The 1st Southern General Military Hospital, Edgbaston
This postcard shows VAD nurses in the grounds of their accommodation at University House, Edgbaston, which had been the student women's hostel.
'The Baby-House', by Millais
Etching by John Everett Millais (1829-1896).
The Victorian nursery, with its dolls and dolls' houses, provided an early training in motherhood. Millais, perhaps not insignificantly, entitled his etching ...
The Briars, Weeford Road, Roughley
This was an existing building in countryside not far from Sutton Coldfield when it was acquired by Birmingham Council for use as a children’s home in 1965.
It was one of several children’s homes adapted ...
The Bungalow, Erdington
The children's home known informally as the Bungalow opened in 2004 on the site of part of the former playing fields of Erdington Cottage Homes. It is a purpose-built, single storey unit with beds for ...
The Chamberlain Family at Highbury
This photograph is from an album compiled by Mary Endicott Chamberlain, third wife of Joseph Chamberlain. The album contains a number of photographs of the grounds at Highbury Hall, and includes several ...
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Chinese in Birmingham
Photograph by Terry Lo.
The Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination
The Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination (CCARD) was set up in 1961 by Jagmohan Joshi and Maurice Ludmer a sports journalist who was also the founding editor of the anti-racist magazine ...
The Corner Shop, Black Country - Gallery 2
For over many decades now small shops have been adapting to changing circumstances to survive and to meet the needs of new communities.
The inspiration behind this shop front collection of images ...
The Corner Shop, Black Country - Gallery 3
The Corner Shop site-specific promenade theatre performance was based on new research conducted with Black Country shopkeepers, their families and customers undertaken by community members. In autumn ...
The Effect of Flat Dwelling on Children
Much of the new accommodation built after 1945 for the purposes of re-housing comprised increasingly taller, high-density tower blocks, many built in the five Redevelopment Areas. They also rose across ...
The Flying Trunk by Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875), designed by Voitech Kubasta
Early pop-up books were created for adults rather than children. It was not until the 18th century that these techniques were applied to books designed for children. They were generally expensive and ...
The Geikwar of Baroda
Photograph taken by Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914).
The invention and development of photography brought many more images into circulation in society. As the British Empire grew there was a desire ...
The Geikwar of Baroda
This photograph is annotated with 'The Geikwar of Baroda. Wearing state jewels value £2.000.000'.