Raise Collection (page 2)

Christmas greeting, Compliments of the Season, with a smiling couple raising their glasses. circa late 19th century

Quex Ambulance Q. 2 used as a selling booth
Quex Ambulance Q.2 being used as a selling booth during War Weapons Week in Birchington. Major Powell-Cotton (in Homberg hat) is speaking to one of the women at the table

Spectators at Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients watching the Three-legged Race for hospital staff at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Selling War Certificates, Birchington
Hannah Powell-Cotton, in her uniform as Commandant of Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, sitting at a table selling War Certificates during War Weapons Week

Cock Fighting at Birchington Sports Day
Two VAD Hospital patients taking part in an event called Cock Fighting at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

Sack Bumping Race, Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients taking part in the Sack Bumping Race at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients at the Sports Day held at Woodford House School field in Birchington during War Weapons Week. The Quex Park VAD Hospital

Henkell Trocken Drinking
A row of seated diners raise their glasses of Henkell sparkling wine - its splendid stuff you know! Date: 1909

Punch Congratulates Iln
Mr Punch congratulates Madame Illustrated London News on attaining her jubilee, and being younger than ever ! Date: 21 May 1892

Bal Gavarni 1904
Le Bal Gavarni : to raise money for a monument to the artist Gavarni, a ball is held in Montmartre where guests come dressed as characters from his illustrations Date: 1904

Alma / Zouaves
BATTLE OF ALMA The French zouaves raise their flag on the heights of Alma, a crushing victory which the Allies failed to follow up Date: 20 September 1854

Children / Flag / Boat C1890
Children raise the union jack on the remains of a boat. Date: circa 1890

New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London - Unique Moving Wall
New wing of the Baltic Exchange, London with its unique Moving Wall opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1956

Titanias Palace Dolls House
Titanias Palace, a model mansion constructed over twenty years by architect Sir Neville Wilkinson. In the late 1920s, it was exhibited to raise money for the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1930

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

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

Paris, France - Place de la Concorde. Date: 1848

Birmingham firefighters in historical costumes
Birmingham firefighters in 17th, 18th and 19th century firemens costumes, in a display to raise money for a proposed superannuation fund. Date: 1892

Bystander- Lady Diana Manner
A photograph of Lady Diana Manners (1892-1986), later known as Lady Diana Cooper, a prominent social figure who helped raise funds for the Red Cross and other war charities during WW1

Copy of German original medallion - sinking of the Lusitania
This is a British strike of the German original medallion made to celebrate the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine on the 7th May 1915

Cub scouts with helicopter, Victoria, Australia
Cub scouts of the 1st Waverley Group with a helicopter in Victoria, Australia. They were raising money for charity, charging passengers for short flights

Polar bears celebrate Peary reaching the North Pole
Dancing Polar Bears raise glasses of champagne and toast Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (18561920), the American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6th 1909

Siege weapon - Door raising device
Two detailed drawings of a military siege weapon designed to raise an ememies door of its hinges. Date: 1588

Wings for Victory Week display
A Wings for Victory Week display stand during the Second World War, showing people what their War Savings can buy. The target is to raise half a million pounds. Date: 1939-1945

Turkey - Sanilurfa (Urfa) - A Street in the Old Citadel - card published by the German Mission to Armenia to raise funds for the Mission-run Armenian Orphanages. Date: circa 1901

Cricket Phrases - A Neat Cut for Two - Street Etiquette
Cricket Phrases - A Neat Cut for Two - Two smart Gents politely raise their top hats in the direction of a rather glamorous yet also rather haughty looking woman as they pass on the pavement

WW2 - Safe Arrival in Paris - GIs enjoying the nightlife
Humorous WW2 era French postcard postcard, bearing the caption " I confirm I have arrived safely..." These two American GIs certainly seem to be enoying their arrival in France

Raising a Toast - Can Can Dancer and smart gent
Can Can Dancer (performing on a chair, somewhat precariously!) and smart gent raising a Toast ! Date: 1905

Early 20th century actor in the role of a Cavalier
" Heres a Health unto his Majesty." Early 20th century actor in the role of a Cavalier. " Heres a Health unto His Majesty" is an English patriotic song (or glee)

A Court Jester raising the punch cup high! The illustration for the Contents page of the Phil May Folio. Date: 1892

Tom Norman - Auctioneer, raising his gavel
Tom Norman - Showmans Auctioneer, Valuer and Variety Agent from Dallington, East Sussex, raising his gavel. Date: circa 1910

Smart gentleman raises a toast to the moon / personification of nightime Date: circa 1904

Elisha Raises the Shunammites Son. circa 19th century

Mistress Goose goes shopping
Three foxes politely raise their hats to Mistress Goose as she ventures out for a shopping expedition, wearing a pretty orange bonnet and carrying an umbrella under her wing. 1912

Madrid (1805). Fa硤eproject for the Palace
Madrid (1805). Fa硤 eproject for the Palace of Conde de Tepa. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

GLC-LFB Fireshow at Crystal Palace
A major charity event was organised at Crystal Palace to raise money for the Firefighters benevolent fund in the hot summer of 1976

Illustration of an 18th century Bellman and Billman
A London night-watchman who gave warning of fire and who was meant to take first-aid measures to stop small outbreaks of fire. (Original print in the London Guildhall Library)

NFS (London Region) Southall horse rescue, WW2
Firefighters from K2Z Southall fire station area attempting to rescue a horse that fell into a deep, water filled ditch and was unable to get out unaided

Le Suffren balloon ascent, Nantes
View of the Le Suffren balloon ascending from the garden of the orphanage, Nantes, France. Including the equipment used to raise and fill it. 14 June 1784

Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon
Satirical cartoon, Moyen infaillible d enlever les Ballons -- a group of commedia dell arte characters trying to raise a balloon on a wooden frame. circa 18th century

Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, controlled by four ropes forming a pyramidal shape and operated by winches on the ground below. Date between 1820 and 1870

They fight for you - protect them Help the Red Cross raise $100, 000, 000 at once. Poster showing Liberty, modeled on the well-known statue complete with upraised torch

Kern County, California. Undernourished cotton pickers child listening to speeches of organizer at strike meeting to raise wages from seventy-five cents to ninety cents a hundred pounds

Fruiterers Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

Princess Marie Joses Bk
Front cover of Princess Marie Jose of Belgiums Childrens Book published to raise funds for the Vestiaire Marie-Jose during World War I. Date: c.1915

Niazim Bey and his revolutionary band
Niazim Bey, the Young Turk leader and his revolutionary band - the first to raise the flag of liberty in Macedonia. Date: circa 1910s

The Toast by W. R. S. Stott
An early 19th century scene showing four jovial gentlemen raising a toast in front of a blazing fire. Date: 1936

Woman suffering the effects of poverty, South Wales
A woman in despair, suffering the effects of poverty in South Wales. This photograph, entitled Poverty, was used to illustrate talks designed to raise support for the South Wales Miners Federation

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