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Improvement Collection (page 2)

"Unleashing the Power of Improvement: From The Gullet to Stafford Street, Birmingham" In a bustling city like Birmingham

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, November 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, November 1967 - do it herself, colour extra Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, May 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, May 1966 - do it herself, a practical guide for the woman about the house Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, May 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, May 1967 - out of doors Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, March 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, March 1967 - attack that damp at half the cost Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, March 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, March 1966 - dining room furniture you can build Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, June 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, June 1967 - detached brick garage Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, June 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, June 1966 - inspection pit in your drive Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, July 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, July 1967 - building a conservatory Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, July 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, July 1966 - a swimpool in your garden Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, January 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, January 1967 - a new look for your hall and staircase Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, January 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, January 1966 - wall units you can make Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, February 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, February 1967 - low cost extra living space, double glazing, draught reduction Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, February 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, February 1966 - frostproof water storage Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1967 - hand and power tools Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, December 1966 - warmer homes with lower fuel costs Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, August 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, August 1967 - garden furniture Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, August 1964

Cover design, Do it yourself, August 1964 - two bedrooms from one Date: 1964

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, April 1967

Cover design, Do it yourself, April 1967 - all about whitewood Date: 1967

Background imageImprovement Collection: Cover design, Do it yourself, April 1966

Cover design, Do it yourself, April 1966 - Spring decorating number Date: 1966

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Modern hair styles (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Modern hair styles (b / w photo)
6005111 Health and Beauty: Modern hair styles (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern hair styles)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Can you do these? (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Can you do these? (b / w photo)
6005110 Health and Beauty: Can you do these? (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Can you do these)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Loosening the limbs (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Loosening the limbs (b / w photo)
6005109 Health and Beauty: Loosening the limbs (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Loosening the limbs)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Exercises for constipation (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Exercises for constipation (b / w photo)
6005101 Health and Beauty: Exercises for constipation (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exercises for constipation)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Stretch your legs! (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Stretch your legs! (b / w photo)
6005116 Health and Beauty: Stretch your legs! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stretch your legs)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Stretch and swing (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Stretch and swing (b / w photo)
6005108 Health and Beauty: Stretch and swing (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stretch and swing)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Lovely to the finger-tips! (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Lovely to the finger-tips! (b / w photo)
6005120 Health and Beauty: Lovely to the finger-tips! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lovely to the finger-tips)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Exercises to improve digestion (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Exercises to improve digestion (b / w photo)
6005102 Health and Beauty: Exercises to improve digestion (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exercises to improve digestion)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Exercises for 'slim-through middle'(b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Exercises for "slim-through middle"(b / w photo)
6005100 Health and Beauty: Exercises for " slim-through middle" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: How do you stand? (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: How do you stand? (b / w photo)
6005097 Health and Beauty: How do you stand? (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How do you stand)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Leg swinging (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Leg swinging (b / w photo)
6005117 Health and Beauty: Leg swinging (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leg swinging)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b / w photo)
6005105 Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aids to a lovely skin)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: 'Take a pair of sparkling eyes!'(b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: "Take a pair of sparkling eyes!"(b / w photo)
6005107 Health and Beauty: " Take a pair of sparkling eyes!" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Take a pair of sparkling eyes)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Beautifying your throat and chin (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Beautifying your throat and chin (b / w photo)
6005114 Health and Beauty: Beautifying your throat and chin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beautifying your throat and chin)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b / w photo)
6005112 Health and Beauty: Aids to a lovely skin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aids to a lovely skin)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Health and Beauty: Breathing exercises (b / w photo)

Health and Beauty: Breathing exercises (b / w photo)
6005106 Health and Beauty: Breathing exercises (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Breathing exercises)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Possibly: Improved water tank on stump ranch, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Possibly: Improved water tank on stump ranch, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Improved water tank on stump ranch. Boundary County, Idaho]

Background imageImprovement Collection: Improved water tank on stump ranch, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Improved water tank on stump ranch, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Improved water tank on stump ranch. Boundary County, Idaho

Background imageImprovement Collection: National Gallery with the proposed improvement in front (engraving)

National Gallery with the proposed improvement in front (engraving)
5233869 National Gallery with the proposed improvement in front (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: National Gallery with the proposed improvement in front)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Birdseye View of the Sulina Mouth of the Danube, showing the Works of Improvement lately carried

