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“Allin’s Cabinet of Curiosities”
The site of the Municipal Hall, corner of Congreve Street Old and New Birmingham: A History of… read more »
1900s Summer School group, including Rendle Harris
1900s Summer School group, including Rendle Harris Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.
A Perspective View of Ludlow Castle for the European Magazine, and article on The Late Storms
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 5 Image from: Shropshire Archives
A Portrait of Dr William Small
Pencil sketch of Dr William Small, member of the Lunar Society and a prominent physician in Birmingham during… read more »
A Portrait of Dr. William Small
William Small: Teacher, Scientist and Mentor William Small was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1734, the son… read more »
A Portrait of Thomas Telford: Civil Engineer
Image: Portrait of Thomas Telford (1757-1834). Frontispiece of Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer containing eighty-three… read more »
Acorn Commercial Hotel, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Local Studies and History,… read more »
Advert for Martin Billing, Letter-Press, Lithographic and Copper-Plate Printer
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Advert for Old Bush Hotel, Dudley
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Advert for Regent Hotel, Leamington
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Advert for Stanley’s Family and Commercial Hotel
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Advert for The White Hart Hotel, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Advert for Woolpack Hotel, Family and Commercial Inn, Warwick
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Advertisement: Batty’s Circus, Shrewsbury, including the ascent of Mr Hughes on his head on top of a balloon
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 4 Image from: Shropshire Archives
Advertisement: Charles Radenhurst, New Royal Hotel, New Street, Birmingham
Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »
Advertisement: Kendall and Son, Perfumers, Cabinet Case Makers, and Importers of Foreign Fancy Merchandise, London
Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »
Advertisement: Mrs Graham’s Ascent: the first ascent of the Only English Female Aeronaut
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 2 Image from: Shropshire Archives
Advertisement: Opening of Hughes’ s Great Mammoth Equestrian Establishment, Shrewsbury
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 5 Image from: Shropshire Archives
Advertisement: Stock and Sharp, Glass and Lead Warehouse, Birmingham
Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »
Advertisement: The Last Appearance of Mr Harper, Black singer and comedian
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 5 Image from: Shropshire Archives
Adverts for John Yates & Sons, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Alfred Harrop and Co, Orange Street Works, Sheffield
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Anna Seward and her World
Image: The West Front of Lichfield Cathedral Lantern Slide, Birmingham Central Library 1. Anna Seward and her World… read more »
Anna Seward and Lichfield Society
Image: Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace, Lichfield Lantern Slide, Birmingham Central Library 2. Anna Seward and Lichfield Society So, how… read more »
Apparatus
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Apparatus
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Aris’s Birmingham Gazette – Dudley Cheese Fair
DUDLEY CHEESE FAIR. WHEREAS great Complaints have arisen from exposing of Cheese to Sale, and weighing the… read more »
Armenians en route to the United States of America
Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.
Article from The Salopian Journal, 10 October 1838, on Mrs Graham’s ascent in a balloon
Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 2 Image from: Shropshire Archives
Arundel Brush Works, Sheffield
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Local Studies and History,… read more »
Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford
Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer containing eighty-three copper plates, illustrative of his professional… read more »
Back entrance of Woodbrooke, with group gathered outside
Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.
Bank of Deposit, London
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Bank of London and National Provincial Insurance Association
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Bewdley Snuff Mill
Image: Close-up of the abandoned snuff mill, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley (early 20th century). [Image from: Bewdley… read more »
Birmingham
Image: John Rubery, Umbrella, Parasol, Furniture and Steel Frame Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men… read more »
Birmingham
Image: William Spurrier, Electro Silver Plate Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of… read more »
Birmingham: Priestley’s Educational Inheritance
Image: The Old and New Meeting Houses, the Unitarian chapels in Birmingham. Image from: William Hutton, An History of Birmingham (Birmingham,… read more »
Birmingham: Water; more on Respiration
Image: The dining room at Soho House, Handsworth, Birmingham. This is the room where the meetings of… read more »
Bishop’s Castle
Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. BISHOP’S CASTLE is a town in the… read more »
Bland’s Brunswick Hotel, Sheffield
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Brassworking Skills in Birmingham
Caption: First page of William Tonks, Sons & Co., Catalogue of the Various Kinds of Work (1880). The image shows… read more »
Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Image from: Picturesque Views and Descriptions of Cities, Towns, Castles, Mansions and other Objects of Interesting Features in… read more »
Britannia Railway Carriage Works, Birmingham
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