Canteens Collection (page 2)

Filling water canteens, 1872
Soldiers of the Army Service Corps filling canteens from the water cart on Bottle Bush Down, during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England. Date: 1872

YMCA Fund to commemorate Womens War Work
Postcard detailing the YMCA Fund to commemorate Womens War Work in Munitions factories during World War One and to raise money for rest rooms and factory canteens Date: circa 1917

How they helped in Hyde Park and Whitehall during the strike
Typical volunteer workers in Hyde Park and Horse Guards, helping in the canteens and hanging out the washing

Hoover advert
The Hand that held the Hoover helps the Bombed! Advert celebrating the good work of the Womens Voluntary Service, showing the mobile canteens used to provide sustainance to the wartime workers

The General Strike - peeling potatoes in Hyde Park
A Snap-Shot of Striketime Society: Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper and Lady Carmichael-Anstruther peeling potatoes in Hyde Park. Front cover of The Sketch emergency issue produced during the General Strike

The General Strike
Cartoon sketch of a society lady helping out during the General Strike, accompanied by her pet poodle. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

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