Champagne Collection (page 6)

Cover design, Laugh It Off Annual for 1945, bubbling with sparkling wit and humour. Showing a fun-loving young woman in a giant glass of champagne. Date: 1945

WW1 - French and German aerial combat, 1916
WW1 - In aerial combat over Champagne district in France, a German biplane fires at and brings down a French aviator. The damaged aircraft leaves a trail of black smoke as it falls nose-down from

1923 Deinhard Champagne & Vintage Car (awaiting identification), Germany. Showing Rolls Royce Vintage Car Date: 1910s

Jack May & Tony Sarg at Murrays Club, 1914
Jack May, manager of Murrays nightclub in Beak Street, London (opened 1913) tops up the glass of champagne of the artist Tony Sarg at the club

Couple enjoying dinner, 1929
Illustration depicting a man and woman enjoying dinner at a restaurant. Or at least, by this point, the food seems to be subordinated by the drinking of champagne. Date: 1929

The Bystander Christmas Number, 1929
Inside front cover of The Bystander Christmas Number 1929 featuring a page of vignettes showing entertainment and nightlife scenes, while in the centre, two dandyish chaps sip champagne. Date: 1929

Boy drinking up champagne from a feast
Rests of the feast. 1885. Engraving. Date: 1885

WWI. Les tranch饳blanches (white trenches)
WWI. Les tranch饳 blanches (white trenches), 1917. Illustration by Georges Paul Leroux (1877-1957). Trenches of the French army in Champagne. Drawing

On the Properties of Things (De proprietatibus rerum) (15th c.), translation by Jean Cordichon of the encyclopedic work of the Franciscan Bartholomaeus Anglicus

France. Cathedral of Reims
FRANCE. Reims. Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Main facade. Detail of the Smiling Angel (Angel of the Annunciation). French school. 13th century. Gothic art. Relief on rock

Wine cellars at Rheims
Mid-19th century engraving showing a cross section of the wine cellars at Rheims, home of champagne. Date: 1862

Suffragette in Holloway Prison Mrs. Pankhurst. Captioned, Two sides of Holloway Prison. Shows woman in cell wearing prison uniform and Mrs. Pankhurst in own clothes with champagne, doctor and warder

Massey Shaw fireboat launch
Scene at the launch of the Massey Shaw fireboat. Date: 1935

Cartoon, The Bounder of Europe, WW1
Cartoon, The Bounder of Europe, showing an unhappy German in a cafe, surrounded by disapproving representatives of other nations during the First World War

Second wave of French troops in German trenches, WW1
A second wave of French troops in a German trench during an attack, amid gas, in Champagne. After an advance by a first wave of soldiers, a second wave would clear out any Germans remaining by

The Jazz Age - scene from Champagne
On with the dance - a study in modernity from the film, Champagne, a British movie shown by the Wardour Company, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Cartoon, German soldiers happy to be back, WW1
Cartoon of German soldiers enjoying a drink, happy to be back in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sheet music cover, Money is the Root of All Evil (Take It Away, Take It Away, Take It Away), with words and music by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, as performed in the revue High Time

Business card design, couple at a table
Business card design in green, gold and black, showing a silhouetted couple at a table, enjoying a glass of champagne. Date: 20th century

Advert for Asprey glassware 1934
A selection of glasses for a wedding gift: crystal decanter brandy with engraved hunting scene, champagne, claret, port and sherry, cocktail, liqueur and tumblers. Date: 1934

French soldiers, with bayonets fixed, capture a German Field
French infantry charging into the woods to capture a German artillery piece. The event took place near Champagne. One German officer can be seen firing a Luger pistol. 1916

Grape Pickers 1930S
Grape pickers in Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s

Old Women Grape Pickers
French peasant women harvesting grapes in the Champagne region, France. Date: early 1930s

Grape Pickers in Love
A young couple laden with baskets of freshly picked grapes, looking very happy and in love, Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s

Hedonistic champagne-drinking in Paris, early 1930s Date: 1901 - 1953

Gentleman wines and dines his lady in style but at low cost
How can you do it? Gentleman wines and dines his lady in style at Belmonicos but at low cost, as he only earns $8.75 a week ! Date: 1912

WW2 - Safe Arrival in Paris - GIs enjoying the nightlife
Humorous WW2 era French postcard postcard, bearing the caption " I confirm I have arrived safely..." These two American GIs certainly seem to be enoying their arrival in France

Raising a Toast - Can Can Dancer and smart gent
Can Can Dancer (performing on a chair, somewhat precariously!) and smart gent raising a Toast ! Date: 1905

Light Unshaded! Blackout rebels bribe official
An Upper Class Party is disturbed by an official complaining about the non-blackout of this London address during WWI. The host is furiously apologising

Auguste, the First Elephant ever born in France
First Elephant ever born in France - named Auguste - on 5th August 1936 at Douai. Baptised with Champagne by the unlikely combination of pachyderm Admirers, Maurice Chevalier and Josephine Baker!!

Smart gentleman raises a toast to the moon / personification of nightime Date: circa 1904

Programme of the Grande Semaine DAviation de la Champagne
Cover of the programme of the Grande Semaine DAviation de la Champagne

FRANCE. Reims. Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Angel of the Smile (Angel of the Annunciation). 1250. Gothic art

FRANCE. Reims. Cathedral of Notre-Dame. French school, 13th century. View of the window. Gothic art

FRANCE. CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE. MARNE. Reims. Basilica of Saint-Remi. Basilica of Saint-Remi (ss.XI-XII). Gothic art. Architecture

Disgorgement of Champagne in France. Disgorgement is a skilled manual process in the production of Champagne, where the crown cap and lees are removed without losing much of the liquid

A cave carved out of rock to store Champagne in France

A Dainty Dish
Madeline Gibson in a hilarious costume she donned for Champagne Time at the Cochran show the Trocadero in London in 1927. She is arrayed as salmon mayonnaise

Philippus de Champaigne Bruxellensis pictor regius

Sparkling champagne

Champagne and oysters. Date c1878

Champagne toasting
Cartoon for champagne toasting. Date: 1931

Prince Jean de Caramen Chymay
Prince Jean de Caramen-Chymay, managing director of Veuve-Clicquot in Stockholm. 6-8-1935. Date: 6th August 1935

German 21cm howitzer in action, France, WW1
A German 21cm howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, being prepared for action in an emplacement in the Champagne area of France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Birthday Bubbly
A bottle of champagne and two glasses, ready to drink a 21st birthday toast! Date: 1966

German gunners with field gun, Champagne, France, WW1
German gunners, loading a field gun during action in the Champagne area of France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Fighting in Champagne, France, WW1
Reproduction of a painting or sketch by Leon Broquet entitled Champagne, depicting fighting in north eastern France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Battlefield in Champagne, France, WW1
Scene on a battlefield in Champagne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

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