Birdseye View of the Sulina Mouth of the Danube, showing the Works of Improvement lately carried out under the European
1619857 Birdseye View of the Sulina Mouth of the Danube, showing the Works of Improvement lately carried out under the European Commission of the Danube by Charles A Hartley, Esquire, CE

Background imageImprovement Collection: Proposed improvement of the crypt of St Pauls Cathedral (engraving)

Proposed improvement of the crypt of St Pauls Cathedral (engraving)
587417 Proposed improvement of the crypt of St Pauls Cathedral (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Plan of the citys intended improvement at Temple Bar, London (engraving)

Plan of the citys intended improvement at Temple Bar, London (engraving)
585024 Plan of the citys intended improvement at Temple Bar, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageImprovement Collection: The Strand, London, prior to its improvement in the year 1810; plan of the area (engraving)

The Strand, London, prior to its improvement in the year 1810; plan of the area (engraving)
585005 The Strand, London, prior to its improvement in the year 1810; plan of the area (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Strand, London)

Background imageImprovement Collection: St Brides Avenue; The improvement in Fleet Street, London, proposed to be effected by voluntary

St Brides Avenue; The improvement in Fleet Street, London, proposed to be effected by voluntary subscription
585084 St Brides Avenue; The improvement in Fleet Street, London, proposed to be effected by voluntary subscription, 1825 (coloured engraving) by English School

Background imageImprovement Collection: Metropolitan traffic relief (coloured engraving)

Metropolitan traffic relief (coloured engraving)
560274 Metropolitan traffic relief (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Ending of the practice of compelling inmates in Portuguese prisons to wear hoods (colour litho)

Ending of the practice of compelling inmates in Portuguese prisons to wear hoods (colour litho)
2779908 Ending of the practice of compelling inmates in Portuguese prisons to wear hoods (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Children painting, girl with head through canvas (b / w photo)

Children painting, girl with head through canvas (b / w photo)
2804535 Children painting, girl with head through canvas (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children painting, girl with head through canvas)

Background imageImprovement Collection: The Dismayed Artist, 1866 (oil on canvas)

The Dismayed Artist, 1866 (oil on canvas)
WAG5302 The Dismayed Artist, 1866 (oil on canvas) by Hardy, Frederick Daniel (1826-1911); 45.8 x 61.3 cm; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; (add.info.: artist and his brother)

Background imageImprovement Collection: Improving the High, a Prophetic Nightmare, imagined scene of an electric tram on the High Street

Improving the High, a Prophetic Nightmare, imagined scene of an electric tram on the High Street of Oxford (litho)
5999016 Improving the High, a Prophetic Nightmare, imagined scene of an electric tram on the High Street of Oxford (litho) by English School



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"Unleashing the Power of Improvement: From The Gullet to Stafford Street, Birmingham" In a bustling city like Birmingham, improvement is an ever-present force that drives progress. It starts with small gestures, like a hand dropping a note into the suggestion box at The Gullet, sparking ideas for change and growth. But improvement doesn't stop there; it extends beyond mere suggestions. Athlete physiology and artwork intertwine as individuals strive to enhance their physical abilities and express themselves creatively. Just as an improved Short horn cow emerged in 1841 through careful breeding techniques, humans too seek ways to better themselves. Sometimes improvement lies in unexpected places - take Bad Wildungen in Germany, where taking the water has been proven to have numerous health benefits. Whether it's physical or mental well-being, we are constantly seeking ways to improve ourselves. Back in Birmingham, a sketch map of proposed improvements serves as a blueprint for progress. With each stroke of the pen, new possibilities arise - from infrastructure enhancements to community development projects and are be found within our own homes. Using tools like wallpaper steam strippers and scrapers allows us to transform our living spaces effortlessly. Even mundane tasks become opportunities for growth and refinement. Technological advancements play their part too; enter the rectification device developed by James Watt himself. This invention revolutionized industries and paved the way for further improvements across various sectors. As we venture outside urban landscapes, wind turbines on Bodmin Moor stand tall against the horizon - symbols of sustainable energy solutions that continuously push us towards environmental improvement. History reminds us that collective efforts yield remarkable results too; join forces just like Vladimir Mayakovsky urged in his powerful artwork from 1921 "Join the red forces to get a better life. " Together we can achieve greater heights than ever before. And finally, even seemingly simple things like wooden floors hold potential for enhancement.