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Buffet Collection

Background imageBuffet Collection: Spanish Matador Buffet

Spanish Matador Buffet
A Spanish matador waits in front of a buffet, while the chef dishes up and a man in a suit swigs wine from a porron! Date: 1960s

Background imageBuffet Collection: Railway Buffet, Prague

Railway Buffet, Prague
Das CAFEHAUS in Prague railway station Date: 1846

Background imageBuffet Collection: Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1893

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1893
Selection of oak furnishing for 1893. Date: 1893

Background imageBuffet Collection: Buffet in the Tuileries, Paris

Buffet in the Tuileries, Paris
People enjoying an evening buffet in the Tuileries, Paris. Date: 1869

Background imageBuffet Collection: The Buffet

The Buffet
A portrait oil painting showing a woman, wearing a floral patterned, yellow and blue dress, with a red plumed, black hat. She is standing, calmy infront of a table

Background imageBuffet Collection: Dinner Menu, Cunard liner, RMS Mauretania

Dinner Menu, Cunard liner, RMS Mauretania
Dinner Menu, Cunard liner RMS Mauretania, 30 July 1953 - at this time the ship was operating between Southampton and New York. Date: 1953

Background imageBuffet Collection: Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader, with visitors

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader, with visitors
Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao. Seen here sharing a meal with two visitors, and two Chinese interpreters seated behind. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageBuffet Collection: Kings Cross, railway buffet 1903

Kings Cross, railway buffet 1903
The scene from the Railway buffet at the Kings Cross Station, London. 1903

Background imageBuffet Collection: Label for painting, The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1

Label for painting, The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1
Label for painting, The Buffet, by William Strang, First World War. Buffets were held to raise money as part of the war effort. 1917

Background imageBuffet Collection: The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1

The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1
The Buffet, painting by William Strang, First World War. Buffets were held to raise money as part of the war effort. 1917

Background imageBuffet Collection: A number of scenes from a Subscription Dance held at the Peoples Palace

A number of scenes from a Subscription Dance held at the Peoples Palace, Mile End Road, London. Dancers gettting ready (at top), dancing (centre) and enjoying a Refreshment Buffet (bottom left)

Background imageBuffet Collection: SUPPER TABLES & BUFFET SUPPER TABLES & BUFFET

SUPPER TABLES & BUFFET SUPPER TABLES & BUFFET
Supper tables with buffet. You are expected to help yourself to what you fancy at the buffet table, then take a seat at one of the smaller tables with whoever you fancy. Date: circa 1900

Background imageBuffet Collection: Chefs and buffet at Island Hotel, Tresco, Isles of Scilly

Chefs and buffet at Island Hotel, Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Three chefs standing behind a lavish buffet table at the Island Hotel, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageBuffet Collection: Supper Table -- how we entertain our friends

Supper Table -- how we entertain our friends. Accompanying an article entitled How I keep house on 250 per annum. 1885

Background imageBuffet Collection: Ship Buffet & Bar, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa

Ship Buffet & Bar, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Ship Buffet & Bar, Ship Hotel, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Proprietor Harry Pulham. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBuffet Collection: Montparnasse, Pars, France - Le Dome Restaurant

Montparnasse, Pars, France - Le Dome Restaurant Date: 1930s

Background imageBuffet Collection: The Soldiers and Sailors Buffet at Victoria Station

The Soldiers and Sailors Buffet at Victoria Station
Impression of a crowded scene at Victoria Station as men arriving on the leave train, or else departing for the Front, are given free refreshments from the Soldiers and Sailors Free Buffet

Background imageBuffet Collection: Comic Postcard - a play on the phrase Bar & Bolt

Comic Postcard - a play on the phrase Bar & Bolt (to secure the door). This gentleman was enjoying a light snack in the Station Buffet when he suddenly realised the time

Background imageBuffet Collection: Caricature, Sir Squire Bancroft and Mowbray Morris

Caricature, Sir Squire Bancroft and Mowbray Morris
Caricature, Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager, and Mowbray Morris, theatre critic, with other critics in the background enjoying food and drink in the Critics Buffet

Background imageBuffet Collection: Coffee on Canadian Train

Coffee on Canadian Train
Men queueing for coffee, which is being served at the Snack Bar of the buffet carriage of the Canadian National Railway. Date: 1930s

Background imageBuffet Collection: Le Bourget Airport

Le Bourget Airport
The embarkation area at Le Bourget, the principal airport for Paris : a Buffet caters for travellers needs. Date: 1932

Background imageBuffet Collection: Not Teatotaller

Not Teatotaller
RAILWAY STATION BUFFET: Gentleman offended by suggestion he might drink tea... Date: 1875

Background imageBuffet Collection: Gent Offended by Tea

Gent Offended by Tea
At a railway station buffet, a gentleman is offended by the suggestion that he might drink tea... Date: 1875

Background imageBuffet Collection: Coffee Shop Club, Blue Bird streamliner train, USA

