Alcohol Collection (page 9)

End of Prohibition in America
Americans celebrate the end of Prohibition Date: 1933

The Bottle, 1 -- Cruikshank
A workmans home, with father and mother at the table, a little maid serving them, and their two young children at a tiny table in front of the hearth. Ominously, the father is holding a bottle

Scene in a dance hall -- Cruikshank
A popular dance hall in the East End of London -- a brother and sister get into undesirable company. Date: circa 1850

Cocktails in The Sketch, 1920s
Page from The Sketch full of advertisements relating to the cocktail craze of the 1920s. Drinks advertised include Vermouth, Cointreau

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

English Civil War, 1645 (c). Watercolour by William Barns Wollen, 1900. Associated with English Civil War (1642-1649). Date: circa 1645

Hotel Majestic, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Ye Mug & Jug Inn, Hotel Majestic, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1940

Dom Perignon, French monk and cellarer
Dom Perignon (1638-1715), French Benedictine monk who is often (incorrectly) credited with the invention of sparkling champagne

Sloshed Woman 1928
Sloshed! A drunken young lady puts her feet on the table and knocks back the booze; her companion is not impressed. Date: 1928

Poster, Campari Soda. Date: 1950

Interior, President Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Interior, The Round-the-World Room, The President Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. With a stage area for a band, tables and chairs, and stools round a well-stocked bar. Date: circa 1935

Fruits de Mer at Rick Steins restaurant, Padstow, Cornwall
Fruits de Mer at Rick Steins seafood restaurant, Padstow, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Kiki of Montparnasse and two friends in a Paris club
Kiki of Montparnasse (left) and two friends in a Paris cabaret club. Kiki, whose real name was Alice Ernestine Prin (1901 1953), was an artists model, nightclub singer, actress, and painter

Food adulteration, 1845
London improvements : adulteration of food in 1845. Sand is added to sugar, milk is watered down, bone dust and plaster of paris is added to dough and Vitriol is mixed into gin. Date: 1845

Hic Jacet - Here Lies - drunken man collapsed in gutter
(hic!) jacet (translated from the Latin: " Here Lies" ) - a drunken Londoner collapsed in gutter, his umbrella and hat discarded onto the street in his stupor. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of two decanters of sherry and port wine. Date: circa 1890s

Medieval Debauchery
HEREWARD THE WAKE Surrounded by his drunken men, Hereward (far right) sees Martin Lightfoot departing (far left) with the letter and realises that he must be stopped

King George V head and shoulders on a silk postcard
There were various different types of sllk cards - woven, embroidered and machine woven. The King and Queen set an example in all things from digging for Victory to abstinence from alcohol

Artwork, three men dining at a table Date: 1942

Drunkard and bottle with comic verse on a Christmas card
Drunkard giving a red pillar box a cigar and a drink from a bottle, with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Barrel of beer with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Man with glass of wine on a Christmas card
Man with a glass of wine on a white embossed Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, drunkard in cemetery Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man enjoying a drink or two in the countryside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple with champagne Date: 20th century

Post-pub scene on a comic German greetings card - four men urinating in the moonlight. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Pub scene with barrel on a comic German greetings card
Pub scene with beer barrel, landlord and customers on a comic German greetings card. (1 of 2) Date: early 20th century

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