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 Cyclist’s Finger-Post: a Route-book for Birmingham Cyclists
Cycling became a popular recreation in the late nineteenth century. This route-book describes routes radiating out from the city centre, including one through Edgbaston.
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 End 1916', by W.L. Sherwood
This dramatic frontispiece to an issue of 'The Southern Cross' (the Edgbaston military hospital magazine) is entitled simply ‘The End 1916’. It is one of a series of visionary works by Staff Sergeant ...
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 Froggery'
A Trade Directory of Birmingham (1775).
This entry in Birmingham’s very first 'Trade Directory' (1775) tells us about some of the early occupations being developed in a place once known as the ‘froggery’. ...
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'.
'The Ghosts of the Slain', illustrated by Joseph Southall
This antiwar pamphlet with illustrations by Joseph Southall was written by Robert Leonard Outhwaite, a farmer and one-time Liberal MP who became a fellow member of the Independent Labour Party. Whilst ...
The Great Western Arcade
Image: Old and New Birmingham by R.K Dent, 1880. Birmingham Central Library, Local Studies and History.
The Hebrew School Log Book
The Hebrew School Log Book (1867-1886).
This is a page from one of the log books from the National Hebrew School, covering the years of 1867-1886. The Jewish teacher’s entry makes several complaints ...
The House that Jack Built. A diverting story for children of all ages
The earliest books written specifically for children were educational. In the late 19th century children’s literature tended to be limited to the middle and upper classes. However with the development ...
The Indian Mutiny
This advertisement for 'The Indian Mutiny'- a comedy by George Daventry- was performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham in April 1894. The title refers to the Indian rebellion of 1857 or first ...
The Jester
Extract from oral history interview:
“I am going to jump back again to, you know, ’76, ’78. I was a lesbian in Birmingham and nationally there was a ban on the sale, the selling of gay and lesbian ...
The Joseph Sturge Oil Portrait.
Image: from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
This is one of the few known oil portraits of Joseph Sturge. It is thought to represent the emancipation of apprentices in the West Indies in 1838. Its ...
The Joseph Sturge Portrait- Alternative Version?
Image: Joseph Sturge
This recently discovered drawing seems very close to the 'main' portrait of Joseph Sturge now in the Birmingham Art Gallery. Was the sketch made from the Oil painting? Or was it ...
The Junction, Kings Norton, by Frank Lockwood
Campaigning for Canals in Kings Norton
Frank Lockwood’s pencil drawing The Junction, Kings Norton shows the toll house in 1958, where the Worcester and Stratford canals join. This tranquil scene reflects ...