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Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, LondonThe Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum was founded in 1841 by Congregational minister Andrew Reed to provide a home for orphans below the age of seven. Date: Date unknown
FOUNDLINGS IN A TANKYoung children in a tank, an outdoor pool, at a London Foundling Hospital. Date: early 1930s
Farnborough National Childrens Home (NCH) BandFarnborough National Childrens Home (NCH). Members of the homes band pose with their instruments
Home for Motherless Children, Alexandra House, Uxbridge Road, Ealing
China - Gansu - Foster children / orphans - Catholic MissionChina - Gansu Province - Foster children and orphans cared for at a Catholic Mission Date: circa 1908
Slum lifeSlum Life, boys around fountain, 1892 Date: 1892
Girard College for orphans, at Philadelphia, Pa
The child at your door 400, 000 orphans starving, no state aid available - Campaign for $30, 000, 000. Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. Date 1917
Charity bazar i. e. bazaar for the widows and orphans of GerCharity bazar i.e. bazaar for the widows and orphans of German, Austrian, Hungarian and their allied soldiers. Poster showing pennants and flags above an entrance. Date 1916
Group of Young Senegalese children - Dakar - possibly orphans? Date: circa 1910s
Adoption Society BathA National Adoption Society little girls helps a nurse to give her younger brother a bath. Date: 1930s
Orphans - Young girl and two little tiny puppiesPossibly the ultimate sentimental postcard of all time.... This delightful photograph is entitled Orphans an one might be correct to assume that both the two puppies
The Babes in the Wood by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904
Childrens Home and Orphanage, Birmingham BranchChildren and staff outside the Birmingham home for children and orphans run by the National Childrens Homes (NCH). Date: circa 1905
Mission Evangelique Bretonne, Tremel, FranceTremel, France (Cotes-du-Nord) - Mission Evangelique Bretonne - The Hospice. The number of children present suggests to me that this is in fact an orphanage. Date: circa 1910s
Dr Barnardos Musical BoysThe National Waifs Association (Dr Barnardos Homes) - Some of Dr. Barnardos Musical Boys. Date: circa 1907
Orphan AsylumDining R. Orphan Asylum, 73rd St. Riverside. Orphans seated eating in the dining room at the Orphan Asylum Society of New York City at 73rd Street and Riverside Drive
Five children in a South Wales mining districtFive children, four boys and a girl, photographed in a South Wales mining district. They possibly belong to a Dr Barnardos orphanage
Ironing Room at Barnardos Girls Home, BarkingsideIroning room at Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up, a Village Home for Orphan, Neglected and Destitute Girls at Barkingside
Stick Practice, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys in protective masks, taking part in stick practice on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
PE and Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in an exercise drill, with the band behind them, on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Company & Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsShips company and band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall
Cutlass Exercise, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a cutlass exercise on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Tailoring Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a tailoring class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868
Practical Seamanship, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a practical seamanship class using a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Navigation Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a navigation and compass class with a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Fire on Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsThe fire which destroyed the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall
Sleeping Cots, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys in sleeping cots on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall
Before and After, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBefore (on joining) and after (ready for sea) photos of a boy recruit on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Sailmaking, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a sailmaking class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
James Hall, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsJames Hall, who In 1868, with other local businessmen, set up a charity to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs and train young men for naval service
Captain Baynham, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsCaptain Henry Baynham of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall
Cookery class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a cookery class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868
Seamanship Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a seamanship class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Gymnastics Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a gymnastics class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Mess Room, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsScene in the boys mess room on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall
Shoemaking Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a shoemaking or repairing class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Saint-Charles - Algeria - OrphansA French Mission to Africa (Saint Charles) - nuns running a home for orphans in Algeria
Drapery Store at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of WeirThe drapery store 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
Band of the National Waifs Association (Dr Barnardo s)A boys band of the National Waifs Association, otherwise known as Dr Barnardo s. The instruments include hand bells, bagpipes, mandolins, and a guitar
Wash House at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of WeirThe wash house 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
Laundry at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of WeirThe laundry at the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. Items came to the laundry for finishing after first being washed in the wash house
Dr Barnardos Homes Hospital, Stepney Causeway, LondonPatients and nurses in the hospital at the Dr Barnardos home for boys opened in 1870 at 18-26 Stepney Causeway, East London
Foundling Hospital, Redhill, SurreyThe Foundling Hospital at Redhill, Surrey. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London
Children from the Alexandra Orphanage, North LondonChildren from the Alexandra Orphanage on Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, North London. They are taking a walk with two prams being pushed by their carers
Girls at Alexandra Orphanage, Haverstock Hill, North LondonA group of older girls demonstrate their skipping skills at the Alexandra Orphanage on Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, North London
Children at Alexandra Orphanage, Haverstock Hill, LondonNursery children playing ring-a-roses at the Alexandra Orphanage on Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, North London
Mullers No. 1 Orphanage, Ashley Down, BristolThe No. 1 orphanage established by George Muller at Ashley Down, Bristol