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Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Diocesan Hampden Home of RestThe Girls Friendly Societys Diocesan Hampden Home of Rest, located on Eastern Road, Brighton Date: Date unknown
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Membership Book CoverCover of a Girls Friendly Society Membership Book Cover. The Society was formed in 1875 to provide friendship and support for working-class girls. Date: 1921
Four pigs with festive food on a cutout Christmas card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Five smiling pigs behind a fence on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Two sailors on a Christmas card, with the sea and a cliff behind them. Date: circa 1890s
Two sailors shaking hands on a Christmas cardTwo sailors smoking pipes, shaking hands on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908
Lioness and dog, best of friends. Date: circa 1960s
Lioness and dogs sharing a dish of waterLioness and three dogs sharing a dish of water. Date: circa 1960s
A group of young people having fun at the seasideWhen the Heart is Young - a wonderfully free, natural and modern photograph of a group of young men and women having fun at the British seaside
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - chatting with neighbour. circa 1910s
Cartoon, Disraeli and the Prince of Wales, with a puppet of Gladstone. This is how Beaky tried to amuse our future king at Hughenden. 1880
Caricature of Ledger, Scott and SampsonCaricature of Edward Ledger (18??-1921), editor of The Era theatrical newspaper, commenting on a reconciliation between Clement William Scott (1841-1904), influential English theatre critic
Caricature of the actors Edwin Booth and Henry IrvingCaricature of the American actor Edwin Booth (right) and the English actor Henry Irving (left). Booth wonders why Irving is being so civilised
Caricature of Jennings and Riley, Oxford and CambridgeCaricature of Jennings and Riley, rowers of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race crews. The 39th Boat Race took place on 1 April 1882. 1882
GFS Home of Rest, Shanklin, Isle of Wight - Sitting RoomSitting room in the Girls Friendly Society Home of Rest, Shanklin. Gas lights and a piano. Date: Date unknown
Woman police officer with two men on a London streetWoman police officer chatting with two men on a London street on a sunny day. She is wearing the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s
Two Scottish frogs dancing on a Christmas cardTwo Scottish frogs in tartan, dancing on a Christmas card in the shape of a tam o shanter. Date: circa 1890s
Anne Damer - 6Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole, etc. She was said to be aided by ghosts. Date: 1749 - 1828
Anne Damer - 4Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; she was friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole etc, and was rumoured to be aided by ghosts. Date: 1749 - 1828
Anne Damer - 5Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole, said to be aided by ghosts. Holding her mallet. Date: 1749 - 1828
Anne Damer - 3Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; she was friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole etc, and was rumoured to be aided by ghosts. Date: 1749 - 1828
Balconies for BabiesModern flats in the Netherlands, fitted with special child-friendly balconies, just large enough to fit a babys cot. Date: 1930s
Bus ConductressA girl in a red polka dot dress happily flicks through a magazine on the back seat of the lower deck of a Routemaster bus, watched over by a happy bus conductress. Date: late 1950s
Mishap on the IceFirst Aid A mishap on the ice, as a young boy out walking his dog falls through into the icy water below Date: 1920s
Cartoon, French relations with the Middle East, WW1Cartoon, French relations with the Middle East, showing a French soldier being charming towards two ladies of the harem. Date: 1918
Hermit TemptedA hermit is visited in his cave by demons, one of whom takes on the semblance of a beautiful and friendly female - he is sorely tempted
Friendly US Indian ScoutA friendly Native American scout signaling the main column Date: 1891
Friendly invadersFriendly boy and girl encroaching on the habitat of red squirrels. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1912
GFS Diocesan Hampden Home of Rest, BrightonInmates in the sitting room The Diocesan Hampden Home of Rest, Brighton, run by the Girls Friendly Society. Date: Date unknown
We Two - A lovely donkey and Collie dog best friend" We Two" - A friendly-looking donkey and Collie dog best friend. Date: circa 1920s
GFS Home of Rest, SouthportThe Home of Rest established by the Girls Friendly Society at Southport Lancashire
Lichfield Diocese GFS Home of Rest, Prestatyn - exteriorView of the Home of Rest run by the Lichfield Diocese branch of the Girls Friendly Society
Girls Friendly Society (GFS), Scarborough, YorkshireResidents and staff of the Girls Friendly Society branch at Scarborough. Date: circa 1905
Girls Friendly Society Home of Rest, Malvern WellsResidents and staff outside the Girls Friendly Society Home of Rest at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire. Date: circa 1924
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, FolkestoneGirls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, Alexandra Gardens, Folkestone. Date: circa 1908
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, BournemouthThe Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge at Bournemouth. Date: circa 1909
Kitten and dog on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s
Three kittens on a Christmas card, being told to stop fighting and be friends again. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916
Illustration of a Sealyham terrier puppy by Cecil AldinIllustration of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here eating from a dish, watched by a friendly Irish terrier called Pat. Date: 1932
Three foxhunting men enjoying a drink, and reminiscing about their experiences. Date: 1926
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Home of Rest, Bangor, County Down
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Membership CardA Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Membership Card issued in 1897. Date: 1896
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Magazine, 1933Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Magazine, May 1933, with a cover picture of HRH The Princess Royal (Countess of Harewood). Date: 1933
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, Church Walks, Llandudno. Date: circa 1907
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge CliftonThe Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge at Clifton, Bristol
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Liverpool Diocesan LodgeGirls Friendly Society (GFS) Diocesan Lodge at 55 Canning Street, Liverpool. Date: circa 1911