Luncheon Collection

Cans of Spam 1940S
Canned Spam luncheon meat, priced at 1 4D (one shilling and four pence in old money), on a shelf in a grocery store

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)

Loelia Ponsonby and the Duke of Westminster
Hugh ( Bendor ) Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, with Loelia Ponsonby who he would marry at Princes Row Register Office in London, 20th February 1930

Social - Claridges Lunch
Luncheon at Claridges Hotel, a convenient eatery if you are shopping in Londons Mayfair Date: 1912

Cricket at Eastbourne
The Saffrons cricket ground, pictured during the annual County Week, with Sussex hosting Surrey. In the foreground is the enclosure of the Sussex Club, adjoining which is that of the Devonshire Club

Advert for Asprey for the races 1937
A variety of outdoor items for the races including: Ladies seal race companion, pigskin betting book, field glasses, binoculars, aluminium mount saddle seat

Barbara Cartland with mother Polly and daughter Raine
Novelist Barbara Cartland (right) pictured with her mother Polly Cartland, and her daughter Raine (Mrs Gerald Legge), later Raine Spencer, wife of Earl Spencer

Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897
Selection of travelling dressing bags and cases, available from W. Thornhill & Co, in New Bond Street. Date: 1897

Luncheon in the streets of Cairo, Egypt Date: 1898

Luncheon menu, Assembly of Fleet at Spithead, Southampton
South Western Hotel, Southampton, luncheon menu from 19 July 1914 for the Spithead Review, signed by Richard and Stanley May, in the May brothers personal archive of shipping items. Date: 1914

Small archive of May brothers personal ephemera
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, May Collection. Small archive of personal ephemera relating to Titanic passengers Richard and Stanley May

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, lunch and breakfast menus
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, lunch and breakfast First Class menus, dated 29 September 1920 and 3 October 1920. Date: 1920

RMS Olympic - Ocean Times, lunch menu, brochure, etc
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - concert programme dated 9 October 1922, cross-sectional promotional brochure, First Class luncheon menu dated 30 September 1920, and Ocean Times

Menu for RMS Empress of France, Canadian Pacific line, 4 November 1952 Date: 1952

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Luncheon Menu, cover design, 1 June 1950 Date: 1950

Goodwood Picnic
An alfresco luncheon party at Goodwood Races. Date: 1939

Thomas Kenwards Luncheon Stout

Edwardian men an women sitting on top of the coaches having luncheon, finely laid out with white tablecloths. Date: 1907

Advert for the Queensboro Social and Dance Club, London, 1925. The venue features a cabaret with luncheon, the dansant, dinner and supper Date: 1925

Suggested decor and layout for a high-class luncheon and dining room of the 1900s. With the painted green panelled walls and elegant furniture

HMS Pinafore, lunch on board ship
HMS Pinafore. Luncheon in the ward-room on board ship (the apartment assigned to the lieutenants on board a man-o -war}. Date: 1908

A Luncheon Party on a Houseboat at Henley-on-Thames. 1892

The Taverna of the Excelsior Palace, Venice Lido
Luncheon at the Taverna restaurant of the Excelsior Palace Hotel at the fashionable Venice Lido. Diners were encouraged to visit the Taverna in their swimwear or beach pyjamas

Open-air luncheon, Mr and Mrs H I Pratt
Aerial view of an open-air luncheon hosted by Mr and Mrs H I Pratt, at Glen Cove, Long Island, USA. 1924

Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials
Early Motor Car Racing - Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials (left to right) Stocks, Fuller, Mayhew, Jarrott, Edge, Earp. Date: 1903

Johanna de Lasandes Luncheon, detail Date: 1740

Luncheon at the Empress Club 1900
The Empress Club, sitting between Dover Street and 13 Berkeley Street, W1, London. One of the very first Ladies Clubs, The Empress Club was founded in 1897. Date: 1900

FASHIONS FOR SHOOTING
A well dressed shooting party, in tweeds, plus-fours and trilbies, stop for a spot of luncheon in a pleasant rural setting. Date: 1938

Washing up after breakfast (2 / 2)
Picture 2/2 - Following their fancy breakfast at their very well-appointed campsite (see: 13127654), the young chap has scarpered, leaving his partner and Mother left with all the washing up!!

A jolly trio enjoying a very fancy breakfast (1 / 2)
Picture 1/2 - A jolly trio (a young couple and the young ladys Mother?) enjoying a very fancy breakfast at their very well-appointed campsite, which comes complete with full china service

Kid Lewis and Oswald Mosley
Kid Lewis, triple boxing champion and ex-holder of the world welterweight title who stood as a New Party candidate in Whitechapel, East London

From left: Philip Wills, Constance Babington-Smith and P?
From left: Philip Wills, Constance Babington-Smith and Philip Lucas, at the 94th Anniversary Luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on 12 January 1960

Coronation 1953, traditional guildhall luncheon
The newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth II attends a a traditional Guildhall luncheon in her honour on 12 June 1953, ten days after the Coronation

White Star Line - RMS Olympic launch menu
White Star Line - RMS Olympic extremely rare launch menu dated 20 October 1910. The launch luncheon was held at The Grand Central Hotel, Belfast

Cunard Line, RMS Carpathia - luncheon menu, Sunday 17 November 1912. Date: 1912

Luncheon in the Talbot Gallery at Alton Towers, 1860
Luncheon in the Talbot Gallery to celebrate the taking possession of Alton Towers by Henry Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, on 13th April 1860

Picnic in a car at Brooklands
Two women enjoying a picnic from the backseat of a car at Brooklands, 1927. 1927

Lyn Valley, Lynmouth, Devon
View of the Lyn Valley, Lynmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1920s

Whale meat menu and recipe card: 1918
Culinary science applied to the whale: the menu and recipes at a steak whale luncheon given by the American Museum of Natural History on 8th February 1918

Tea and Coffee Services, Luncheon Trays, Plate 34
Tea and Coffee Services, Luncheon Trays, Plates, Plate 34, showing plain and patterned cups and saucers, plates, serving dishes, teapots and coffee pots. Date: circa 1880s

A Pullman Palace car on the Midland Railway, 1874
Front cover of The Graphic featuring sketches of the interior of a very comfortable looking Pullman car on board a train on the Midland Railway in 1874

London silhouettes, Luncheon Bars 1860
Men in a luncheon bar, being served by women. Date: Circa 1860

Cartoon, John Bull taking a Luncheon, or, British Cooks cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne Chere, by James Gillray. Celebrate Britains victory at Aboukir Bay in August 1798

WW1 Oxo advertisement
Advertisement for Oxo suggesting Oxo and potato cakes as a delicious (and economical) luncheon during the First World War. Date: 1918

Blitz in London -- Tottenham Court Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action at the scene of a fire in Tottenham Court Road, 24 September 1940. Date: 1940

Grosvenor House luncheon in aid of the Three Arts War Fund
The Souvenir Luncheon at Grosvenor House in aid of the Three Arts War Fund, which was followed by a garden fete. The Duke of Westminster lent his house for the occasion which was attended by Queen

Luncheon of Anglo-Swedish Society with T. S. Eliot
A luncheon in London of the Anglo-Swedish Society to celebrate Strindbergs centenary. The poet T.S. Eliot presided. Shown left to right (facing)

Russian Aristocracy Enjoying a Luncheon
Ten Wealthy Russians enjoying a spot of luncheon in 1913. Date: 1913

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