Charities Collection

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing biplanes flying in formation above the spectators. 1928

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a two-propeller plane nosediving. 1937

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a stylised biplane in flight. 1935

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing two pilots in flight, with other planes in the background. 1936

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a biplane against a stylised red, white and grey background. 1933

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a pilot in flying gear, gesturing towards three biplanes in flight. 1934

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing red and black planes in the air, with stylised red and black trails of smoke. 1932

WW1 poster, Red Cross recruitment
Poster, Red Cross recruitment -- Join! The Greatest Mother. circa 1918

Salvation Army elevator
Men at work sorting waste paper in a Salvation Army Elevator. Elevators, which aimed to help the unskilled or unemployed, combined a factory space together with hostel accommodation for those working

Red Cross Poster - World War I
Poster asking for donations to the British Red Cross during World War I, stressing urgently that six pounds a minute is required to maintain the number of motor ambulances, hospital ships

First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses
The First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses outside the Hotel Cecil on 26 June 1912. The charity was launched on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Princess Alexandra from her

Waifs and Strays appeal
Appeal for gifts on behalf of homeless wartime children. Date: 1940

Advert requesting support for John Groom's Crippleage
John Groom's Crippleage took in young disabled women from around the country and offered them training in the art of making artificial flowers. Date: 1939

Marchioness of Carisbrooke, studio portrait in sequinned hairband and gown. Captioned, From our portrait gallery'. With description noting her charity work and interest in many charities'

Bethnal-Green Employment Relief Association 1868 Bethnal-Green Employment
Labour-yard of the Bethnal-Green Employment and Relief Association, in East London. The stagnation of trade which followed on the commercial crisis of 1866

LOUIS DUC DE PENTHIEVRE
LOUIS JEAN MARIE de BOURBON, duc de PENTHIEVRE French military commander, aristocrat renowned for his virtues and charities, and encouragement of the arts. Date: 1725 - 1793

Elizabeth Asquith at work
Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco, English writer, daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot

Salvation Army Shelter, Great Peter Street, London
A large factory building on Great Peter Street, Westminster, Central London, leased by the Salvation Army for use as a night shelter. Men were allowed to sleep here on backed benches

WW1 poster, YMCA
Poster, YMCA for your Boy, United War Work Campaign, 11-18 November 1918. 1918

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex
Girls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan

WW1 poster, YMCA fundraising
Poster, One of the Thousand YMCA Girls in France, United War Work Campaign 11-18 November. circa 1918

WW1 poster, United War Work Campaign
Poster, United We Serve, United War Work Campaign, fundraising by a group of charities: YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic War Council, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service

WW1 poster, Red Cross ambulance
Poster, US Red Cross ambulance on the Western Front. circa 1918

WW1 poster, Red Cross
Poster, Red Cross fundraising -- Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call? 1918

WW1 poster, Red Cross recruitment and fundraising
Poster, Red Cross recruitment and fundraising, aiming for ten million members by Christmas. circa 1918

Postwar poster, Red Cross
Postwar poster, Fourth Red Cross Roll Call, 11-25 November 1920. 1920

Polish Victims Relief Fund
Advertisement asking for contributions to the Polish Victims Relief Fund during the First World War. Date: 1917

YMCA fundraising advertisement, WW1
Advertisement requesting contributions towards the YMCA in order for them to continue carrying out their invaluable work during the First World War providing huts for accommodation

The Three Graces. Thasos. Relief
The Three Graces. Greek relief from the Passage of the Theores. 470 BC. Thassos. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Brougham / Fenner / Londsdal
HENRY, 1ST BARON BROUGHAM British MP and lawyer as a young man, in 1821 Date: 1778 - 1868

Infant Orphan Election at the London Tavern
Portrayal of the Infant Orphan Election at the London Tavern by G.E. Hicks. Elections were held periodically by childrens charities for their supporters to vote on new orphanage admissions. Date: 1865

The Great World of London by G Lander and W Melville
Promotional postcard for The Great World of London by George Lander and Walter Melville. First produced at the Standard Theatre, 31st October 1898. The Salvation Army shelter

Tatler letter to its readers, outbreak of First World War
Page from the Tatler magazine, 12 August 1914 - its first issue dedicated to reporting on the war - appealing to its prosperous readers to do all it can to help the various societies which have

YMCA hut in Arras, WW1
The battered belfry at Arras and in front of the ruins, a little YMCA hut with its red triangle sign conveying a welcome to any Allied soldiers seeking a place of rest

YMCA Christmas fundraising appeal, WW1
Advertisement in the Sphere appealing for donations in order to provide more Y.M.C.A. huts during the First World War. The YMCA huts provided rest, food, accommodation

Sweaters for Troops postcards, WW1 knitting
A printed postcard with words of thanks from Mr John Penoyre who organised large-scale donations of knitted sweaters for solders and sailors during the First World War

Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund
An appeal to give to the charity of the Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund, showing Britannia providing for impoverished Indian women, whilst also holding a small Indian child

Bystander- Lady Diana Manner
A photograph of Lady Diana Manners (1892-1986), later known as Lady Diana Cooper, a prominent social figure who helped raise funds for the Red Cross and other war charities during WW1

Armed against fate and flags by F C Boyle
A man out walking his dog realises the only way he can avoid flag sellers in wartime is to go out blindfolded and with headphones on his ears

Les Diables Bleus - a mountain camp of the Chasseurs Alpins. Pierre Comba (1859-1934). Pierre Comba Dedicated Himself To The Representation Of The French Military, In Particular The Chasseurs Alpins

A patrol of Chasseurs Alpins - Vosges, Summer 1916, by Pierre Comba (1859-1934). Comba dedicated himself to the representation of the French military, in particular the Chasseurs Alpins

Lady French helping women find work, WW1
Lady French, wife of General French, pictured in a work room at Harrods where unemployed women were engaged at a wage of ten shillings a week with a good dinner and tea daily

Childrens Jewel Fund Sale of Dolls, WW1
A variety of examples of dolls on sale at Sutherland House in aid of the Childrens Jewel Fund, which raised money for infant welfare centres around the country

Our Day in London, October 1918
Four photographs reporting on activities across London during Our Day, an event organised to raise funds for the Red Cross

Work rooms of Lady Sclater, WW1
A page from The Sketch showing society ladies hard at work at the work rooms of Lady Sclater at 18 Pont Street, London. In the top photograph

Lena Ashwell in a Three Arts overall, WW1
Lena Ashwell, OBE(28 September 187213 March 1957), British actress and actor-manager, known as the first to organize large-scale entertainment for troops at the front

Parcel Packing for Queen Alexandras Field Force Fund, WW1
The Duchess of Portland pictured doing her bit for the war effort by helping to pack parcels for Queen Alexandras Field Force Fund, ready to be sent to the front. Date: 1915

Society ladies as programme sellers at concert, WW1
A group of well known society ladies, dubbed by The Tatler, Some Kindly " Souls" (alluding to their heritage as children or relations of the group of Edwardian intellectuals known as)

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