ALT A library interior. Several long rows of shelves in the foreground of the photograph and another running along the backwall in the mid background of the photograph. Two figures inspecting the row of bookshelves in the immediate foreground. The female figure in the forefront is holding a book. The two female figures perusing the second row of shelving have their backs to the camera. The figure in the foreground is holding a large pile of books. The figure in the background is wearing a headscarf. The figure in the far top right background is looking on towards the shelving and customers.

ALT Photograph of the frontage of a public house. Facia above the entrance reads The Jester with drop lighting above. A Mitchells & Butler sign in the top left of the facia. A wooden door on the left beneath the facia with coloured glass on the right with a figure depicting a court jester.

ALT Two copies of a book on a table - covers facing toward the camera. Title of the book on the bottom right of the front cover is World Football Club Crests. The author’s name on the bottom left of the cover. Above this are rows of football club badges. An office scene behind the table on which the books are standing. A desk on the left with a waistcoat on the back of a chair. An open doorway in the background between the two books. A window on the right of the room.

ALT A page in a book. Several paragraphs at the top of the page indicating this is a return of the number of certificates of naturalisation issued to aliens. The date shown is 11 June 1868. Beneath this is a tabular arrangement of data which includes name, country and place of birth and date of naturalisation.

ALT A fuzzy felt rendering of the exterior frontage of a school. Banner at the top of the artistic work reads Second School 1870 – 1957. The school has chimneys at either end of the roof and a bell tower in the middle. A line of vaulted windows running across the middle of the building. A series of archways below the windows. An entrance on the far right. Figures of young people at either end of the building.

ALT A map - title in the top right corner is To the Commissioners of the Street Acts. The map of the town and parish of Birmingham surveyed by John Kempson. Beneath this is the map of the town divided into different coloured sections. A series of crossing lines indicating the convergence of streets and roads. A confluence of properties in the bottom half of the map. A key in the bottom left of the map.

ALT An advertisement. A pencil drawing of a medieval figure, presumably Chaucer wearing a cowl facing right to left, his right arm is pointing forward and the left holding a rosary. Details to the sides and beneath the portrait identifying the retailer and its services.

ALT A photograph of two small boys from the late Victorian/early twentieth century looking towards each other. They are dressed in clothing typical of those with little income in the period. They are both smiling and holding collection boxes. A wooded scene behind.

ALT Pencil illustration - two figures. Arch in the background. Figure on the left is looming over the figure sat down on the right. Female figure on the left presents as an angelic figure wearing white flowing robes and holding a harp. Figure on the right sitting down presents as a male soldier wearing a WW1 uniform and helmet. He is sat on a rock with the inscription - Arma Virvmqve Cano inscribed on it. A coat of arms in the centre bottom of the illustration. Text below the illustration reads - War Poetry Memorial Birmingham Reference Library.

ALT A photograph. The exterior of a 1960s building. Lettering in the top left of the photograph is clipped but should read Bull Ring Centre in its entirety. Three rows of uniform glass windows to the right. A metal gazebo structure in the bottom left of the photo. Facia below the window reads - Midland Red Bus Station. Vehicle entrances below this. Pedestrians at various points on the street outside of the building.

ALT A page from a colour brochure. Logo in the top right reads – Rackhams Food Hall. Below this, an illustrated scene of the Food Hall. Predominately female figures dressed in fashionable and expensive 1960s attire walking around the hall. A deli counter in the left background of the illustration. A staircase in the far right of the illustration with two female figures looking up towards it and another descending. Title in the top right reads - Bringing even better shopping to Birmingham.

ALT A melange of overlapping posters, chiefly pre – WW2 designs. The central one is for Dudley Zoo. Another on the bottom left is for an exhibition of fine printing. Print on the top left is a lithograph of the exterior of the Great Hall at Birmingham University.

ALT A map. Title in the top left reads – plan. A series of pathways winding around the map skirting plots of land. A compass in the top right of the plan. A key in the bottom right of the plan along with surveyor details and the date of 25 March 1913.

ALT Two copies of a book on a table with front covers facing on. Title of the book is A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge. Outline of a historic map on the far left of the page. An office space behind the table on which the books are standing. Reflection of ceiling lights and a window with a metal filigree casing in the far background.

ALT A colour illustration of a factory. A border around the illustration. Legend at the top of the border reads John Rubery, Charlotte Street, Birmingham. In the immediate foreground, the frontage of the factory looking out on to the highway traversed by pedestrians and horse drawn carriages. Behind the frontage, a series of work yards - the largest is in the middle which is surrounded by out buildings. The courtyard on the left of this is part obscured by the size of the middle courtyard. The courtyard on the right is occupied by workers and a horse and cart. The background of the illustration is occupied by smoking chimney stacks and the outline of another factory in the far background.

ALT A bearded man wearing a black coat and a cowboy hat is holding the reins of a horse drawn open top carriage. Two white horses are in the foreground on the right of the photo. Behind and to the right of the carriage are buildings and crowds.

ALT Four books laid on a flat surface - three in the background and one in the foreground. The three books in the background are titled The Streets of Brum by Carl Chinn. Each has a section of a historic photograph of Birmingham on its front cover. The book in the foreground is titled Birmingham Place Names and has a photograph of a mill by a pool on its front cover.