Quakers in 50 Objects

The Postage Stamp of Sydney Parkinson, issued in 2018, marks the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s most famous voyage.

Plain Dress is a practice among some religious groups, including Quakers, in which people dress in modest design.

Granted in 1689, Lincoln Meeting House’s Licence for Worship marks the year when it became legal to be a Quaker.

In Philadelphia, this modern representation of the Penn Charter School Seal hangs on the back wall of school’s Meeting Room.

In May, 2016, representatives from local schools, churches and societies joined with Stone Quakers, Staffordshire, to unveil a Peace Pole.

In 1947, Quaker work for peace and humanitarian aid was recognised in the form of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.