Benefit Collection (page 2)

Australia - Bourke Street (Central) looking West, Melbourne - The Melba Theatre Date: 1910s

Adjustable Invalid Bed
A bed that can be adjusted to any angle for the benefit of invalids Date: 1930s

Gay Beggars Benefit
Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Lucy and Polly in Macheaths prison cell: a Covent Garden performance for the benefit of Mr Walker

Cartoon, In trouble, WW1
Cartoon, In trouble, showing a draper with a pile of cloth. He claims to be as patriotic as the next person, but is wondering whether he should dye his stock in grey-green (the German uniform colour)

Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1
Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916

The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Electric Cookers
The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement promoting the benefits of an Electric Cooker. Date: 1920s

Messerschmitt Bf 110C -used extensively in North Africa, where its greater range was a benefit

Folland Gnats RAF Red Arrows formation Edinburgh 1971
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows Folland Gnats in Leaders Benefit formation at Edinburgh in 1971 Date: 1971

Procession - Parade, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Procession/Parade, Ely, near Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England. Showing Parade of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society Date: 1910s

WWI Poster, Soldiers Separation Allowances
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Soldiers Separation Allowances, details of increased rates. Date: 1915

Duralium from either the Zeppelin L32 or L33
A piece of the Duralium from either the Zeppelin L32 or L33 brought down by air defences at Billericay on September 23rd-24th 1916

Poster, Britain Today, showing the benefits and freedoms available

Lady Hope, Philanthropy
LADY HOPE Philanthropist who believed, not unreasonably, that coffee rooms would benefit the indigent poor especially those addicted to gin. Date: CIRCA 1880

WW2 - Propaganda - parachuting safely back to his girl
WW2 - Propaganda - the benefits of being a member of the Italian Airforce! Relief on the girls face as her man parachutes safely from his stricken plane to join her back on the ground

To mary for love or for money?
A pretty young girl is undecided whether to marry for love or for money... (see 10803887) Date: 1895

Maternity Grant Poster
Maternity grant poster, 1973 Date: 1973

Party & barter - benefit Nassau art teachers scholarship fund Coca Cola Plant, Rockville Centre. Poster announcing party for the benefit of the Nassau Art Teachers Scholarship Fund

Southside Parent Teachers Assn. presents Southside Varsity Band concert, high school auditorium, Rockville Centre Benefit students loan fund

Miss Greenfields concert at Stafford House
Grand concert given for the benefit of Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the negro vocalist known as " the black swan"

Concert at Lyon, 1866
A band performs on stage at a benefit concert at Lyon. Date: 1866

Keep Fit / Side Stretch
A side stretch, performed in the open air for added health benefit. Date: 1930s

Rosie Dolly - Marion Davies benefit soiree
Left to right Rene Torres, Irving Netcher, Mrs Skeets Gallagher, Eddie Sutherland, unknown male and Rosie Dolly at Marion Davies benefit soiree, New York, June 1934 1934

BRT Band
Locker Room. Railroad Mens Building. - Members of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association Band in the locker room of the mens building

BRTEBA office
Secretarys Office B.R.T.E.B.A. Interior of the secretarys office of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association; two men are sated at desks, calendar for February 19

Election Results at the Carlton Club, London, 1892
Engraving showing the hall of the Carlton Club, with a large group of members watching the notice boards for news of the General Election of 1892

Riders in Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing a pair of cowboys on horseback, riding through a burnt forest, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. In March 1872 President Grant made Yellowstone a National Park

Golden Gate Road and Imperial Rock, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing the mountainous landscape of Golden Gate Road and Imperial Rock, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. In March 1872 President Grant made Yellowstone a National Park

Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiner River, Yellowstone, 1874
Engraving of the spectacular landscape of volcanic rocks and springs at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, with some tiny tourists in the foreground to emphasize the scale, 1874

Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiners River, Yellowstone, 1874
Engraving, made from a photograph taken by Mr Serjeant Sleigh, of the Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiners River, Yellowstone, 1874

Collecting the first pension cheque at the post office
Collecting the first weekly pension instalment at the post office. The Old Age Pension Act was introduced by David Lloyd George in 1908 with the first pensions available on the 1st of January 1909

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing a group of characters standing in the hall of the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. The visage of the visitors hints a number of different nationalities

Fire-Hole Basin, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing the log cabins of Henderson and Klamers Hotel, Fire-Hole Basin, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. In March 1872 President Grant made Yellowstone a National Park

Hells Half Acre, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing Hells Half Acre viewed from the North, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. A large amount of steam can be seen issuing from the hot springs that characterise this part of Yellowstone Park

Upper Fire-Hole, Yellowstone National Park, 1874
Engraving showing the Upper Fire-Hole, viewed from the direction of the Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1874

Gibbon Canyon, Yellowstone Park, 1888
Engraving showing a wagon fording the river in Gibbon Canyon, Yellowstone Park, USA, 1888. In March 1872 President Grant made Yellowstone a National Park

A City on Saturn
The spider-like inhabitants of Saturn build their cities in volcanic craters, not only for protection but to benefit from the warm temperatures

Opening of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway
The South Devon and Tavistock Railway was inaugurated on the 21st June 1859. The event was celebrated with great festivity as the opening of the line would benefit greatly the trade between Plymouth

Dancing Women
A highly improbable dance performed for the benefit of a European visitor : the anonymous Italian artist has given free rein to his imagination

Red Guards Petrograd
The Red Guard spend much of the time driving round the streets of Petrograd waving their guns for the benefit of photographers

Peter at Amsterdam
Peter travels Europe in quest of knowledge : at Amsterdam a naval battle is staged for his benefit. On his return he will strengthen Russias maritime resources

Winter Palace Stormed
The storming of the Winter Palace by the insurgents. This photo is a reconstruction, staged for the benefit of the camera !

Society Enrollment Doc
A large certificate for the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Widows and Orphans Fund, showing a widow and family saved from Want

China Land Reform 1951
Another land reform benefit - a new ox on the communal farm. Date: 1951

Dole Queue 1911
Unemployed workers queue for the dole - the statutory unemployment benefit

Hospitals / USA / Bellevue
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, NEW YORK A critical case: a bedside consultation for the benefit of students and nurses

Crystal Palace Fireworks
Brooks Benefit : there is a day-time display (!) at 2pm and a night display which, the organisers promise us, will be indescribably grand

Benefit Soc. Certificate
Allegorical depictions of suffering, succour, prudence, sickness & acts of God. Also carpenters, masons, weavers, printers, blacksmiths, farm worker, bricklayers & engineer

Letting with Leeches
A seated gentleman and a riders steed take benefit of blood letting, courtesy of some water-bound leeches

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