Fund Raising 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

Suffragette selling badges Date: circa 1910s

Blue Cross Fund Poster
Fundraising poster during WWI for the Blue Cross Fund organised by the Dumb Friends League featuring a French horse who is " doing his bit"

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

MABYS Dance Card, Highgate. London
Dace card from a fund-raising dance, at Gate House, Highgate organised by MABYS (Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants). Date: 1914

War Bonds Wwi Poster
World War One poster encouraging the public to invest in war bonds to help buy guns and " bring them down" (presumably Zeppelins)

H. H. Harris, 1940
H.H. Harris, a cartoonist and poster-maker of the time, sketches a serviceman on his tour of the Midlands. Harris toured the country in his caravan, pictured here

Prince of Wales Hospital Carnival, Tottenham, London
Watched by mounted police, three spectacularly dressed collectors pose for their photo during the annual Prince of Wales Hospital Carnival in the Tottenham area of North London

Third Liberty Loan - Buy War Bonds
Poster design by Howard Chandler Christy. The beauties of these posters became known as " Christy Girls." This poster for the Third Liberty Loan was the largest fundraising effort in

The National Gallerys Wartime Canteen
Volunteers prepare food for their customers at The National Gallery canteen, established during the Second World War in order to raise money for the war effort. 1940

Barnardo Waif Saturday, Birmingham
A well-dressed woman and two children collect money at a Barnardos fund-raising Waif Saturday held in the Birmingham area. A railway station entrance is nearby. Date: 1906

Dr Barnardos Homes Carnival Programme cover
Front cover of a souvenir handbook and Programme of Music accompanying a Carnival and Fancy Fair held at Bingley Hall, Birmingham from the 7th to 16th June 1923 in aid of Dr Barnardos Homes

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

The Prince of Wales Hospital Carnival, North London

Fruiterers Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

The Tatler Appeal for Victims of the Titanic Disaster
A full page appeal in The Tatler magazine, speaking with mournful and patriotic eloquence about the Titanic disaster ten days beforehand, and asking readers to donate to a fund to help the victims

Racehorse Aldaniti at a charity fundraising event
The racehorse Aldaniti (1970-1997), a chestnut gelding, meeting admirers at a charity fundraising event. Aldaniti won the Grand National in 1981, and his jockey, Bob Champion

War Memorial Fund - Dog
A small dog dressed up as a nurse atop a Union Jack and next to a collecting tin for the Woolwich & District War Memorial Hospital Fund. Toby is never shunn d when asking! Date: early 20th century

Flag Selling, World War One by George Ranstead
A young and pretty flag seller seems to be falling prey to the attentions of a rakish type who isn t in uniform, much to the disapproval of an older, matronly lady

Mary Churchill supporting Russian flag day, 1944
Miss Mary Churchill, the youngest daughter of Winston Churchill, supporting her mothers Russian flag day, and bought her emblem from Nurse Glover of University College London Hospital. 1944

Poster advertising Church Army Flag Day, Liverpool
Poster advertising a Church Army fundraising Flag Day in Liverpool, to support the charitys war work. Showing a recreation hut and a soldier drinking a mug of tea. 1940s

Start of a charity cycle ride, Lands End
The start of a charity cycle ride in aid of Friends of the Earth, from Lands End in Cornwall to John o Groats in Scotland

Start of pennyfarthing ride, Lands End
The start of an NSPCC Centenary pennyfarthing ride from Lands End in Cornwall to John o Groats in Scotland, with two intrepid cyclists and the local mayor

Bishop of London giving a speech
The Bishop of London giving a speech in aid of a waifs and strays charity (probably The Waifs and Strays Society, now The Childrens Society) at Church House, Westminster, Central London

Harry Lauder at hospital matinee
The Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder (Sir Henry Lauder, 1870-1950) at the Playhouse Theatre, where he appeared in a special matinee to raise funds for the Miller General Hospital in Greenwich

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