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Philanthropic Collection

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: A Fish Auction in Columbia Market

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Prince Francis of Teck, military studio portrait in uniform. Captioned, Cut Off in His Prime

Prince Francis of Teck, military studio portrait in uniform. Captioned, Cut Off in His Prime: The Late Prince Francis of Teck, whose death at an early age has aroused universal sympathy'

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: The Post Office, Port Sunlight

The Post Office, Port Sunlight - a peaceful Merseyside village founded by a the Victorian-era built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever)

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Swiss Chalet, Park Road, Port Sunlight

Swiss Chalet, Park Road, Port Sunlight - a peaceful Merseyside village founded by a the Victorian-era built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever)

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845 - 1905), in his office at Stepney Causeway, evangelical

Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845 - 1905), in his office at Stepney Causeway, evangelical, entrepreneurial and philanthropic

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall

Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here in the Training Housewives display, the young women demonstrate laundry work

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Royal Philanthropic Society at Redhill, Surrey was set up to help homeless boys that were begging

Royal Philanthropic Society at Redhill, Surrey was set up to help homeless boys that were begging or would have entered into crime, a skill that they could apply into adulthood. Date: 1872

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: New Dwellings for workmen in East London 1894

New Dwellings for workmen in East London 1894
New brick-work blocks of housing to provide accommodation for working people of the East-End of London. Date: 1894

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Bulford Camp - Miss Perks Soldiers Home, Wiltshire

Bulford Camp - Miss Perks Soldiers Home, Wiltshire, England. Off-duty facilities such as this were supplied by religious organisations

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Assaad Y Kayat

Assaad Y Kayat
Portrait of Assaad Y Kayat, a philanthropic Syrian who under the auspices of the Church of England Society for Promoting Christian Education in Syria

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: REDHILL FARM SCHOOL 1856

REDHILL FARM SCHOOL 1856
Boys setting off for the days work at the Philanthropic Farm School at Redhill, Surrey, England. Date: 1856

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Culture for working classes

Culture for working classes
A philanthropic employer who paid his workforces expenses to an art exhibition hears how they visited the tea-gardens instead. Date: 19th century

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Guayaquil, Ecuador - Headquarters of Philanthropic Society

Guayaquil, Ecuador - Headquarters of Philanthropic Society
Guayaquil, Ecuador - Headquarters of the Philanthropic Society. Date: 1909

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: The Collegium, Port Sunlight, Wirral

The Collegium, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England Date: 1900s

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Carnegie Infant Welfare Institute, Handsworth, Birmingham

Carnegie Infant Welfare Institute, Handsworth, Birmingham Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: William E Channing

William E Channing
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING Influential American clergyman, known as the Apostle of Unitarianism, wrote about social and philanthropic issues Date: 1780 - 1842

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Louisa Twining

Louisa Twining (1820 - 1912), English philanthropic worker who devoted herself to issues and tasks related to the English Poor Law. Her family owned Twinings tea business on the Strand

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: London St Georges in the Fields Philanthropic Society Refor

London St Georges in the Fields Philanthropic Society Reformatory and Chapel. Date: circa 1805

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: The Auditorium, Port Sunlight, Wirral

The Auditorium, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England Date: 1900s

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Cottage Homes on Bridge Street, Port Sunlight

Cottage Homes on Bridge Street, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, England Date: 1900s

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Meltham, West Yorkshire - Convalescent Home

Meltham, West Yorkshire - Convalescent Home. Built by local Industrialists and Philanthropists the Brook Family Date: 1903

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Toynbee Hall

Toynbee Hall
The Drawing-Room of this philanthropic-educational institution in the Commercial Road in Londons East End, , scene of many a fierce political discussion

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Masonic Procession

Masonic Procession
Procession of Freemasons Orphans at Freemasons Hall

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Phil Soc Chapel 1809

Phil Soc Chapel 1809
with a philanthropic congregation listening to a philanthropic sermon

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Alfred Beit

Alfred Beit
ALFRED BEIT German-born financier in South Africa, a friend of Rhodes : he bestowed much of his vast fortune in philanthropic gifts

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Fashion Visits Poor

Fashion Visits Poor
Two ladies bountiful, in fashionable garb call on a have-not bearing gifts which include cast-off clothing for the sick womans daughter

Background imagePhilanthropic Collection: Lloyd George Pensions

Lloyd George Pensions
Lloyd George, depicted as a highway robber, plans to force the country to adopt his Old Age Pension bill


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