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"Birmingham: A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Resilience" Discover the vibrant city of Birmingham, where history intertwines with modernity

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Henry Darwin tailors shop, Birmingham, 19th century. Artist: T Underwood

Henry Darwin tailors shop, Birmingham, 19th century. Artist: T Underwood
Henry Darwin tailors shop, Birmingham, 19th century

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Birmingham FC football team 1936

Birmingham FC football team 1936. Back row: Evans (Assistant Trainer), Grosvenor, Lea, Clack, Fillingham, Hibbs, Booton, Morral, Gibson (Trainer)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Cadburys Chocolate - Bourneville Works, Bourneville, Warwic

Cadburys Chocolate - Bourneville Works, Bourneville, Warwic
Cadburys Chocolate - Bourneville Works, Bourneville, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Lily Pond in Girls Recreation Grounds Date: 1920s

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, Birmingham

Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, Birmingham
Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, a Ford van shaped like a milk churn, Victoria, Birmingham. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham area

Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham area
The key figures behind tariff reform from the Birmingham area. Tariff Reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Birmingham Union Cottage Homes, Marston Green, Warwickshire

Birmingham Union Cottage Homes, Marston Green, Warwickshire
A girl stands in front of one of the childrens cottage homes at Marston Green in Warwickshire, to the east of Birmingham. The homes were opened by the Birmingham Poor Law Authorities in 1879 to house

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Alabama - Cotton Compress at Birmingham

Alabama - Cotton Compress at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama - The Cotton Compress. Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by cotton gin promoters who sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Horse-Trams Versus Buses

Horse-Trams Versus Buses
OLD STYLE VERSUS NEW Brown: Which would you rather ride by? Jones: Oh! the trams of course, no cruelty to the horses, but I am an opposer

Background imageBirmingham Collection: City skyline, including Selfridges, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

City skyline, including Selfridges, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Fountain and Council House, city centre, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fountain and Council House, city centre, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Sir Benjamin Stone

Sir Benjamin Stone
SIR BENJAMIN STONE Statesman, MP for Birmingham, best known for his photography - portraits of politicians and British folklore customs and festivals

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Pram Advert C1888

Pram Advert C1888
A typical late Victorian perambulator, made by Lloyd & Hill, Birmingham

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Berkhampstead Station

Berkhampstead Station
A train pulls into the station with passengers waiting on the tracks! With both the railway & a canal system a seemingly rural area appears on the verge of change. Date: 1852

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Birmingham Ironworks

Birmingham Ironworks
Ironworks at Birmingham - tapping a furnace and running the molten metal into pigs

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Interior, Birmingham Railway Station

Interior, Birmingham Railway Station
Passengers await their train beneath Birmingham Stations soaring canopy, upheld by a lattice of girders providing a wide span over the tracks

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Championship Showdown: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008

Championship Showdown: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008
Coca-Cola Championship 2008/9. Birmingham City v RFC. Saturday 20th November 2008. © Richard Claypole 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Championship Showdown: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008

Championship Showdown: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008
Coca-Cola Championship 2008/9. Birmingham City v RFC. Saturday 20th November 2008. © Richard Claypole 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Birmingham v Reading

Birmingham v Reading
Coca-Cola Championship 2008/9. Birmingham City v RFC. Saturday 20th November 2008. © Richard Claypole 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Clash in the Championship: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008

Clash in the Championship: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008
Coca-Cola Championship 2008/9. Birmingham City v RFC. Saturday 20th November 2008. © Richard Claypole 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Clash in the Championship: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008

Clash in the Championship: Birmingham City vs. Reading, November 2008
Coca-Cola Championship 2008/9. Birmingham City v RFC. Saturday 20th November 2008. © Richard Claypole 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Autosport Show

Autosport Show
Colin McRae tribute display. Autosport Show, NEC, Birmingham, England, 10 January 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Autosport Show

Autosport Show
Colin McRae tribute display. Autosport Show, NEC, Birmingham, England, 10 January 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Autosport International Show 2006

Autosport International Show 2006
Professor Sid Watkins (GBR), left, and Bernie Ecclestone (GBR), F1 Supremo, right, with Ron Cotterell (GBR), centre. Autosport International Show 2006, NEC Birmingham, England 12-15 January 2006

Autosport Show
Colin McRae tribute display. Autosport Show, NEC, Birmingham, England, 10 January 2008

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons

Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons
5308936 Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons. Buttons were brushed with a solution of nitrate of mercury)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Birmingham Railway Station

Birmingham Railway Station
5308373 Birmingham Railway Station.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Birmingham Railway Station. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Birmingham (engraving)
8630876 Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birmingham. Illustration for Scenes in England for the amusement)

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Background imageBirmingham Collection: BBC: Studio No 2, Birmingham (b/w photo)

BBC: Studio No 2, Birmingham (b/w photo)
8659176 BBC: Studio No 2, Birmingham (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Studio No 2, Birmingham)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Disgraceful scene in the streets of Birmingham, Uproarious conduct of drunken women (engraving)

Disgraceful scene in the streets of Birmingham, Uproarious conduct of drunken women (engraving)
8643275 Disgraceful scene in the streets of Birmingham, Uproarious conduct of drunken women (engraving) by English School

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Quinneys, a play performed at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, Birmingham (colour litho)

Quinneys, a play performed at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, Birmingham (colour litho)
8656120 Quinneys, a play performed at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, Birmingham (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quinneys)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Boulton & Watt single-action pumping engine (b/w photo)

