
ALT Front cover of a trade catalogue for the New Hudson 3 – Speed Motorcycle. The cover is divided into panels. The top panel is an illustration of a motor cyclist on the open road being watched by bystanders. Beneath this is another panel containing the words – The New Hudson Cycle Co. Ltd. Below this are three illustrative panels of a factory sketched from above. Either side are details of factory addresses.

ALT Birmingham Council House in the background of the photo - a grand Victorian civic building in a Renaissance Palace and Classical Revival style. A columned entrance with a balconied top and a dome. Pedestrians stood alongside the building in the bottom left of the photo. A statue dedicated to Sir Robert Peel in front of the building with a horse and cart to the left. Construction debris to the right and in front of the statue.

ALT The front cover of a book. A graphic illustration of a vortex - spirals in the background. The foreground is occupied by three figures stood upside down with their legs and arms parted. The vortex spirals cut through their bodies. A star between the two figures in the top half of the illustration and two larger stars on either side of the figure in the bottom half of the illustration.

ALT A book stood on a box – front cover facing on. Title of the book is Prosser The Engineer : A Forgotten Birmingham Genius. Painting of the bust of a male figure between the title and the author’s name. Office scene behind the book - two desks. The desk on the right has books on it. Shelving behind the desks. A window in the far left of the photo.

ALT An illustration of a mid-Victorian multi storey building. A large chimney flume on the left exterior. A main entrance to the property with two wings to the building. A series of crosses on the outside of the construct. The property is separated from the road by an iron gate. Pedestrians walk by on the pavement. A church building to the right of the property.

ALT Books on a metal shelf. The spines of books are visible along with their Dewey classifications. One of the books is full on to the camera showing its front cover. The title of the book Bad Friday, A Novel is in the top right of the cover. The author’s name - Norman Smith is beneath this in the bottom left. The cover is dominated by an pencil drawing of a male figure rendered in a Cubist geometric style. The figure has his right hand held aloft with his fingers grasping a ball. In the background is a much smaller female figure.

ALT Front cover of a trade catalogue. Details relating to Vaughtons Ltd.’s Gothic Works, Livery Street and the company being established in 1819 at the top of the page. An image of the company’s trademark below this and the wares they produce. Ornate borders beneath to the side and including a floral footer.

ALT A photo of a row of properties. A shop in the near foreground on the bottom right with people stood out outside. The largest property in the row is next - an impressive Arts and Crafts three storey building with a turret. A row of balcony windows below this and two bay windows beneath this. Two terraced houses at the end of the row.




















