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Representation of Charity - Money for a poor crippled boyA moral postcard depicting Charity as two smartly-dressed young girls offer some coins to a poor, crippled young boy with crutches, sat at the side of the street. Date: 1909
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - FacadeThe facade of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Utility RoomGirls at laundry work in the utility room of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Older GirlsOlder girls at the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909
Ecole de Bienfaisance, Beernem - Aerial ViewAn aerial view of the Ecole de Bienfaisance (School of Charity) at Beernem, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: early 1900s
BBC Children in Need, Lands End, CornwallBBC Children in Need, Lands End Hotel, Lands End, Cornwall. The bearded man seated at the centre is Peter John de Savary (b.1944), English entrepreneur
Dog owners given free licencesOver 200 free licences were given to dog owners too poor to pay the 7s. 6d. tax. The licences were presented at the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch
Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon. Under the immediate patronage of the Queen, for the support of 100 female orphans of sailors, soldiers
Charity letters, Buckingham Palace, London, WW1Charity letters from Princess Mary and the Duke of Devonshire, Sailors and Soldiers Christmas Fund, October and November 1914. 1914
A Sewing Class, Guild of the Good SamaritanA Sewing Class, The Guild of the Good Samaritan, Clothe the Poor, making up material sent by our readers. 1899
His Mother Hardly Knew Him, The Guild of the Good Samaritan, Clothe the Poor. 1899
Before and After, The Guild of the Good Samaritan, Clothe the Poor. 1899
A Rig-Out for Jack, The Guild of the Good Samaritan, Clothe the Poor. 1899
A New Hat for Cabby, The Guild of the Good Samaritan, Clothe the Poor. 1899
Women making flowers 1912Women from the John Grooms Crippleage and Blind Mission making artificial wild roses to be sold at Alexandra Day. In 1912
Cartoon, Victimised Citizen - Here comes that cadger, Old Father Christmas, again! John Bull digs in his pocket for some change. 1884
Training Ship ArethusaBoys 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
Tallulah Bankhead, Elsa Lanchester & Gwen FarrarStars of a charity matinee in aid of the Central Council for the Care of Crippled Children organised by Gwen Farrar (second from left) and attended by H.R.H. the Duchess of York
Gwen Farrar drawing a caricature of herselfGwen Farrar, the famous variety artist, making a caricature of herself. The Sketch explains she had been working on a series of sketches of celebrities which were to be sold for charity. 1927
View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, LondonView inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, founded by Thomas Coram and opened in the 1740s. Date: 1845
View of St Katharines Hospital, Regents Park, LondonView of the Royal Hospital of St Katharine, Regents Park, London. It was founded in the 12th century by Queen Matilda, wife of King Stephen
Mother and child giving charity. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820
Rich mans kichen staff at workA rich mans kichen staff at work, depicting the hospitality and charity of old times, when food was given away to poor people. 16th century
SPG Missionary Exhibition, Brighton Dome, SussexSPG (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) Missionary Exhibition, Brighton Dome, Sussex -- two women at the Melanesia table, with a native hut, artefacts, books and portraits of clergymen
Football trophies, medals and caps - Sheriff of London Charity Shield, Winners Medals and Losers Medal, Medal presented to each member of the team that heads the Southern League
Four costumes for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham
Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold with Dame BewleyPrincess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and her husband Prince Leopold of Belgium finding Dame Bewley at her cottage door reading her old Bible. circa 1816
Nieces of Duchess of York selling RNLI flagsJean and Elizabeth Elphinstone, nieces of the Duchess of York, selling Royal National Lifeboat Institute flags. 1935
Poster design for French orphanage, WW1Poster design by Frank Brangwyn for a French Army orphanage, First World War. 1916
People You See: The Flag Seller. From Teddy Bear (5 June 1965; reprinted 1 August 1970). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1965
Baby Bertie, The Barnardo Sunshine Baby -- see how hes grown! Postcard issued by Dr Barnardos Homes charity, looking after orphaned children. Date: circa 1910s
Railway Orphanage Charity Collecting Dogs, December 1907. 1907
Novel idea for charity ball 1914Pre World War One charity midnight ball, in aid of The National Institute for the Blind, taking place at the Savoy on 25 June, everyone who attended bought a ticket for a lucky-dip
Paris beggar 1850French woman beggar with child, holding out her hand for money. Date: 1850
Picking up sixpences at Smithfield 1902Centuries-old tradition, when 21 sixpences were placed upon a flat gravestone in the churchyard at St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, London, on Good Friday morning
DEATH RELIEVES THE POORDEATH - THE TRUE RELIEVING OFFICER Dedicated without permission to the Poor Law Board Date: 1868
WW1 - A group of young girls collecting for wounded soldiersWW1 - A group of young girls dressed as nurses collecting for wounded soldiers in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France circa 1915
Young boy flees from the Duchess of YorkApril, 1928 - The Duchess of York in Chichester, Sussex at a charitable Garden Party - she was presented with purses, but this young lad, overcome by the occasion
Duke of York - Stable Lads Boxing TournamentAlbert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI), pictured with two contestants in the Stable Lads Boxing Tournament, which took place at the National Sporting Club in aid of St
Albert, Duke of York - kicking off a Charity Football MatchPrince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - kicking off a Charity Football Match in aid of the Dockland Settlement and Malburn Boys Club, Canning Town
History of Medicine. Modern Age. Carity Hospital. Engraving. 17th century
New Asylum for Fatherless Children, Reedham 1858Exterior of the new Asylum for Fatherless Children, at Couisdon, near Croydon. Date: 1858
National Waifs Association 1900National Waifs Association for destitute boys in Stepney Causeway, London. Photograph showing Dr. Barnardos giving boys a chance to learn a trade in blacksmithing. Date: 1900
Soup kitchen, Limehouse 1860Food distribution at the Strangers Home, West India Dock Road, Limehouse, London. Date: 1860
Bethnal-Green Employment Relief Association 1868 Bethnal-Green EmploymentLabour-yard of the Bethnal-Green Employment and Relief Association, in East London. The stagnation of trade which followed on the commercial crisis of 1866
ST JOHN OF GODSAINT JOHN OF GOD bestowing charity on the poor. Below, view of Lisbon. Date: 1495 - 1550
WAIFS HEADING TO MISSIONTwo street Arabs from the streets of London make for the Edinburgh Castle mission in Limehouse where they will be fed. Date: 1895
DESTITUTE CHILDREN FEDDestitute children are found and fed at the Edinburgh Castle, a mission in Limehouse, in the East End of London. Date: 1895