'Clairvoyant'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process; bromesko.
Labels on reverse: 'Tamworth Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Exhibition of Midland Photography, Midland Federation Class. 1952'; & 'Sutton ...
'Colleen'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd. Process: bromesko.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
Cooks at Work
Cooks at work in a restaurant. One of the cooks is called Terry. This was one of the first Caribbean restaurants in Handsworth. It was near the corner of Soho Road and Holliday Road
'Coquette'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: plastika.
Labels on reverse: 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Eleventh Annual Exhibition, 1950' & 'Birkenhead Photographic Association. ...
Couple Dancing at a Birthday Party
Behind the couple is an important detail in the picture. The calender behind comes from the first major black business in the area - Top Pops in Wolverhampton
Dave Butcher & Police
This was taken on the occasion of the IWA demonstration in Saltley. At one point the police took Dave and Sebastian from the demonstration.
Day Trip to Skegness
Young people from Handsworth on a day trip to Skegness
Day Trip to Skegness
Many African Caribbean families were unable to take annual one or two week holidays away from Birmingham, as a lot of white people did. Often people were saving up for a trip back to the Caribbean, or ...
Demonstration Against Police Brutality
Demonstrators marched from Handsworth to Steelhouse Lane Police station to protest about police brutality towards black people.
Demonstration Against Racist Attacks, Soho Road
Design for buttons by John Phillp
Designs for three buttons showing a section all in reverse. These were probably designs for uniform buttons for one of the North Yorkshire Regiments.
The designs are from the Phillp album, a collection ...
Display of Kathak Dancing
This was taken at a cultural event. It was not in one of the regular buildings used for such events.
'Draped Head'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: plastika.
Label on reverse: 'Exhibition of Midland Photography. Accepted and Hung [at] Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society, 1953'.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was ...
Funeral of a Bus Driver, Handsworth Cemetry
Future of the Community
Young girl performs Vietnamese song in traditional Vietnamese dress.
'Gaynor'
Photograph by Ruth Handley, nd. Process: bromesko.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited ...
'Gaynor in Picture Hat'
Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Exhibition labels on reverse, include: 'The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Accepted and Hung at the Autumn Exhibition of Pictorial Photography, ...
'Gaynor in Profile'
Photograph by Ruth Handley.
Labels on reverse: ‘Derby Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung [at their] Annual Exhibition, 1948’ & ‘Exhibited at the London Salon of Photography, 1949’ & 'Sutton Coldfield ...