Charity Collection

Victorian London orphan boy begging on the street, 1870
Vintage engraving of Victorian London orphan boy begging on the street, 1870. Mothers Last Words, Mrs Sewell

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Toy Donation
A large selection of toys, donated by staff at Weldons store in London, to be distributed among children in hospital at Christmas, December 1926

Children In Need
Children of wealthy parents march in Berlin to highlight the extent of poverty among the citys children, circa 1930. Their placards read Kinder In Not (Children In Need!)

blue cactus decorated with sunglasses and clown nose

Victorian satire, I be left to pine on human charity
Vintage engraving of Victorian satire, Charity. Ere I be left to pine on human charity

Victorian satirical cartoon, Church and state
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon Church and state. 19th Century. The smallest contribution thanfully received

Illustration of a bible scene, 2 Kings 4, Jars of Oil, Elisha advises a poor family to pour olive oil from their jar into empty ones, God ensures the oil never runs out

Illustration of a bible scene, John 6, Jesus feeds the 5000

Man holding collection jar

San Francisco Soup Kitchen
Crowds of male survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires sit at tables and eat in an outdoor soup kitchen, San Francisco, California, 1906

Hospices de Beaune
A porch at the Hotel Dieu or Hospices de Beaune, circa 1450. A medieval hospital for the care of the poor, the institution was founded by Nicolas Rolin and his wife

Red Cross Relief
A group of child and adult survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires stand outside the entrance of the Red Cross relief center at 23rd Street and Vermont Street

Hotel Dieu
The Hotel Dieu or Hospices de Beaune, a medieval hospital for the care of the poor, circa 1650. A medieval hospital for the care of the poor

Monks At The Hotel Dieu
A procession of monks passes through the courtyard of the Hotel Dieu or Hospices de Beaune, 1853. A medieval hospital for the care of the poor

Female Refugee Prepares Meal
A female refugee from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires kneels on the ground and prepares a meal over a makeshift stove as two young children sit by at the United States Army run

Upbeat Refugee Shelter, 1906
Half of a stereoscopic image of a group of female and male refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires who sit in front of their tent in a refugee camp, San Francisco

Refugee Camp Barber
Half of a stereoscopic image of a barber who gives a customer a shave at a refugee camp following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires, San Francisco, California, 1906

Field Lane Refuge
Cocoa is distributed to men at the Field Lane Refuge in London after a ragged church service, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bath House
Men washing at a Bath House in London, watched by wardens of the institution. Engraving by Gustav Dore circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pour Les Pauvres
Nuns collect food for the poor at Christmas, circa 1875. An engraving after Pour Les Pauvres, a painting by William Frederick Yeames, RA. A supplement to The Graphic, pub. 25th December 1875

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