Coffee Shop Club, Blue Bird streamliner train, USA
Passengers relaxing in a carriage of the Coffee Shop Club on the new Wabash Blue Bird streamliner train, operating between St Louis and Chicago, USA. Date: 1950

Background imageBuffet Collection: Dover Street, Piccadilly, London

Dover Street, Piccadilly, London
View of Dover Street, Piccadilly, London, including Dover Street tube station (right) which was later renamed Green Park. circa 1920

Background imageBuffet Collection: Soldiers enjoying the free buffet at Victoria station, WW1

Soldiers enjoying the free buffet at Victoria station, WW1
Soldiers at Victoria Railway Station enjoying the hot coffee available - for free - from the Soldiers and Sailors Free Buffet

Background imageBuffet Collection: The Arcade, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

The Arcade, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Scene inside The Arcade, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, with shops and a glass roof. Date: 1916

Background imageBuffet Collection: Staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross, WW1

Staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross, WW1
Female staff of the Soldiers Free Buffet at Charing Cross Station, set up, along with similar buffets at other London terminus

Background imageBuffet Collection: Miss Hermione Kennedy digging somewhere in France

Miss Hermione Kennedy digging somewhere in France
Miss Hermione Kennedy, the daughter of Lady Alexander Kennedy, widow of the late Lord Alexander Kennedy, snapshotted digging in the garden of a British soldiers buffet somewhere on the Western Front

Background imageBuffet Collection: Queen Alexandra serving at London Bridge buffet, WW1

Queen Alexandra serving at London Bridge buffet, WW1
Queen Alexandra pictured serving soldiers at the free buffet organised by Lady Limerick at London Bridge station in December 1915

Background imageBuffet Collection: Buffet for soldiers at Victoria Station, WW1

Buffet for soldiers at Victoria Station, WW1
Various scenes at the free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Victoria railway station in London. The buffet, staffed by volunteers

Background imageBuffet Collection: Free buffet for soldiers & sailor, Victoria station, WW1

Free buffet for soldiers & sailor, Victoria station, WW1
The free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Victoria Station, staffed by volunteers during the First World War to provide free food and drink to soldiers and sailors returning from the Front

Background imageBuffet Collection: Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station

Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station
Miss Muriel Perry, the capable quartermaster of the Sailors and Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station during the First World War, where 200, 000 men were fed at a cost of one penny per head

Background imageBuffet Collection: View inside Cannon Street Station, London

View inside Cannon Street Station, London, showing trains waiting to depart, but very few passengers in evidence. Date: circa 1940

Background imageBuffet Collection: Louis Joseph Buffet

Louis Joseph Buffet
LOUIS JOSEPH BUFFET French stateman. Date: 1818 - 1898

Background imageBuffet Collection: Eugenie Buffet - Ambassadeurs

Eugenie Buffet - Ambassadeurs. Poster showing French chanteuse Eugenie Buffet dressed as a Parisian working girl with her hands in her pockets on a snowy street

Background imageBuffet Collection: Lyon, France - Gare des Brotteaux

Lyon, France - Gare des Brotteaux - The Gardens and the Buffet Date: 1919

Background imageBuffet Collection: Having a Party?

Having a Party?
Cartoon by Graham showing a couple preparing for what looks like a rather splendid Christmas party with balloons, streamers, cocktails and a buffet. Date: 1953

Background imageBuffet Collection: 1950S PARTY

1950S PARTY
An illustration depicting a party of debutante ball with several young ladies in full skirted dresses helping themselves to the buffet while predatory young men in tuxedos look smug

Background imageBuffet Collection: Lin-Can fruits advertisement

Lin-Can fruits advertisement
Just about the best ideas EVER for a Childrens Party utilising all sorts of tinned fruits from Lin-Can of Boston, Lincolnshire

Background imageBuffet Collection: Christmas Buffet Spread

Christmas Buffet Spread
Wonderful assorted Christmas foods on a table, including bean stew, peas pudding, roast duck, rabbit jelly mould, rock cakes, meringues, trifle, souffle, Christmas cake, etc

Background imageBuffet Collection: Congress of Berlin / 1878

Congress of Berlin / 1878
A glass of congress sherry: A scene in the dining room at the Radziwill Palace, Berlin, the setting for the Congress of Berlin

Background imageBuffet Collection: Leap Year Dance

Leap Year Dance
In England, during Leap Year, it is the girls who invite the men onto the dance floor, who lead them to the buffet, and then return them to their seats

Background imageBuffet Collection: French Station Buffet

French Station Buffet
English tourists eat in a station buffet : until the fast food age they were renowned for the high quality of their food and service

Background imageBuffet Collection: Dancing on Rails

Dancing on Rails
No more gazing dolefully at the passing scenery - enjoy the Samba Special, the Dancing Car provided by Austria Travel Agency, with bar and buffet to add to your enjoyment !



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