Charity Collection (page 12)

An auction of fashion in aid of Belgian Relief Fund, WW1
Page from The Tatler reporting on a fashion show and auction of dresses at the Savoy Hotel in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund at the Savoy

Mrs Wynne decorated with French Croix de Guerre
Decorated with the French Croix de Guerre and the Belgian Order of Leopold for work at the front, and pictured on the cover of The Sketch magazine when she was going to Russia with the Anglo-Russian

Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton

Gaby Deslys, French Flag Day, WW1
French actress Gaby Deslys, pictured outside the Savoy Hotel on French Flag Day acknowledging a Scottish soldier in a kilt who raises his bonnet to her while a comrade buys a tricolour from her

Lloyd George & daughter on French Flag Day, WW1
David Lloyd George, Minister for Munitions and future Prime Minister, pictured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine being waylaid by his daughter

Collecting for the Princes Fund, WW1
A small little girl collects money for the Prince of Wales fund during the First World War. Date: 1914

Duchess of Marlborough at Relief Fund meeting
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough (nee Vanderbilt, later Balsan), presiding over a meeting of supporters of thee American Womens War Relief Fun at 41, Grosvenor Square in August 1914

British Red Cross Society appeal by Queen Alexandra, WW1
An appeal on behalf of the British Red Cross Society by Queen Alexandra who was patron along with King George V and Queen Mary

Matinee in aid of the Concerts of the Front fund, Lady Diana
A group at Lena Ashwells special matinee at the Lyric Theatre on 29 June 1917, in aid of the Concerts at the Front Fund. A number of society ladies took part

Duchess of Sutherland playing tennis in aid of war charity
The Duchess of Sutherland, formerly Lady Eileen Butler, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Lanesborough, taking part in a tennis tournament at Surbiton, organised in aid of war funds

Grosvenor House luncheon in aid of the Three Arts War Fund
The Souvenir Luncheon at Grosvenor House in aid of the Three Arts War Fund, which was followed by a garden fete. The Duke of Westminster lent his house for the occasion which was attended by Queen

Queen Alexandra with top fundraiser Jeannie Jackson, WW1
Queen Alexandra pictured with Miss Jeannie Jackson, the daughter of a Burnley miner who collected 1, 100 in coppers on the streets of Burnley in aid of war funds dressed in a miniature uniform

Our Father which art in heaven by W. Holyoake, 1873
A charity child at prayer, described as wearing in the costume of the Bloomsbury Charity(possibly a reference to the clothing worn at the Foundling Hospital.) Date: 1873

Indian Muslim Soldiers Widows & Orphans Fund, WW1
Advertisement for the Indian Muslim Soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund, raising money to provide aid and assistance to families of fallen Indian soldiers in the First World War. Date: 1916

Hon. Rajah Sir Mohamed Ali Mohamed, WW1
Hon. Rajah Sir Mohamed Ali Mohamed, in charge of distribution in India of the Muslim Soldiers Widows and Orphans Fund, also supported by Lord Headley and Mr Leopold de Rothschild. Date: 1916

Our Superior Inferiors - an upper class lady charity worker
Lady de Tomkyn (at Cabbage Charity Sale): " How on earth are we to clean these pototoes? I DARE not ask Simpson!" A well-meaning lady hoping to help out at a charity sale

Tatler cover - The Hon. Mrs Lyndhurst Bruce (Camille Cliffor
Front cover of The Tatler featuring the former Camille Clifford (1885-1971), the model for the Edwardian Gibson Girl drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, who married the Hon

George Robey by H. M. Bateman
Sir George Robey (1869 1954), English music hall comedian and singer, pictured byy cartoonist H. M. Bateman with money falling through the sky into his trademark bowler hat

Industrial Brigade Home, Manchester
Boys home thought to be located on Frances (now Francis) Street Manchester and run by a charity known as the Industrial Brigade. The home was also known as the Manchester Central Refuge

