Charity Collection

British Military fundraising poster, WW1
Wounded Allies Days at the Caledonian Market Islington, 6 and 7 June, chromolithograph after L Pilichowski, Wounded Allies Relief Committee, Sardinia House, Kingsway, London. 1918

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing men parachuting down from biplanes. 1929

Memorial Service poster, Titanic disaster
A poster advertising a Memorial Service at Battersea Town Hall, south London, on 28 April 1912, to remember those who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster. Date: April 1912

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

Man begging for alms, Egypt. circa 1870

Red Cross Poster - World War I
Poster asking for donations to the British Red Cross during World War I, stressing urgently that six pounds a minute is required to maintain the number of motor ambulances, hospital ships

Serving Soup - Charity Date: circa mid 19th century

Charity event at Kew Gardens, west London, with people fishing for beer bottles. In the lower picture, a woman tries to get onto a wooden horse. circa 1920s

Society women and ex-servicemen, New York, USA
Society women and ex-servicemen in New York, USA. They are looking at novelties made by the men during vocational training, on sale for charity

Brotherhood of the Misericordia of Florence, Italy, a charitable institution dating back to the Middle Ages. Seen here transporting a sick man. Masks are worn to preserve anonymity. late 19th century

Woman in Red Cross uniform with dog, WW1
A woman in Red Cross uniform during the First World War, training a small dog pulling a model Red Cross van -- probably designed for fundraising

Chapel in the Seamens Hospital, Greenwich
Scene in the Chapel of the Seamens Hospital, Greenwich. Six people sit in the first few rows, while Padre MacLaren conducts the service. Date: 1960s

Lambeth Palace garden party
A group of people sit drinking tea and chatting politely at a Lambeth Palace garden party, in aid of the Missions to Seamen charity. Date: 1956

Poster advertising a collection for nurses
German poster advertising a collection for nurses, to thank them for their work during the First World War. Date: 27 April 1918

German poster campaign for servicemens appeal
German poster campaign asking for donations to the Colonial Servicemens Appeal, showing a colonial soldier holding an imperial flag on a broken staff. Date: 1918

Blowing Bubbles
A group of orphan children blowing bubbles around a table in the gardens of the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Foundling Toddlers

War Pensions Poster
Information poster for the War Pensions committee, the state agency for caring for wounded and disabled men during the First World War. Date: c.1916

War Society Poster
Poster designed to raise funds for the 1914 War Society which supported wounded and disabled soldiers during World War One. Date: c.1915

Foundlings at Play
Children playing outdoors at the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London. Date: early 1930s

Fern Street Settlement
Poor working class children in Londons East End, queueing up for the Fern Street Settlement : : A delighted little girl holding up two settlement toy bundles! Date: early 1930s

Teacher and pupil at MacIntyre School, Westoning Manor
A teacher with a pupil, working on a jigsaw, at MacIntyre School, Westoning Manor, near Flitwick, Bedfordshire. Another pupil sits at a table in the background, working happily on his own

Fern Street Settlement
Poor working class children in Londons East End, queueing up for the Fern Street Settlement : : Delighted little girls, playing with their settlement toys. Date: early 1930s

Poster advertising the Red Cross, with a quotation from the American President Woodrow Wilson, " I summon you to comradeship in the Red Cross." Date: 1918

Bruce Bairnsfather War collectibles
A selection of collectible items designed by the Bystanders World War I cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather. Includes an Ole Bill mascot (possibly a car mascot), a cigarette case

Sunbathing Foundlings
At the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London, is a sunbathing centre for tiny Londoners, where many babies enjoy sunbathing, supervised by a childminder. Date: early 1930s

Babies Home
Nurses with a pramful of small children from Hutchison House Babies Home. Date: early 1930s

SEAMENs MISSION 1930S

Collecting on Cradle Day
A policeman puts some money in a charity box on Cradle Day in London. Nurses collect money for the babies and infants they care for. Date: 1931

Beggar on Steps
This beggar curled up at the bottom of some steps is actually a dummy. Date: early 1930s

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