Ymca Collection (page 3)

Ymca Tea Car
War workers and troops form a queue and others enjoy a cuppa and a snack on the bonnet of the YMCA " Tea Car", providing refreshments for them and those made homeless by bombing Date

Evacuees in Africa
Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, M.P. organiser of the scheme to send British evacuees to the Dominions, talks to Ian and Patricia Allen of Portsmouth at a Durban YMCA. Date: early 1940s

Toledo, Ohio, USA - YMCA, Elks Club and National Union buildings. Date: 1925

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

YMCA and Kenmore Hotel, Albany, New York State, USA
YMCA Building and the Kenmore Hotel, Albany, New York State, USA, with shops on the ground floor. Date: circa 1905

YMCA building, Portland, Maine, USA
YMCA building (also known as the Libby building), Portland, Maine, USA, on the corner of High Street and Congress Street. It was built in 1897. Date: circa 1908

Army and Navy YMCA Building, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Chinese Labour Corps leaving for China after WW1
Yi-Loo-Ping-An (Good-bye and peaceful travel): the Rev. J. Webster O. C. Chinese Section, British Y.M.C.A. saying farewell to each man of the Chinese Labour Corps as they departed back for China

Reminder of England in a YMCA hut in France, WW1
A Y.M.C.A. hut in France with the end wall painted with a mural done by a British officer, assisted by YMCA workers, showing a scene of English countryside

Article on opening of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, 1917
Article in The Graphic, written by Margaret Chute, reporting on the opening of the Eagle YMCA Hut in Aldwych, London, which opened 3rd September 1917

Reopening of the Little Theatre, 1920
Feature in The Sphere reporting on the reopening of the Little Theatre, Adelphi, London which opened its doors in 1920 after it had been destroyed in a bombing raid on 4 September 1917

Sitting Room, The YMCA Institute, Swansea, Wales
Sitting Room, The YMCA Institute, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1910s

South Africa - The YMCA, Kimberley
The YMCA, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Duke & Duchess of Connaughts Visit Date: 1906

YMCA Camp Hut, Ripon, Yorkshire
YMCA Camp Hut, Ripon, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. World War One Date: 1917

YMCA Hut, Codford St Mary, Wiltshire
YMCA Hut, Codford St Mary, Codford, near Warminster, Wiltshire, England. World War One Date: 1915

1st Middlesex Regiment - YMCA Reading & Writing Tent, Worthing, Sussex, England. Date: 1906

Soldiers in camp, outside YMCA hut, WW1
Soldiers in camp, posing for a group photo outside a YMCA hut. A sign offers reading, writing and recreation. Date: 1914-1918

YMCA Building, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1906

The Interior of a Bolshevist YMCA hut by Bruce Bairnsfather
(They are very much in need of funds). A YMCA hut, filled with drunken and rowdy Bolshevik Russians, as envisaged by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. Date: 1919

Hut Life Illustrated, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon showing the soporific atmosphere in a Y.M.C.A hut recreation room somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War, where soldiers can spend their leisure time reading magazines

YMCA hut in Arras, WW1
The battered belfry at Arras and in front of the ruins, a little YMCA hut with its red triangle sign conveying a welcome to any Allied soldiers seeking a place of rest

A lantern lecture for soldiers in a YMCA hut, WW1
Mental refreshment for fighting men: a lantern lecture in a Y.M.C.A. hut. A lantern slide lecture in progress inside one of the 2000 YMCA centre available to Allied soldiers during the First World

Graphic front cover - Sir Arthur Yapp
Sir Arthur Yapp (1869-1936), Deputy President of the YMCA and Director of Food Economy during the First World War. Responsible for encouraging the nation towards frugal

Why M. C. A. ? by Bruce Bairnsfather
Why M.C.A.? A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a group of German soldiers in front of a Y.M.C.A. hut, with the caption... One of those unfortunate photographs

Christmas Day at the Aldwych YMCA Rest Hut, WW1
Soldiers and sailors enjoying some lively entertainment at the busy Aldwych Rest Hut, Christmas 1916. Gifts of pipes, tobacco

YMCA Christmas fundraising appeal, WW1
Advertisement in the Sphere appealing for donations in order to provide more Y.M.C.A. huts during the First World War. The YMCA huts provided rest, food, accommodation

The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1
A page from The Sphere, reporting on how the Little Theatre, in the Haymarket, London (now the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) temporarily converted to become a soldiers clubhouse during the First World

YMCA, Telephone Building, Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA
YMCA, Telephone Building, and Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1916

Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1
A busy scene of festive jollity at the Shakspere Hut, one of numerous YMCA huts erected around London during the First World War to provide rest, food

The Eagle hut disturbance, 1919
Soldiers, sailors and civilians retiring from Bow Street police station following a riot where a crowd of around 1000 had protested at the arrest of two American soldiers

The YMCA Shakespeare Recreation Hut
The Y.M.C.A Shakespeare Hut for Rest and Recreation near Kings Cross for members of the armed forces during the First World War

Interior of a YMCA hut in London
The interior of a YMCA hut in London, full to the brim with sleeping soldiers. Some of the lucky ones have beds, others have secured a chair while many sleep on the floor

Woman driver transports soldiers to accommodation in London
A female driver patrolling the streets of London, on the look-out for soldiers or sailors on leave in the capital who may not have anywhere to stay for the evening

Eagle Hut YMCA in London, WW1
A general view of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK and overseas with a place to eat, drink, relax, and write letters home

Flagging his home town at the Eagle Hut, WW1
An American sailor sticks a flag into a huge map adorning the wall of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London, in order so he may meet other American soldiers and sailors from the same area

The Eagle hut in Aldwych, WW1
Exterior and interior views of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK and overseas with a place to eat, drink, relax, and write letters home

Map of YMCA shelters around London during WW1
A map showing the various YMCA huts available for soldiers and sailors in the capital on leave during the First World War, though The Graphic magazine, who published this picture

Very poignant letter to his daughter - WWI
Very poignant letter to the daughter of the unknown letter writer - Miss Muriel Nibbs, 5 Woolley Terrace, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. Envelope is dated 23rd December 1916

Popular Songs of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force)
Popular Songs of the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force). Compiled by Bureau of Libraries and Periodical, A.E.F. Y.M.C.A. Published by the Y.M.C.A. Paris, 1918

L M Briggs, YMCA Scout Troop
L M Briggs, Scoutmaster, YMCA Scout Troop, South Africa

B Mitchell, YMCA Scout Troop
B Mitchell, Assistant Scoutmaster, YMCA Scout Troop, South Africa

King George V visits the Eagle Hut, WW1
King George V and Queen Mary inspect a guard of honour of American soldiers at the Eagle Hut in Aldwych in July 1918 in honour of Independence Day

At the Eagle Hut by Helen McKie
Sketches of members of the American Army and Navy enjoying the comforts of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK

YMCA hut with Crimea veteran, WWI
An old veteran of the Crimean War is helped by a sailor and Highland soldier of World War I towards a YMCA hut, the place we wanted during the Crimea

Main Gymnasium, YMCA, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 20th century

YMCA Hut, Tooting Military Hospital, Surrey
The YMCA (Young Mens Christian Association) Hut in the grounds of the First World War military hospital on Church Lane, Tooting. Date: Circa 1921

Manchester YMCA, 1895
The Young Mens Christian Association(YMCA)in Manchester, England, in 1895. Date: 1895

Paris YMCA gym
The gymnasium of the Paris Young Mens Christian Association. Date: 1901

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