Russian Red Cross auction at Claridges, WWI
Actors, Sir George Alexander and Miss Marie Lohr, working hard at a doll auction, held at Claridges Hotel in 1915 in aid of the Russian Red Cross

Queen Marys Needlework Guild
In a London hotel, ladies working for Queen Marys Needlework Guild make clothes for front line soldiers Date: August 1914

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

Manchester YMCA, 1895
The Young Mens Christian Association(YMCA)in Manchester, England, in 1895. Date: 1895

Paris YMCA gym
The gymnasium of the Paris Young Mens Christian Association. Date: 1901

Sir George Williams
SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS(1821 - 1905), benefactor who founded the Young Mens Christian Association. Date: 1901

American Civil War commemoration postcard
Fraternity, Loyalty and Charity. The men who in the conflict led and for the union fought and bled tho passingon are never dead

View of the traffic in Piccadilly Circus in 1905, London. Date: C. 1905

Panorama of a fashionable wedding, 1855
Panorama of a fashionable wedding in 1855-relations, clergy and hangers on depicted. Date: 1855

Lady giving beggar money
A well-dressed lady giving a blind beggar with an artificial leg sitting against a wall with a poster of St. Dunstans, the charity set up to aid servicemen blinded in the war. Date: 1930s

St Marylebone Alms Houses
Saint Marylebone Alms Houses (built 1836) for the provision of charity Date: 1930s

Nagpur YMCA, India
The Young Mens Christian Association building in Nagpur, India, 1901. Date: 1901

Stockholm YMCA, Sweden, 1901
The facade of the Young Mens Christian Association building in Stockholm, Sweden, 1901. Date: 1901

New York YMCA, 1882
The Young Mens Christian Association building in New York, 1882. The building was erected in 1869 at a cost of half a million dollars

Sir Thomas B. Crosby (Mayor of London), Vanity Fair, WH
SIR THOMAS BOOR CROSBY (1830-1916) House surgeon at St Thomass Hospital and the first medical man to hold the position of Lord Mayor of London, as well as the oldest (at the time) being 81 years old

St Pauls Cathedral
A crowded service with charity children - an annual event. Date: 1841

Hostel for Girls 1920S
A trendy group of young women having tea around a table at a hostel in Paris, France. Date: late 1920s

Homeless Hostel 1930S
A hostel for the homeless at Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, England, showing men cleaning windows and scrubbing the doorstep under the supervision of a lady. Date: early 1930s

Hostel Lodgers 1930S
Smart but homeless : some of the young men who ended up at a hostel for down-and-outs, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

Baroness Leyonhillm
This benevolent looking old lady is Baroness Leyonhillm of Chinatown, patroness of the East London Seamens Mission. Date: early 1930s

Alexandra Rose Day
A girl sells an Alexandra rose for charity to a London traffic policeman on Alexandra Rose Day. Date: 1931

Vessel for the Homeless
This ordinary looking vessel is actually a floating hotel (or hostel) for tramps and the homeless. Date: 1930s

Tramps on the Embankment
Two old tramps sitting together at night on the Embankment, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Clothing - Air Raid Victims - Queen Elizabeth & Lady Reading
Inspecting a clothes distribution scheme for Air Raid victims (which have arrived in Britain from New Zealand) - a visit by Queen Elizabeth & Eva Violet Isaacs (neaMond), Marchioness of Reading

WW2 - Red Cross Canteen - Evansville, Indiana, USA Date: 1942

Turkey - Sanilurfa (Urfa) - A Street in the Old Citadel - card published by the German Mission to Armenia to raise funds for the Mission-run Armenian Orphanages. Date: circa 1901

Manaus, Brazil - The Beneficiente Hospital built by the Portuguese Benevolent Society. Date: circa 1910s

Blind Beggar on a London Street, with a sign explaining his situation around his neck and a small scrawny pet dog at his side

Unity between British Royalty and the French Goverment
Patriotic Postcard produced for the charitable benefit of Young soldiers and French charitable Institutions - depicts the King and Queen of England (King George VI (1895-1952)

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