Catering Collection (page 8)

Refreshments for evacuees, WW2
Refreshments for evacuees during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Hotel Mar y Vent, Banyalbufar, Majorca, Spain
Dining Room in the Hotel Mar y Vent, Banyalbufar (Banalbufar), Majorca, Spain. Date: circa 1930

Typical wine bar and cafe, Can Amer, Inca, Majorca, Spain. Date: circa 1910s

Hotel Santa Brigida, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, where King Alfonso XIII had lunch during his official visit, at tables in the open air. Date: 1906

Eagle Hut dining saloon, YMCA, Aldwych, London, with letter designated tables. Date: circa 1919

AFS Bromley firefighters at tables, Bromley, Kent, WW2
AFS Bromley Divisional Station firefighters at tables, Ravensbourne School, Bromley, Kent, in the early days of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Herbert Morrison, mobile kitchen donation, WW2
The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, on 5 September 1941, visiting a mobile kitchen donated to the National Fire Service by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce. A firewoman looks up at him and smiles

Advert for Birds Custard Powder 1905
Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye a dish of dainty CUSTARD improves an apple pie. Advertisement for Birds Custard Power, without eggs. Date: 1905

Paris - The Kitchens of the Lycee Montaigne, a famous French public secondary school. It is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, near the Jardin du Luxembourg, and was founded in the 1880s

GRAF Zeppelin
Diners and Waiters in the Dining Room on Board the GRAF Zeppelin Date: 1930s

Lockheed Constellation
Passenger, Families and Children in the Economy-Class Cabin Seat of a Klm Lockheed Constellation with Blankets Stored in the Hat-Racks and Someone Reading a Newspaper Date: 1950s

The Cleveland Mobile Canteen (patent no. 5783) for Finland
The Cleveland Mobile Canteen (patent no. 5783) designed specifically for Finland. Date: circa 1938

Menu card, RMS Olympic, White Star Line, WW1
Menu card, RMS Olympic, White Star Line, 17 November 1915. At this time the ship was being used to transport troops to Gallipoli. Date: 1915

Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
The Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, New York, USA
Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, Columbus and Broadway at 66th Street, New York, USA -- Visit the ship that never goes to sea, Captain Mike always on deck

Grand Hotel Brasseur, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Restaurant of the Grand Hotel Brasseur, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Date: circa 1930s

Blacksmith Shop Restaurant, Whitman, Massachusetts, USA
A chef at work in the Blacksmith Shop Restaurant, Whitman, Massachusetts, USA, specialising in lobsters, steaks, fish and chops broiled over the coals of the old forges. 1941

Information card, Hotel de Normandie
Information card for the Hotel de Normandie, which may or may not be in Normandy, northern France. Date: early 20th century

KLM Constellation plane interior with passengers
KLM (Lockheed) Constellation passenger plane interior, with passengers in their seats and a stewardess serving food. Date: circa 1950s

Longest lunch counter, F W Woolworth, Los Angeles, USA
The longest lunch counter in the world, at F W Woolworth, 431 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA. One hundred yards long, and air conditioned. Date: circa 1930s

Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving

Hamburg workhouse - punishment of inmates
An illustration of the punishment meted out to idle paupers at the Hamburg workhouse in 1777. Offenders were placed in a large basket suspended by a rope over the dining hall table while the more

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