Ymca Collection

Blandford Union Workhouse, Blandford Forum, Dorset
Distant view of Blandford Union workhouse, from Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset. A house at the left has a sign reading YNCA (or YMCA?)

YMCA Poster, Lend Your Strength, WW1
YMCA Poster, design by Adrian Gil-Spear, Lend Your Strength to the Red Triangle, Help the Y Help the Fighters Fight, United War Work Campaign, 11 to 18 November, First World War. circa 1918

Concerts at the Front: Miss Lena Ashwell
A concert party, including Miss Lena Ashwell(sixth figure from the left), at the Indian Y.M.C.A hut

Mobile Canteens
A row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940

YMCA Building, 213 West 23rd Street, near 7th Avenue, New York City, USA, with inset of Yacht Amazon. Date: circa 1906

YMCA college camp, moonlight on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA Date: 1936

Y.M.C.A. Canton, Ohio, USA. YMCA is the largest and the oldest youth charity in the world. Date: 1914

Y.M.C.A. Jackson, Michigan, USA. YMCA is the largest and the oldest youth charity in the world. Date: circa 1908

YMCA Hotel, 822 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1915

Navy YMCA at Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Date: 1916

Deolali (Devlali), Nashik district, Maharashtra, India - The Y.M.C.A. Compound. Date: circa 1910s

London Central YMCA - Tottenham Court Road - now demolished and replaced by the St. Giles Hotel. Date: circa 1910s

The Queen and Princesses corgis, inspection of YMCA canteen
H.M. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother)

YMCA hut in a dug-out in Ypres during WW1

YMCA hut during WW1 - Hospital hut

YMCA Hospital hut during WW1

YMCA Shakespeare Hut, London during WW1

YMCA Ypres dug out hut during WW1

YMCA job training after WW1

YMCA Shakespeare Hut Enquiry Office, London during WW1

YMCA Wakefield reading room during WW1

YMCA post war training

YMCA Reading Room, Wakefield during WW1

YMCA Penkridge Bank Camp railway station during WW1

YMCA Hut at Penkridge Bank Camp during WW1

Soldiers in a YMCA hut during WW1

A YMCA hut during WW1

YMCA Message from Lord French during WW1

YMCA Message from the King during WW1

YMCA Volunteers Wanted poster during WW1

YMCA Men wanted appeal during WW1

Map of YMCA huts in France during WW1

YMCA map, WW1

YMCA Hut in London during WW1

Lord French message about YMCA during WW1

YMCA Halfway house in France during WW1

YMCA Derby Lecture Hall during WW1

YMCA Euston Hut, London during WW1

YMCA dug-out hut during WW1

Derby YMCA Lecture Hall during WW1

Concert Hall, Shakespeare YMCA Hut, London during WW1

YMCA Concert Hall, Shakespear Hut, London during WW1

YMCA Hostel (unknown location) during WW1

YMCA Ceylon Hut, Paddington, London during WW1

YMCA building during WW1

YMCA appeal for writing materials during WW1

YMCA poster during WW1

YMCA Alec's Hut, Aldershot during WW1

YMCA hut after recent shelling during WW1

Aldershot, Alecs YMCA Hut during WW1

A YMCA hut in France after recent shelling during WW1

A YMCA in China, early 1900s

Arthur Feather, YMCA entertainer during WW1

Sir Milner and the YMCA
Sir Alfred Milner is seeing talking to the YMCA (Young men's Christian association) about the great future of South Africa

Princess Helena Victoria (1870-1948), originally of Schleswig-Holstein, was a grandaughter of Queen Victoria. Here she is seen as President of the National Women's Auxiliary of the YMCA

Comic postcard, gossiping neighbours Date: 20th century

Racecourse, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, China
Racecourse and Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, China, with China United Apartments, and the YMCA under construction. Date: circa 1928

Making sacks and warm clothes for the troops, WW1
Women making sacks and warm clothes for the troops in a YMCA hut during the First World War. 1914-1918

Eagle Hut dining saloon, YMCA, Aldwych, London, with letter designated tables. Date: circa 1919

YMCA building, Denver, Colorado, USA
YMCA (Young Mens Christian Association) building, Denver, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1920

EXETER HALL GYMNASTS
Male gymnasts at Exeter Hall YMCA in London do various exercises including stretching, lifting and cycling. Date: 1895

Germany - YMCA Windmill Canteen - Autobahn nr Beckum
Germany - YMCA Windmill Canteen - on the Autobahn near Beckum, between Wiedenbruck & Vellern - the only British canteen on a German Autobahn from 1946 to1971. Date: 1951

WW1 poster, YMCA
Poster, YMCA for your Boy, United War Work Campaign, 11-18 November 1918. 1918

Church and YMCA building, Redlands, California, USA
First Presbyterian Church and YMCA building, Redlands, San Bernardino County, California, USA. circa 1910

Church Row, Hampstead, London - Georgian Architecture. Interesting row of trees run down the middle of the street. Date: circa 1909

Kinmel Park, No. 4 Army Camp, North Wales, WW1
Scene in Kinmel Park, No. 4 Army Camp, North Wales, showing soldiers queueing up outside the YMCA Central Pavilion ready to go in to watch a film. Date: 1916-1919

Map and location of YMCA Hotel - Chicago, USA Date: circa 1930s

YMCA, Red Triangle Club, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The original YMCA Red Triangle Club building in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with a man standing in the doorway. 1936

YMCA Fund to commemorate Womens War Work
Postcard detailing the YMCA Fund to commemorate Womens War Work in Munitions factories during World War One and to raise money for rest rooms and factory canteens Date: circa 1917

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - The Army and Navy YMCA Date: 1920s

Hawaiian Islands, USA - YMCA in Honolulu. Date: 1920s

Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - YMCA Building Date: circa 1920

YMCA, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
YMCA (Young Mens Christian Association), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

YMCA, Los Angeles, California, USA
YMCA (Young Mens Christian Association), Los Angeles, California, USA Date: 1920

Y. M. C. A. Canteen in Surrey
Two voluntary workers chat outside the Y.M.C.A. canteen in Pirbright, Surrey. 1940

Y. M. C. A. Canteen in Wiltshire
Soldiers in Codford St. Mary, Wiltshire, gathered outside a canteen, formerly a Womens Institute meeting-place and a barnyard. 1940

A Y. M. C. A. Mobile Tea Car
Three female volunteers wait to restock a mobile canteen outside at Gattis on The Strand, London, which was converted during the War into a Y.M.C.A. hostel for servicemen based in the city. 1940

Sailor at Y. M. C. A. hostel on The Strand
A sailor checks into the Y.M.C.A. hostel, formerly the restaurant Gattis on The Strand, London. Gattis was taken over by the Y.M.C.A. as a canteen for troops stationed in the city. 1940

Young Mens Christian Association, Rangoon, Burma
Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) building, Rangoon, Burma. Date: circa 1910

YMCA football team, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Group photo, YMCA football team, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, winners of the Rampur Cup in 1907. Date: 1907

WW1 poster, YMCA fundraising
Poster, One of the Thousand YMCA Girls in France, United War Work Campaign 11-18 November. circa 1918

WW1 poster, YMCA and YWCA
Poster, His Home Over There, YMCA and YWCA. More than 2000 Such Homes for Our Boys, United War Work Campaign, 11-18 November. circa 1918

WW1 poster, United War Work Campaign
Poster, United We Serve, United War Work Campaign, fundraising by a group of charities: YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic War Council, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service

YMCA Hut - High Street Kensington, London. Almost every available square foot of greenery in central London was comandeered for war purposes, often in some of the most prestigious locations

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