Charity Collection (page 2)

Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, Berkshire
The Wallingford Unions cottage homes on Wantage Road, Wallingford, Berkshire. Cottage homes were established by some poor law authorities to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Union Workhouse, Easthampstead, Berkshire
A distant view of the Easthampstead Union workhouse, Berkshire, opened in about 1836, in buildings adapted from former almshouses

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

Band Advertisement, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Advertisement offering the services of the Band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys learning carpentry and plumbing on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868

Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland
The Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall and other local businessmen set up a charity to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs

General Store at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
The general store at the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Jars of sweets feature prominently on its shelves

Children at Play, Hull Sailors Orphanage
Children playing at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes. The boys are in naval uniform. A gardener mows the grass

Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Between Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing distressed needlewomen below decks on an emigrant ship, with their belongings, making themselves confortable before the voyage begins

Masonic Charity
The duc de Chartres, Grand Master, holds a Masonic banquet for charity inside a Benedictine monastery Date: 1776

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

Death and Disease
Death and his Companions, Diseases, Knocks on the Workhouse Door

Womans Relief Corps
A beautiful gilded and embossed postacrd promoting the viryue and history of the Womans Relief Corps - a charitable society to provide local relief work among the needy and to aid military veterans

Poster advertising a collection for nurses
German poster advertising a collection for nurses, to thank them for their work during the First World War

School at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
Children pouring out of the school at the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The Homes, laid out as a village of cottage homes, were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier

GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD
A gentleman of the road, a polite name for an old tramp

Belisarius Begging
BELISARIUS Byzantine general under Emperor Justinian I, in disgrace, forced to beg in the street

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Notice, Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, Victoria House, Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW. Free supplies of water for man and beast in the streets of London. 1887

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer. She was the first person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel

John A Grooms Crippleage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
The Chippleage Wheelers at John A. Grooms Crippleage and Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Margaret Whigham & Mrs Colclough, Best of Everything Ball
Miss Margaret Whigham and Mrs Colclough displaying British gloves, stockings and scarves at the Best of Everything Dinner

Margaret Whigham at the British Porcelain Ball
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

Margaret Whigham, Jeanne Stourton at Vacanis matinee
A group dressed as lawn tennis girls of the 1880s for the charity matinee performance at the Pavilion Theatre of pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school

Training Ship Arethusa
Boys in naval uniform exercise on the training ship Arethusa, moored on the Thames at Greenhithe and run by the National Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children

First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses
The First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses outside the Hotel Cecil on 26 June 1912. The charity was launched on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Princess Alexandra from her

BAREFOOT GIRL / BREAD 1905
A generous girl gives a poor street girl some bread outside a bakers shop Date: 1905

The Princess Mary Caravan. The Girls Friendly Society supported young women by help in finding work, providing hostels etc

Duchess of York - National Playing Fields Association
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1900-2002) at a flag day in aid of the National Playing Fields Association - London, Spring 1934

Postcard - Benefit of Le Paquet de L'Orphelin - WW1
Postcard sold for the benefit of Le Paquet de L'Orphelin ('The Orphan's Package') - charitable Christmas gifts/presents for the war orphans of France. Date: circa 1918

The Chelsea Matinee, at the Chelsea Palace Theatre, London, 20 March 1917 Date: 1917

Ellen Terry's Bouquet at the Lyric Theatre, London, 29 July 1917 - WW1 charity programme cover Date: 1917

WW2 Christmas Card, F. A. N. Y
A WW2 Christmas greetings card illustration which portrays a saluting woman working for The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, a British independent all female charity which was heavily active in nursing

Old Almshouses, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

St Cross Hospital and Church, Winchester, Hampshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal healing a sick woman, circa 1799
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336). Queen of Portugal. Saint Elizabeth of Portugal healing a sick woman, circa 1799. By Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid

Tsarevich of Russia sells daisies to aid TB patients
In Livadia, Crimea, young Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904-1918) sells daisies for the benefit of tuberculosis patients. Date: circa 1912

Royal Navy, HMS Hood, War Comforts Fund
ROYAL NAVY: HMS Hood rare War Comforts Fund charity booklet

Hull, St Vincent's Home
Children and staff in front of St Vincent's children's home, Hull, run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul

Porta Della Carta, Venice
An etching which shows the magnificence of the Porta Della Carta, an illustrious carved marble gateway which sits between the Basilica of San Marco and the Doge's Palace

RMS Titanic - music cover, hymn performed on board the ship
RMS Titanic - music cover, in French, hymn performed on board the ship, night of 14-15 April 1912

The Proposed Gordon Camp, Gravesend
General Charles Joseph Gordon and his kings at Gravesend, England, at the proposed Gordon Camp. Gordon, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum

Sybil Thorndike and Students
The actress Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976) with a group of students from Guy's Hospital in London. She had recently given a benefit performance for the hospital. Date: 1925

Receipt, Ragged School Union, London
Receipt for donation to the Ragged School Union, London, 22 May 1894 Date: 1894

Red cross parcels for prisoners of war in Germany, WW2
British Airways woman carrying Red Cross parcels en route to Lisbon, destined for prisoners of war in Germany, WW2 Date: 1940s

Whitgift Hospital Almshouses, Croydon, Surrey Date: 1928

Malta. Siege of the Turks in July 1565
Palace of the Grand Master, 16th-18th centuries. Residence of the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John. Fresco that the decorates the walls of the Supreme Council Room by Matteo Perez de Aleccio

Waifs and Strays appeal
Appeal for gifts on behalf of homeless wartime children. Date: 1940

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