Friends Collection (#24)

Friedrich II & Friends
FRIEDRICH II THE GREAT King of Prussia from 1740-86 depicted with Voltaire and others at Sans Souci Date: 1712 - 1786

Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1895
Sidney Webb(1859-1947) and Beatrice Webb(1858-1943), economists and social theorists, out walking with friends George Bernard Shaw and Graham Wallas. Date: 1895

Dutch Interior
A Dutch family and their friends, in the main room of the house Date: early 17th century

WW2 era - Home front, Three women on holiday - Isle of Wight Date: circa early 1940s

We Two - A lovely donkey and Collie dog best friend
" We Two" - A friendly-looking donkey and Collie dog best friend. Date: circa 1920s

Three women in a small business - wearing overalls - sadly their exact profession is not easy to determine. The machine (back left) may be some form of polishing wheel?? Date: 1930

Policeman in a street with a lost dog. Date: circa 1960s

Two tabby kittens playing with a camera
Two tabby kittens playing with a Rolleiflex camera. Date: 1950s

Christmas card to an Old Crony, with hearty greetings. (NB screw refers to tobacco) Date: circa 1900s

Littlehampton, West Sussex - Friends taking a boat trip
Littlehampton, West Sussex - Three friends taking a boat trip. The girl on the left seems to have pinched her male friends nautical cap! Date: 1934

Two French ladies out for a stroll in town (possiby Paris?) arm-in-arm on a cold winters day. Date: late 1950s

Candid Street snap - Three jolly young women walk down road Date: circa 1930s

Two women with dove on a New Year card
Two women in Grecian style costume with a dove on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Sy-metra stockings advertisement, 1939
Two women are chatting over afternoon tea about the wearing qualities of Sy-metra stockings. Date: 1939

Friends and family visiting a patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, New York City, USA Date: 1901

Two girls on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1870s

Two fish on a French April Fool greetings card
Two fish with flowers on a French April Fool (Poisson d Avril) greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

The Round Tower, Quex Park in snow in February 1916. This tower was built in 1814 as a signalling station for the owner of Quex Park, John Powell Powell

Fashions for Spring, 1919
Demi-toilettes de Printemps. Soft blue and beige charmeuse make up the dress on the left, which has a distinctive note, a cleverly arranged panel of black satin

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, The godmother, WW1
Cartoon, The godmother. A pretty young woman decides to be godmother to a large African soldier -- she tells her friend that black is much more distinguished. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1
Cartoon, 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

Cartoon, Epiphany cakes, WW1
Cartoon, This year its our turn to give out Epiphany cakes. French soldiers offer traditional galette cakes or other appropriate items to friends, enemies and neutrals. Date: 1916

Eyes Down. British Legion Club, Norton on Tees 1970s 1970s

De Reske cigarette advert - 1920s women
Advertisement drawn by Rilette showing a gentleman, quite possibly in rowing gear, offering to light the cigarettes of two stylish women seated in a caf鮠 As they both lean together to take

Illustration of a Sealyham terrier puppy by Cecil Aldin
Illustration 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

Aberdeen terrier and Sealyham terrier sitting on a sofa
A black Aberdeen terrier and a white Sealyham terrier sitting side by side on a sofa -- John and His Scottie Friend. Date: 1930

Alsatian and Sealyham terrier on a sofa
An Alsatian (Dick Turpin) and a Sealyham terrier (Jemima) lying side by side on a sofa -- Turpin and His Friend. Date: 1930

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, foxhound and monkey
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a foxhound named Furrier and a West African monkey named Sally. " They were the greatest pals." Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Farmyard Friends Painting Book, in Father Tucks Young Artist Series. Showing two geese with their respective young -- The Rivals. Date: 1912

Back cover design by Cecil Aldin, Farmyard Friends Painting Book, in Father Tucks Young Artist Series. Showing three spring lambs frisking in a field. Date: 1912

Friends Tabernacle, Wilmington, Ohio, USA
Friends Tabernacle (a Society of Friends or Quaker meeting house), Wilmington, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1910

An Unconfirmed Report states - Rumours, H. M. Bateman, WW1
" An unconfirmed report states - Rumour." This Bateman cartoon warns the readers against passing on potentially important information during wartime to friends

Cartoon, Le Cochon et ses deux petits, or Rich pickings for a Noble appetite, vide Strand Lane, Temple Barr &c &c &c, by James Gillray

Japanese boy and British boy, Russo-Japanese War
Thats How Its Done -- A Japanese boy and a British boy at the time of the Russo-Japanese War, looking at a toy cannon. Date: 1905

Royal Navy visit to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War, showing British sailors on decorated trams. Date: circa 1907

Page design, classmates, School Silhouettes
Page design for classmates in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Three men on the deck of a ship
Three men linking arms on the deck of a ship. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - German troops leave for front
WW1 - A photograph of German troops leaving for the front line. German citizens, as well as the troops families, friends, wives and children stand by the train to wave them goodbye at their send-off

Boys playing with junk, Balham, SW London
Three boys playing with junk in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Six girls on a Balham street, SW London
Six girls huddled together in front of a wooden fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) Vintage Leyland Bus, Mariazell, near Gusswerk, Styria, Austria. Date: 1940s

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