The Atlas and Guide of Birmingham 1924

The Atlas and Guide of Birmingham 1924 has been published with the kind permission of Collins Bartholomew Ltd and the book dedicated to J .G. Bartholomew who published the original pocket guide back in 1924. By this time Birmingham was the largest Manufacturing City in the country and second in size to the capital London, and like many cities was a magnet for people to visit. By now the majority of people were utilising the established railway networks to explore and visit far off places, tourism would become the new vogue, and the privileged few could drive their new motor cars. John Bartholomew, fifth in a family line of famous cartographers could see the need to provide such people with a handy pocket atlas (around 5" by 4") for their use when navigating the expanding city roads and locating the many businesses and attractions.