Financial Collection (page 7)

Cartoon, The course of the Deutschmark, WW1
Cartoon, The course of the Deutschmark. The nymphs of the goldmine have deserted the waters (a parody of Ovid). Two classical female figures walk away as a group of German civilians look despondently

Banco del Peru y Londres, Lima, Peru, South America. Date: circa 1910

Cartoon, Dr Hellferich, WW1
Cartoon, Dr Hellferich [Helfferich], German finance minister. He says: Its strange! The higher the costs rise, the lower the Mark falls

Cartoon, Disraeli, Northcote and the Deficit
Cartoon, Benjamin Disraeli, Tory Prime Minister, and Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, worrying over the Deficit

Cartoon, Unfettered Journalism! Showing a man tied to a chair by Turkish Bonds. A comment on the serious issue of Turkish debt. 1880

The Rialto - Venice, Italy
The Rialto in Italy is and has been for many centuries the financial and commercial centre of Venice. Date: 1916

Achille Fould - 2
ACHILLE MARCUS FOULD French statesman, known for his financial reforms. Date: 1800 - 1867

John Fitch, Inventor
JOHN FITCH American inventor who built successful steamboats but failed to obtain financial backing so drowned himself at Philadelphia. Date: 1743 - 1798

Manuel Juarez Celman
MANUEL JUAREZ CELMAN Argentine statesman, president 1886 - 1890 when he had to resign because of financial chaos caused by collapse of Barings. Date: 1844 - 1907

Manuel Juarez Celman 2
MANUEL JUAREZ CELMAN Argentine statesman, president 1886 - 1890 when he had to resign because of financial chaos caused by collapse of Barings. Date: 1844 - 1907

Achille Fould
Achille-Marcus FOULD French statesman, known for financial reforms and for activities involving the Opera, the Louvre etc. Date: 1800 - 1867

John Frost (Medical)
JOHN FROST Medical pioneer whose arrogance and self-promotion offended all : shady financial dealings forced him to leave England for Germany Date: 1803 - 1840

Phoenix Fire Office, insurance company
The Phoenix Fire Office, London, an insurance company offering protection for the owners of property. Date: early 19th century

Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, London, with busy traffic. Date: circa 1900

Sir John Sinclair, Scottish politician and writer
Sir John Sinclair (1754-1835), 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (1780-1811), and Scottish writer on finance and agriculture

People outside Anglo-Austrian Bank, Vienna, Austria
A crowd of people outside the Anglo-Austrian Bank, Vienna, Austria, probably during the era of hyperinflation. On the left is the Austrian Animal Welfare Society. Date: circa 1920s

Bank building, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Banco de la Nacion Argentina (National Argentine Bank), San Nicolas district, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1905

Five sovereigns on a Christmas card
Five sovereigns on a card -- May Good Luck hit you jolly hard this Christmas, and may you never want... a fiver. circa 1890s

Jug full of money on a Good Luck Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sovereign on a Christmas card -- A Slight Token of Remembrance, from Pollie to Jack. Date: circa 1890s

Bag full of money on a German cutout Christmas card, with gold and copper coins bursting out. Date: circa 1890s

Purse full of money on a cutout Christmas card
Purse (open) full of money (notes and coins) on a cutout Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: 1889

Gift of money on a cutout Christmas card
Gift of money (notes and coins) on a cutout Christmas card. Date: 1891

Amsterdam Savings Bank, Amsterdam, New York State, USA
Interior of the Amsterdam Savings Bank, Division Street, Amsterdam, New York State, USA. circa 1915

Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - Dormitory
Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - girls asleep in a dormitory. The beds carry brass plaques commemorating those giving financial support to the establishment. Date: circa 1908

Cartoon, Explanation, WW1
Cartoon, Explanation. Three old age pensioners outside a restaurant discuss earnings and taxation. The plump man says he pays no taxes because he spends all his money on food. Date: 1916

Cartoon, In trouble, WW1
Cartoon, In trouble, showing a draper with a pile of cloth. He claims to be as patriotic as the next person, but is wondering whether he should dye his stock in grey-green (the German uniform colour)

Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1
Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916

Callahan Bank Building, Dayton, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1905

Signing of Anglo-US loan agreement
The signing of the Anglo-U.S. loan agreement in Washington D.C. on 6 December 1945 following twelve weeks of negotiation. From left to right: Lord (John Maynard) Keynes

Cartoon, Bank Notes, Paper Money, French Alarmists, o the Devil, the Devil! ah! poor John Bull!!! by James Gillray. Showing the Prime Minister, William Pitt

Cartoon, A new way to pay the National Debt, by James Gillray. Showing King George III and Queen Charlotte receiving bags of money from the Treasury

Cartoon, A March to the Bank, by James Gillray. Showing William Pitt leading a line of soldiers along The Strand, Fleet Street and Cheapside to the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street

WW1 poster, National Savings Campaign, How you can help. Date: 1914-1918

WW1 poster, War Loan, Invest Today
WW1 poster, War Loan, five shillings, Invest Today, apply at nearest Post Office. Date: circa 1916

WW1 poster, The New War Loan
WW1 poster, If you buy the New War Loan your country gets funds to carry on and Win the War. Date: circa 1916

WW1 poster, War Loan, subscriptions here, five shillings upwards, with a 4.5 per cent interest rate. Date: 1914-1918

Victory Loan advertisement 1919
Advertisement for Victory Loans, urging the public to invest in government bonds and help Britain on the way to recovery after the end of the First World War. 1919

WW1 - Tank used in Trafagar Square to sell War Bonds
WW1 - Mk.1 Tank used in Trafagar Square to sell National War Bonds. The sign visible at rear details which British city had sold the most war bonds. Date: 1917

WWI Poster, Buy More Liberty Bonds
Design by Walter Whitehead, Come On! buy more Liberty Bonds, American WW1 poster. Date: 1918

WWI Poster, Liberty Bonds
Design by F Strothmann, Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, American poster. Date: 1918

WWI Poster, French War Loan, 3rd issue
Poster design by Hansi, Subscribe to the third issue of the French War Loan, with an image of Strasbourg. Date: circa 1916

Boy scouts fundraising, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War

Silhouette heading, Financial Frills and Thrills, by H.L. Oakley, for The Bystander magazine. Showing two men in top hats, sitting in their respective armchairs, reading their newspapers. Date: 1920

WWI Poster, French War Loan
Design by Sem, French War Loan poster, October 1918. Showing soldiers on the battlefield. Date: 1918

Poster, Buy National Savings Certificates
For your children, Buy National Savings Certificates. Date: 1920

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, suspended
R.M.S. Queen Mary at the John Brown shipyard, December 1931. Work on the ship, then known as Cunard No. 534, had been suspended on 13th December 1931 as Cunard had run out of funds

Queen Mary Ocean Liner crisis stops work
Tragedy comes to Clydeside. On 10th December 1931, almost exactly a year after signing of the contract for the construction of Hull Number 534, know as Queen Mary Ocean Liner

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