Waiters Collection

Garcon De Cafe 1850
A French garcon de cafe, or cafe waiter. Date: 1850

Gabriel Masselin, Waiter
Gabriel Masselin served as a waiter at the Grand-Vefour, Paris, for over thirty years. Date: 1879

Wine Waiter Opens Bottle
The wine waiter opens a bottle Date: 1878

Dinner Party at Home
A lavish dinner party takes place in a French household

Riviera Interlude by Clark Fay
A relaxed scene showing smart holidaymakers enjoying a drink at an open air cafe underneath striped parasols somewhere on the Cote d Azur, France during the 1930s. Date: 1935

Wine Waiter
A waiter hurries purposely to a table bearing a bottle of wine and a set of flute glasses. From his rosy cheeks, he may have tested the vintage first

The Country Club at Johannesburg
The rendezvous of Rand society - the Johannesburg Country Club situated in a suburb of Auckland Park. Date: 1929

Restaurant of the Grand Hotel, Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1910

Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House in London, 1808. Engraving by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann (1808-1810). Engraving

Dining in the Moonlight : In the Garden Grill-Room
The Garden Grill-Room at the May Fair Hotel in Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London showing diners in black tie and evening dress, attending to by numerous waiters

The Ivy, 1946
Illustration of the interior of the original Ivy restaurant in West Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden. Famously frequented by the great and the good

Cafe-Restaurant La Sirene D or - Bruges, Belgium
Cafe-Restaurant La Sirene D or at 31 Grand Place, Bruges, Belgium - facing the Belfrey (Beffroi). It is still open to this day. Date: circa 1920s

Various types of pasta offered by Gerardo di Nola, of Napoli Date: 1940

Railway passengers taking refreshments at York Station 1872
Railway passengers taking refreshments at York Station, with ten minutes to spare between trains. Date: 1872

Christmas at Windsor Castle, Royal banquet 1857
Royal banquet at Windsor Castle at Christmas time, engraving showing the procession of the two dishes being carried by smartly dressed waiters in blazing scarlet clothing, first

Scandal in Paris by Edgar de Saint-Pierre de Montzaigle

Waiter wearing beret and Oxford bags, 1926
Will it ever come to this? The President of the National Federation of Merchant Taylors is responsible for this awful suggestion

Cartoon, New drama by Reade and Pettitt
Cartoon, New drama by Charles Reade and Henry Pettitt -- Star actors sometimes get very dainty. Their melodrama, Love and Money, was in production at the Adelphi Theatre, London

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

WAITER SHOUTS 1835
The waiter in the Reform dining room shouts his order to the kitchen. Date: 1835

PEEPING WAITER 1879
A Parisian waiter checks on whats going on in a hotel bedroom, before he carries in the breakfast tray Date: 1879

WAITER RUNS WITH DISH
A Parisian waiter running with a dish Date: 1879

WAITER HIDES WINES 1894
A waiter puts aside a couple of bottles for the personal refreshment of the staff... Date: 1894

Banquet held at Audley End House. Date: 1852

The private bar at Havana Club Rum, Havana, Cuba, with two bartenders and two customers. Date: circa 1930s

Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Scene inside the Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Date: 1928

Mrs Crosbys Cafe, Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico
Scene inside Mrs Crosbys Cafe, Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, with staff and customers posing for their photo. Date: circa 1934

British Rail dining car, with waiter serving a passenger. Date: circa 1970s

Menu card, Sundae Tea Rooms, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), offering fragrant Ceylon Tea, delicious ice creams and sundaes, iced fruit drinks, fancy cakes, dainty sandwiches, etc. Date: circa 1930

Stirrup Cup Castle, Oakdale, Long Island, New York, USA
Stirrup Cup Castle restaurant, Oakdale, Long Island, New York, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Welsh Guards
One of 34 photographs associated with the Welsh Guards, 1950-1969.Showing canteen; sign-writer; carpenters; drivers; machine gunners; firing mortars; sport; welder; mess waiters

Duke and Duchess of York at Sports Club, Mombasa, Kenya
Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) take tea at the Mombasa Sports Club, Kenya, East Africa. 1924

Royal Hotel, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Dining Room with waiting staff, Royal Hotel, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: 1908

The Epicure who detected a Minnow by H. M. Bateman
The Epicure Who Detected a Minnow in the Whitebait by H. M. Batemen. An arrogant diner, irate to discover a minnow amongst his plate of whitebait, demands the ma e d rectifies the situation

A 2000 dinner party at the Savoy, 1910
The winter garden of the Savoy Hotel converted into a realistic representation of the North Pole when Mr George A. Kessler, the New York millionaire (seen on the right)

Cafe D Orsay or Les Trois Freres Provencaux, Paris 1840
Interior of Les Trois Freres Provencaux Restaurant circa 1840

Dining room, Pen Mar Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Dining room with smart waiters in attendance, Pen Mar Park, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1910

Queue de Luxe, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Queue de Luxe (Luxury Queue), with upper class people waiting for a bus, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Roof Garden, Hotel d Angelis, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Roof Garden, Hotel d Angelis, Mount Road, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

The Bill by Douglas Mackenzie
" The Bill" : An old comedy in one act. Covent Garden Ball Supper. Time: 2 A.M. Naughty Old Gentleman (between his teeth): Dear me

Cartoon, Edward, Prince of Wales outside a music hall
Cartoon, Our Genial Prince -- what it may come to! Edward, Prince of Wales outside a music hall. The head waiter says: Our benefit comes off next week, Sir

Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Tray
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Tray the Waiters Wife. circa 1950

Cadburys Happy Families - Miss Tray
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Miss Tray the Waiters Daughter. circa 1950

Two men in traditional Egyptian waiter?s dress in a restaurant in Cairo. Light brown Wicker tables and chairs. Table nearest with pink table cloth. Two men at the back Date: 1978

Cadburys Happy Families - Mr Tray
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mr Tray the Waiter. circa 1950

Cadburys Happy Families - Master Tray
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Tray the Waiters Son. circa 1950

Two Helpings of Capon Farci aux Truffles by H. M. Bateman
A rather rotund looking gentleman savours a tiny portion of French cuisine at a restaurant as the chef and waiters wait anxiously for his reaction. Date: 1925

The Gentle Art of Living by H. M. Bateman
A couple enjoy a pleasant dinner in a restaurant, garnished with champagne and the attendance of a waiter. Date: 1925

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