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A works overall documentary picture

Backing paper annotated with: 'Group in Grounds'. This photograph forms part of an archive of photographs produced by Cadbury. Each photograph was catalogued and annotated. Some images were used in ...

Advertisements in Edgbastonia Magazine

This page from Edgbastonia offers clothing from head to toe: milliners Emilie Maison Francaise, ladies tailor Robert Speerli and Hodges bootmakers.

Bangles

Bangle Stall, Stratford Road. Photograph by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.

Bangles

Bangle Stall, Stratford Road. Photograph by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.

Bonnet from Fancy Dress Costume

This fancy dress costume was worn by Florence Barrow, aged 10, in 1886 for the Lord Mayor's Children's Party.

Ceylon

'Kandyan Chiefs with British Counsellor'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

Crescent Bicycles Catalogue, Arthur E. Sayer & Co., Sherlock Street, Birmingham

This catalogue shows that companies were actively marketing bicycles to women by 1900. Inside we find the 'Crescent No 3' Ladies Safety model, which has 'saddle and handle positions arranged to allow ...

Dress by M. & E. Abbott

This striking dress in yellow trimmed with black velvet was made by M. & E. Abbott of 65 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, in 1896. However, we can't be sure exactly how it looked when it left the dressmakers. ...

Fancy Dress Costume worn by Florence Barrow

This fancy dress costume was worn by Florence Barrow, aged ten, in 1886 for the Lord Mayor's Children's Party. Florence was the daughter of Richard Cadbury Barrow and grew up in Edgbaston. Later she ...

Handsworth Self Portrait - Untitled

Photograph from the 'Handsworth Self Portrait' project. Handsworth-based photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon organised the self-portrait project in autumn 1979. They built a ...

Handsworth Self Portrait - Untitled

Photograph from the 'Handsworth Self Portrait' project. Handsworth-based photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon organised the self-portrait project in autumn 1979. They built a ...

Japan

'Wintertime, Japan.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

Japan

Originally captioned 'Japanese Girl in Wet Weather.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

Japan

Originally captioned 'A youth of the better class, Japan.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

Lantern Slide of Women Wearing Rational Dress

This photograph, probably taken in London, shows women wearing short trousers which were worn for cycling. Because clothes like this were based upon function rather than fashion, they became known as ...

Lantern Slide Showing Woman Wearing Rational Dress

This photograph, probably taken in London, shows a woman wearing short trousers which were worn for cycling. Because clothes like this were based upon function rather than fashion, they became known as ...

Lok Mela Festival

Dupatta Stand, Centenary Square, Birmingham. Photograph by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.

Lok Mela Festival

Mehndi hand painting, Centenary Square, Birmingham. Photograph by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.

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