Financial Collection (page 3)

Selangor Chinese chamber of commerce, Malaysia. This chamber, founded in 1902, is one of the very few institutions of the kind in the world, being composed entirely of Chinese people

WW1 poster, Debout dans la tranchee (Standing in the trench) - A French soldier in the dawn light, dreaming of victory and his own fireside - he can be sure of victory, and return home

WW1 poster, Le Secours de Guerre (relief agency for war victims), showing a gendarme, soldiers and civilians near the Ancien Seminaire St Sulpice, the premises of the agency in Paris. Date: 1916

Comic postcard, six children altogether - Public Assistance Committee Date: 20th century

The Railway King! Down Upon Him! Satirical cartoon mocking the downfall of railway financier George Hudson. He is held upside-down by a bird - perhaps a crow or raven - dressed as a judge

The Royal Exchange, Cornhill, City of London
circa 1910s

Mr John Crosbie Aitken Henderson - vendor to Germany of a Welsh Coal Field

Cartoon, A Tight Fit (Northcote and John Bull)
Cartoon, A Tight Fit -- Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stafford Northcote, depicted as a tailor, measures John Bull with a tape measure labelled Budget 1876

Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver -- a satirical comment on taxation putting the strain on John Bull (representing the middle-class British man)

Cartoon, Prosperous John! (high prices)
Cartoon, Prosperous John! John Bull, during an inflationary period, is overcome by high prices and high taxes, and not enjoying it one bit. 1872

Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City (financiers)
Cartoon, The Ancient Mariner in the City -- a satirical comment on the difficulties financiers in the City of London were facing at the time, in a parody of Coleridges long narrative poem: Money

Cartoon, Taking Stock (Gladstone and John Bull)
Cartoon, Taking Stock -- a comment on Gladstones careful work as Chancellor of the Exchequer, resulting in a healthy economy

Cartoon, The Election Budget (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Election Budget -- I think, Mr Bull, we may now reckon on your support! William Gladstone was able to increase the popularity of the Liberal party by achieving a financial surplus

Cartoon, A Derby Spill (Disraeli versus Liberal Party)
Cartoon, A Derby Spill -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis attack on the Palmerston government during a debate on the Budget

Cartoon, A Derby Obstruction (Disraeli versus Liberal Party)
Cartoon, A Derby Obstruction -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis attack on the Palmerston government during a debate on the Budget

Cartoon, The Boy For Our Money -- a satirical comment on the relative financial abilities of William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli

Joke money, Five Halfpence, Fort Montague Bank
Joke money banknote for five halfpence, Fort Montague Bank. 1827

Ceremony of Presenting the Sheriffs of London, Samuel Birch and William Heygate in the Court of the Exchequer. 1811

Cartoon, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892) - Hes not to have ten thousand a year, tiddy-fol-lol! 1885

Advert, The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh
Advert for The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Northwestern Bank Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Date: 1935

The Stock Exchange, London. Date: circa 1990s

Adverts, Bank of Scotland, Cox Brothers, Dundee
Adverts for The Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Cox Brothers Limited, Jute, Flax and Hemp Works, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

Examples of inks for printing bank cheques. 1899

Advertisement, National Bank of Egypt, with offices in Egypt and the Sudan. Date: 1936

Parrs Bank Limited, Birmingham, West Midlands
Parrs Bank Limited, 34 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1904

Interior of the London Stock Exchange Date: circa early 1980s

Poster, Lend Strength to Britain, Buy National Savings

Poster, The Merchant of Venice, Shylock
Theatre poster for Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, featuring Shylock with his money

National Bank of Commerce, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
National Bank of Commerce building in the moonlight, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Skyscrapers in business district, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Exchange Building, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Central Bank and Trust Co Building, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Bank of Commerce and Trust Co Building, Memphis, USA
Bank of Commerce and Trust Co Building, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Option warrant, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Option warrant to purchase common stock of The Commonwealth & Southern Corporation, Delaware, USA -- 10 shares, dated 31 August 1929. Date: 1929

Share certificate, Lackawanna Securities Company -- 100 shares, dated 14 September 1927, made out to Andrew H Bates. Date: 1927

Share certificate, San Antonio Land and Irrigation Company Limited -- 10 shares, dated 19 September 1911, made out to J H Dunn. Date: 1911

Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance, London
Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance (insurance company), London, depicting a Royal Exchange fireman of 1832. Date: 20th century

Two butter tokens in a Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (2 of 2) Date: 1975

Booklet cover, Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (1 of 2) Date: 1975

Britain leaves Gold Standard, Throgmorton Street, London
Britain leaves the Gold Standard, 22 September 1931 - Throgmorton Street, London, in turmoil. 1931

Gold Rush, 1932
Gold Rush - in 1932 Britain left the Gold Standard and the price of scrap gold soared. 1932

Ruined at Playing Cards. early 19th century

The Ruined Family by E V Rippingille

Poster, Victory Liberty Loan, WW1
Poster, Victory Liberty Loan, And They Thought We Couldn t Fight, First World War. circa 1917-1918

French postwar poster, finance for reconstruction
French postwar poster, design by Rene Lelong, Credit National, finance for reconstruction after the First World War. circa 1920

French poster, War Bonds, WW1
French poster, design by Irma Karoly Simay, advertising War Bonds, First World War. 1918

View of Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA
View of Clark Street, between Lake and Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, USA, one of 16 historical paintings by Lawrence C Earle in the Banking Room of the Central Trust Company of Illinois

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