Welfare Collection (page 32)

Joseph Chamberlain leading John Bull deeper
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) leading John Bull (representing the British populace as a whole) inward into the deeper waters of his new Fiscal Policy

Coment on Tariff Reform in regard to bread
The Tarriff Reform League (TRL) wanted to see the British Empire transformed into a single trading bloc, to compete with Germany and the United States

The vote of the gold democrats; - their countrys welfare before their partys welfare. Illustration shows members of the Democratic Party labeled Sound Money Democrats casting votes for President

See how WPA welfare services protect Americans Exhibition National Museum. Poster for exhibition of WPA welfare services; text in red, white and blue. Date between 1936 and 1941

Civilians, when we go through this we need all the help and comfort you can give - The Jewish Welfare Board. Poster showing a soldier reaching out above the chaos of battle. Date 1918

Crowded Italian home, 46 Crary St. Providence, RI Nov 26, 1
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Crowded Italian home, 46 Crary St. Providence, RI Nov 26, 1912. Property owned by wealthy family. Location: Providence, Rhode Island. Date 1912 November

Overcrowded home of workers in cotton mill, Olneyville, Prov
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Overcrowded home of workers in cotton mill, Olneyville, Providence. Eight persons live in these three small rooms, three of them are boarders

Domestic Servants Insurance Act - Comic Postcard
Domestic Servants Insurance Act " I don t care how often I get hurt now, I am insured." A bandgaged housemaid shows her delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

The Servants Insurance Act - Are we downhearted? No! Three housemaids show delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

London - Staff Swimming Bath
The Staff Swimming Bath at Messrs. Bourne & Hollingsworth Ltd. Department Store - Warwickshire House, Gower Street, London, England Date: circa 1930s

Burmese Pagoda - Kolkata (Calcutta), India
A promotional card for the National Council for Animals Welfare of London. " God gave us the World" - " Man gives us a CAGE" Date: circa 1920s

Adoption Society Bath
A National Adoption Society little girls helps a nurse to give her younger brother a bath. Date: 1930s

United Seamans Service club, 1944
A Chinese-American member of the United Seamans Service plays pool or snooker at the London club during Christmas, 1944. The USS was founded in 1942 to promote the welfare of American seafarers

Performing seals at a circus, c. 1890
Talented performing seals of c. 1890 shown playing musical instruments, smoking pipes and even firing cannons! Date: c.1890

Playing billiards in United Seamans Service club, 1944
A Chinese-American member of the United Seamans Service plays pool or snooker at the London club during Christmas, 1944. The USS was founded in 1942 to promote the welfare of American seafarers

Joseph Chamberlain - Balancing Act
Fiscalitis Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) performs a balancing act, standing precariously on a glass globe entitled Class whilst juggling a loaf of bread

London County Council welfare staff
Staff in an office at a London County Council welfare establishment interview a homeless man

Work House, Blackwells Island, New York, USA
The workhouse on Blackwells Island, New York, USA. The workhouse provided a punitive regime for petty offenders who were required to labour during their stay

William and Isabella Quarrier
William Quarrier (1829-1903) with his wife Isabella. Quarrier, a successful shoemaker from Greenock, Renfrewshire, took an interest in the welfare of deprived street children

The Warriors Return, satirical postcard
A wounded soldier, drawn as a wooden puppet and carrying his own broken-off leg, looks at a WD (War Department) signpost pointing to the workhouse

Drapery Store at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
The 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

Wash House at Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir
The 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 Weir
The 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

Masonic Procession
Procession of Freemasons Orphans at Freemasons Hall

Woman and Snowman 1926
A thoroughly modern young woman, concerned for the welfare of a snowman stops and wraps herself and her fur over his shoulders to stop him getting cold - he is pleased! Date: 1926

Prison babies
Weighing a baby on its admission to Holloway prison. Holloway was a women-only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed

Babys cot by the side of its mothers bed
Prison babies at play in the day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months old when their mothers were jailed were cared for in

Queen Mary at the Royal Free Hospital, taking over royal duties during George Vs illness. Formerly Princess May of Teck, she married King George V in 1893 and devoted much of her time to charity

Holloway Castles prison creche
Holloway Castle womens prison introduced the first creche for prison babies. Babies were admitted if they were born in prison or were under three months when their mothers were jailed

Day nursery in Holloway prison
A day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed were cared for in prison

The Metropolitan Sanitary Association Dinner, at Soyers Sy
The first public festival held by the Metropolitan Sanitary Association in 1851. With thousands of deaths from diseases such as cholera

National Insurance
The beginning of the Welfare State : a booklet issued by the Ministry of National Insurance, explaining the benefits of the scheme which gives us all sickness benefits

Adoption Society Meal
Mealtime for a group of National Adoption Society children

Adoption Society Boy
A nurse at the National Adoption Society playing with a little boy in a bobble hat with his toy elephant on wheels

Adoption Society Babies
Two National Adoption Society babies being held by a nurse. Another woman, possibly a prospective adoptive mother, holds one of the babys hands

Dear Robin Aint you Cold
Dear Robin, ain t you cold ? a kind-hearted girl is concerned for a robins welfare

Jobless Riot 1934
A jobless man being carried off during a demonstration outside Welfare offices in New York during the Depression

Jesus Blesses Business
The Sons of Business are blest by Jesus who approves the honest tradesman as an agent of social welfare and bestower of blessings on mankind

The Ufton Dole, near Aldermaston, Berkshire, England. A custom dating back to 1583, whereby two pillow slips and one blanket are distributed every 5 years

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