Donations Collection

Suffragette selling badges Date: circa 1910s

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

Aberlour Orphanage Advertisement
Advertisement for donations by Aberlour Orphanage, Charlestown of Aberlour, Morayshire Date: circa 1950s

Armenian Refugee Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement appealing for donations for the purpose of rebuilding damaged homes of martyred Armenian refugees during World War 1

London Hospital Advertisement
Advertisement from The London Hospital, asking for donations and subscriptions. The image shows the building from the air, the largest in England at the time. Date: circa 1931

Church Army Advertisement
Advertisement for the Church Army, an evangelistic organisation founded in 1882. This advert is charitable in that it tries to provide holidays

The Children's Ward of Westminster Hospital
An advertisement asking for donations urgently needed for the upkeep of the Children's ward at Westminster Hospital. Date: circa 1929

National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, invitation for donations. Date: 1907

Lewis Carroll Cot in Great Ormond Street Hospital 1900
In memory of the author of Alice in Wonderland, ? Lewis Carroll cot at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London

St Davids Church Army - Harvest Festival Date: 1906

Nieces of Duchess of York selling RNLI flags
Jean and Elizabeth Elphinstone, nieces of the Duchess of York, selling Royal National Lifeboat Institute flags. 1935

Advert for Dr. Barnardos Homes 1922
94, 000 children have been rescued by Dr. Barnardos Homes. Help to give Happy Christmas by sending money. Date: 1922

Harvest Festival at Charminster School, West Dorset, England - 23rd September 1943 1943

HEINRICH II / HRE / MEZZOTIN
EMPEROR HEINRICH II Despite using the Church for political ends, he was made a Saint by the Pope in thanks for donations Date: 973 - 1024

Lady Hamilton, wife of General Sir Ian Hamilton
Lady Hamilton, formerly Jean Muir, wife of General Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of British forces in the Dardanelles. Together with her photograph, The Tatler requests that readers send in literature

German fundraising poster, WW1
German poster encouraging people in Frankfurt to make financial donations to support the Army and Navy during the First World War. Showing three German soldiers in a trench in snowy weather

French Wwi Propaganda
Child-appeal is exploited in this French World War One poster encouraging donations

Emptying the Missionary Box -- a smartly-dressed woman empties coins onto a plate. 1894

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Opening of Whitby & Hartlepool
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. The opening ceremony for the new Whitby and Hartlepool Home

WW2 poster, Books are needed now
WW2 poster, An appeal from the Prime Minister, books and magazines for the Forces are needed now. Date: 1944

General Gordons Monument
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the General Gordons Monument in the city of Melbourne in Australia. It is located in a small park called Gordon Reserve

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

Union Jack Club fundraising advertisement, WW1
Advertisement in The Sphere, asking for donations towards an extension to the Union Jack Club of Waterloo Road, London during the First World War

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

Receipt for Workhouse Childrens Outing Subscription Receipt
Receipt made out to W.W. Brocklehurst for a subscription to the Childrens Outing fund at Macclesfield Workhouse. Outings for children had to be financed by private donations. Date: 1913

Buying games for the Tatler scheme, WW1
Cartoon showing a lady leaving her car after spending a day buying various games to contriubte to the Tatler magazines Games Bureau

Mouth Organs for the Trenches, WW1
A consignment of 1000 mouth-organs, presented to the Army Council by Sir Francis Trippel for distribution among troops at the front. Date: 1915

Sketches in Ostend, Belgium, after WW1 bombing
Sketches in Ostend, Belgium, after bombing during a Zeppelin raid in the early stages of the First World War. Showing scenes at the railway station, in the fish market

Women in fancy dress collecting for charity
Three women in fancy dress collecting for The Romford Cottage Hospital, Essex. Date: circa 1933

Advert for Dr. Barnardos homes 1944
8, 000 childrenare constantly being supported. Please be Father Chrismas to one of them this year. 10/- feeds one child for a week. 1944

Advert for Dr. Barnardos homes 1943
130, 000 needy boy and girls including 6, 000 since War began, have been welcomed into these Homes in 77 years under the Charter. No destitute child ever refused admission

Advert for Dr. Barnardos homes 1941

Titanic disaster appeal fund - report of donations in Tatler
Small piece of editorial in The Tatler magazine reporting on the significant donations made in response to their appeal to their readers to help victims of the Titanic disaster. Date: 1912

Italian Patriotic postcard - WWI
Patriotic Card from World War One asking for poeple to give money to the Italian causes - lists all the stripes awarded to the various service and military divisions. Date: circa 1917

Great Dane has X-Ray
A Great Dane lies quietly as an x-ray is taken of his front paw, which was an ultra-modern piece of equipment paid for by donations by animal lovers when this picture was taken. Date: late 1960s

Champs Elysees open air concert, c. 1800
A man plays what looks like a harpsicord at open air concert in Champs Elysees, France. Date: c.1800

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

German poster campaign for servicemens appeal
German poster campaign asking for donations to the Colonial Servicemens Appeal, showing a colonial soldier holding an imperial flag on a broken staff

Group Meeting of the Family Colonisation Loan Society, 1852
Mrs Chisholm set up the Family Colonisation Loan Society to enable poor families to save regularly to cover the cost of emigration. Donations were also made by the wealthy

Thomas Guy
Born in 1644, Guy completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament. He moved to London and spent eight years as a booksellers apprentice

Thomas Guys tomb
The tomb of Thomas Guy in the chapel at Guys hospital. Born in 1644, he completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament

Any Old Clothes? / 1804
A clothes seller, wearing a number of hats on his head, calls out for donations of clothes, hats or shoes that he may sell

Donating Hair Ww1 Berlin
A poster appealing for donations of womens hair, issued by the Collecting Committee, Berlin

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