anniversary Parade, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
Sunday Sports in our Public Parks
This pamphlet was issued in protest at proposals to relax restrictions on the playing of football, cricket and other sports in Birmingham's parks on Sundays.
Swimming Costume
Woman's woollen one-piece bathing costume.
Syan Blake
Syan Blake, Actor: "My definition of success is a life in which you regret nothing."
Photograph by Robert Taylor. Produced for the book 'Portraits of Black Achievement: composing successful careers' ...
Sybil Phoenix MBE
Sybil Phoenix MBE, Founder and Director of Marsh Phoenix Memorial Trust: "The most challenging aspect is the counselling work that I do. It makes you weep and it makes you happy. It's difficult but rewarding. ...
'Sympathiser'
This is one of several caricatures published by wounded soldiers in the Edgbaston WW1 military hospital magazine that express deeply conflicted feelings towards their carers.
Illustration from The ...
TASCoS Box of Bicarbonate of Soda
Ten Acres and Stirchley Co-operative Society [TASCoS]
The carton for bicarbonate of soda was purchased from the TASCoS chemist in Stirchley. Also known as baking soda, this key ingredient in bread ...
TASCoS Choral Society
This advertisement for TASCOS Choral Society appeared in the handbook for Stirchley Spring Bazaar, 1911. The Choral Society fulfilled social and campaigning roles for the local co-operative movement. ...
TASCoS Contribution Card
Such cards enabled members to access the ‘divi’, possibly the most familiar aspect of co-operative societies and certainly a key element in fostering loyalty and affection. The payment of a dividend from ...
TASCoS Rule Book
The success of the co-operative movement owed much to its ability to operate within political and economic niches. This was both facilitated and constrained by legislation which placed obligations on ...