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"A Striking Modern Fact"

Image:The Birmingham Post, Rev. Cohen Speech (an extract) 1933. Rev Abraham Cohen gave many memorable and powerful speeches on behalf of the Jewish community. His arguments were remarkable not just ...

"Charles Parker and The Radio Ballads"

The Radio Ballads and the Oral History Tradition ‘England, England, and there’s nowhere like it at dawn’. These words come from a working class railway driver called Jack Pickford, who was interviewed ...

"Church and Community"

A showcase of some of the material contained in the Vanley Burke Archive. Photograph: "Austin Road Pentecostal Church. The two ladies kiss each other as a sign of peace after they had washed each other's ...

"Equiano and Birmingham"

All text by Dr Andy Green Equiano and Birmingham: Researching the Links. This exhibition is intended to generate more research into Olaudah Equiano’s visit to Birmingham in 1790. Equiano ...

"George Hallett: Bearing Witness"

Photographs by George Hallett of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, exhibited as 'Bearing Witness', at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, in 2004. The Promotion of National Unity ...

"Questions of Travel": The Lives of Benjamin Stone and Helen Caddick

All text by Dr Andy Green “From the time I was a very young man, I have been a great traveller ” (Stone, ‘Mainly about People’, 1908). On a wall of the Local Studies Department of Birmingham ...

"Sisters of the Long March"

The Black woman in Black His[Her]story has been a prominent point of focus, from the female monarchs of African Kingdom’s, such as Queen Amina of Zaria, to the role of the matriarch in black families ...

"Stone Photographic Collection"

This exhibition features just a few samples from the extensive photographic collection of Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914). The collection includes 22,000 mounted prints, 17,000 glass negatives, 600 ...

"The Joseph Sturge Monument "

The Joseph Sturge Monument at Five Ways: A Photographic Essay. All text by Dr Andy Green This city story highlights the changing fortunes of Birmingham’s monument to Joseph Sturge (1793-1859). ...

‘Before and After’ photographs of Henry from the Annual Report of Middlemore Homes

Middlemore Homes relied on public donations to fund their work. ‘Before and after’ photographs were used to promote the Homes and raise money by showing the physical and moral improvement of the children. ...

‘Ginger A Story’

Ginger tells the story of a fictional boy named Harry Smith and how poverty and his stepfather’s cruelty turned him to crime. He was placed in Middlemore Homes and sent to Australia. The story ends happily ...

‘Sparkbrook is our home’

The positioning of the children in this image means that they look down at the viewer from the height of an adult. It is a powerful statement of ownership: Sparkbrook belongs to them. Their bodies all ...

A Boy and a Catch of Fish

This photograph shows a boy and a catch of fish, with the fishing rod and basket beside a tree.

A Government School in Wadi Halfa

This photograph shows advanced scholars and teachers at a Government School in Wadi Halfa.

Account of The Life of Jacob Jacobs (2)

Account of the Life of Jacobs Jacobs (1)

Advertisement for Holder's Ales, 1891

The title pages from Edgbastonia carried advertisements across the top. This one is for Holder's Ales, owned by Sir John Holder of Moor Green, Moseley. The Brewery was based in Nova Scotia Street.

Advertisement for the Women's Social and Political Union

‘The Rights of Woman’, what are they? The right her husband to obey, The right to show forth all her life How proud she is to be a wife! The right, oh, noble destiny! The daughter of a man to be. The ...