Boulton & Watt single-action pumping engine (b/w photo)
8663711 Boulton & Watt single-action pumping engine (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: John Bright, British politician (engraving)

John Bright, British politician (engraving)
8676727 John Bright, British politician (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Bright (1811-1889), British Radical and Liberal politician

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Trade card for William Ryland, manufacturer of silver, plated and British plate wares

Trade card for William Ryland, manufacturer of silver, plated and British plate wares, Birmingham (engraving)
8677539 Trade card for William Ryland, manufacturer of silver, plated and British plate wares, Birmingham (engraving) by English School

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Opening of Aston Park, Warwickshire (engraving)

Opening of Aston Park, Warwickshire (engraving)
8676411 Opening of Aston Park, Warwickshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opening of Aston Park, Warwickshire, by Queen Victoria)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Wyddrington, Edgbaston, home of the Mayor of Birmingham (engraving)

Wyddrington, Edgbaston, home of the Mayor of Birmingham (engraving)
8676391 Wyddrington, Edgbaston, home of the Mayor of Birmingham (engraving) by Everitt, Allen Edward (1824-82); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wyddrington, Edgbaston)

Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880
3507803 Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880; (add.info.: Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, England circa 1880.); Universal History Archive.

Background imageBirmingham Collection: A scene from the Birmingham Riots

A scene from the Birmingham Riots
3478451 A scene from the Birmingham Riots; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene from the Birmingham Riots of 1791. The mob burning the Meeting House and Joseph Priestley's home at Fairhill)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: The National Exhibition of Dogs at Birmingham, 1860 (engraving)

The National Exhibition of Dogs at Birmingham, 1860 (engraving)
1579488 The National Exhibition of Dogs at Birmingham, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of the National Exhibition of Dogs at Birmingham. 1. Deerhound 2. Bloodhound 3. Mastiff 4)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: The steam carriage designed by Mr Church

The steam carriage designed by Mr Church
5312158 The steam carriage designed by Mr Church; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the steam carriage designed by Mr Church, which was intended to run between London and Birmingham)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Steam carriage designed by Mr Church to travel from London to Birmingham

Steam carriage designed by Mr Church to travel from London to Birmingham
5616731 Steam carriage designed by Mr Church to travel from London to Birmingham; (add.info.: Steam carriage designed by Mr Church to travel from London to Birmingham, English 1898)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: The facade of Erdington Orphanage

The facade of Erdington Orphanage
5616430 The facade of Erdington Orphanage; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the facade of Erdington Orphanage. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1869); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Snow Hill Tunnel

Snow Hill Tunnel
5308371 Snow Hill Tunnel.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Snow Hill Tunnel on the London to Birmingham Railway Line. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Railway timetable for stations between London and Birmingham

Railway timetable for stations between London and Birmingham
5308370 Railway timetable for stations between London and Birmingham.; (add.info.: Railway timetable for stations between London and Birmingham. Dated 19th century)

Background imageBirmingham Collection: A busy platform at Birmingham Station

A busy platform at Birmingham Station
5308409 A busy platform at Birmingham Station.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a busy platform at Birmingham Railway Station. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880

Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880
3507804 Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, 1880; (add.info.: Pen nibs manufactured in Birmingham, England circa 1880.); Universal History Archive.

Background imageBirmingham Collection: A busy platform at Birmingham Station

A busy platform at Birmingham Station
5307349 A busy platform at Birmingham Station.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a busy platform at Birmingham Railway Station. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageBirmingham Collection: Banquet to Queen Victoria in the Town Hall, Birmingham (engraving)

Banquet to Queen Victoria in the Town Hall, Birmingham (engraving)
8676428 Banquet to Queen Victoria in the Town Hall, Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Banquet to Queen Victoria in the Town Hall, Birmingham)



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"Birmingham: A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Resilience" Discover the vibrant city of Birmingham, where history intertwines with modernity. From the iconic Spaghetti Junction to the vintage charm of an old map by John Tallis in 1851, this city is a treasure trove waiting to be explored. As you stroll through its streets, you'll come across a poster advertising Bernard Weatherill Ltd. , reminding us of Birmingham's rich industrial heritage. The Postcode District Map sheet 2 South East England and Midlands showcases how this city connects people from all walks of life. Reflecting on its past struggles for civil rights, we remember the Youth Mass Demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama during spring 1963. A powerful image emerges - a police dog attacking a young black man - serving as a reminder that progress often comes at great cost. But amidst these historical moments lies beauty and tranquility. Narrow boats and barges moored at Gas Street Canal Basin create picturesque scenes in the heart of Birmingham. Sutton Park's entrance beckons nature enthusiasts to explore its vast landscapes in Sutton Coldfield. The aftermath and reportage surrounding The Great Train Robbery in 1963 remind us that even within adversity, communities unite to rebuild stronger than before. This resilience echoes throughout Birmingham's streets today. Birmingham New Street stands tall as a bustling hub connecting people near and far while Selfridges at Bullring Shopping Centre offers retail therapy like no other. It symbolizes how this city embraces both tradition and innovation seamlessly. From an enchanting Conjectural Picture Map showcasing what Birmingham looked like in 1730 to the futuristic architecture seen today; it is evident that this city has always been ahead of its time. So come immerse yourself in the diverse tapestry that is Birmingham – where ancient maps meet contemporary landmarks; where stories are etched into every corner; where cultures collide harmoniously under one roof. Experience the magic of this city, where history is celebrated and the future awaits.