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: Sir William Treloar distributing Christmas gifts


Sir William Treloar distributing Christmas gifts

Sir William Purdie Treloar (1843-1923) distributing Christmas gifts to the poor. He began his annual charitable activities in the East End of London by the distribution of Christmas hampers to poor and disabled Jewish children. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1906-1907 and became known as the Children's Lord Mayor, entertaining 1200 children at a banquet at the Guildhall. He built a hospital for disabled children: The Treloar Cripples Hospital and College at Alton, Hampshire, later known as Lord Mayor Treloar Orthopaedic Hospital, and today as Treloar College

Picture No
10573772
Media ID
47548500
Size
2916px x 2278px (4.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/The Pete Frost Collection
Source
Original photograph from Newspaper Illustrations Ltd, Copyright expired
Date
1911

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