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Cocktail Collection

Background imageCocktail Collection: Sobranie cigarettes advertisement, 1963

Sobranie cigarettes advertisement, 1963
Advertisement for Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes, available in a variety of fancy rainbow colours with gold tips - like all the best parties well bred, well dressed and perfectly packed. Date: 1963

Background imageCocktail Collection: Seagers Gin Advert

Seagers Gin Advert
A red-headed woman in a fetching pink party dress gets into the party spirit by mixing some cocktails with Seagers Gin

Background imageCocktail Collection: Booths Dry Gin advertisement at Gargoyle club

Booths Dry Gin advertisement at Gargoyle club
Advertisement for Booths Dry Gin showing George, the barman mixing some delicious cocktails. The Gargoyle Club on Meard Street was a regular haunt for many artists

Background imageCocktail Collection: Gebrauchsgrafik illustration, 1928

Gebrauchsgrafik illustration, 1928
Highly stylised art deco illustration showing three people (one woman and two men) in evening dress, sitting on what look like cocktail stools

Background imageCocktail Collection: Huntley and Palmers Cocktail biscuit tin lid

Huntley and Palmers Cocktail biscuit tin lid
Biscuit tin lid for Huntley and Palmers cocktail assorted biscuits. Just the thing to have with some...cocktails. Date: c.1935

Background imageCocktail Collection: The Cocktail Girl! By Alfred Leete

The Cocktail Girl! By Alfred Leete
A surreal illustration of a lady made from cocktail paraphernalia, showing her leisurely smoking a cigarette. The illustration is evocative of the 1920s when cocktails

Background imageCocktail Collection: In the cocktail bar at Ciros Grill

In the cocktail bar at Ciros Grill
Well-known personalities of the day caricatured by George Whitelaw in the cocktail bar at Ciros Grill, one of the premier nightspots in London in the early part of the 20th century

Background imageCocktail Collection: Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar

Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar
A flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne

Background imageCocktail Collection: Gordons Gimlet Cocktail advertisement

Gordons Gimlet Cocktail advertisement
Advertisement for pre-mixed Gordons Gimlet Cocktail. A gimlet traditionally includes gin, lime and soda. Date: 1935

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail Girls 1950S 3 / 4

Cocktail Girls 1950S 3 / 4
Two smiling, leggy young models enjoy a drink together at a cocktail bar. A towels is slunged nonchalantly over a bar stool. I hope they don t intend to drink & swim!

Background imageCocktail Collection: Victor Stiebel / Dress

Victor Stiebel / Dress
A fashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a blue paper taffeta cocktail dress. The diaphragm is swathed with darker shaded taffeta, which falls in two flat panels

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail bar on the Flying Scotsman

Cocktail bar on the Flying Scotsman
The cocktail bar for third class passengers on the Flying Scotsman. Date: 1933

Background imageCocktail Collection: Advert for Gordons Gin 1929

Advert for Gordons Gin 1929
Advertisement for Gordons Gin, as endorsed by S. M. Jolly, bartender at the Ambassadors Club in London. 1929

Background imageCocktail Collection: The Cocktail King

The Cocktail King
A suave and self-satisfied man in a dinner jacket stands in front of a vast array of bottles on a dresser. Date: 1922

Background imageCocktail Collection: Booths Gin advertisement - the Blue Train restaurant

Booths Gin advertisement - the Blue Train restaurant
Advertisement for Booths gin advertisement featuring John, the cocktail barman of the Blue Train restaurant in Stratton Street, London

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail Girls 1929

Cocktail Girls 1929
A trio of attractive young bar girls rustle up cocktails in shakers, wearing what may fairly be described as revealing outfits; its all good for business

Background imageCocktail Collection: The Dogs Bath Club in Beauchamp Place

The Dogs Bath Club in Beauchamp Place, London where every imaginable facility was available for pampered pooches. Owners could relax in the cosy lounge with cocktail bar which was decorated with a

Background imageCocktail Collection: Elizabeth Ponsonby with cocktail shaker and glasses

Elizabeth Ponsonby with cocktail shaker and glasses
Miss Elizabeth Ponsonby (later the Hon. Mrs Dennis Pelly), one of the Bright Young Things of the 1920s, and daughter of Arthur Ponsonby a senior minister in the Labour government

Background imageCocktail Collection: Asprey non-spill drink sets and trolleys advertisement, 1935

Asprey non-spill drink sets and trolleys advertisement, 1935
Advertisement for a variety of cocktail trays and trolleys from the luxury brand, Asprey, in chrome and glass, all of which have the nifty advantage of never spilling your drinks

Background imageCocktail Collection: Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1

Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1
Black and white advert in the Sketch for Finnigans of New Bond Street, London, featuring their Private Cocktail Bar which was...fitted at Back with shelves and compartments for Glasses, Bottles, etc

Background imageCocktail Collection: A Little Supper Party by Hal Bevan Petman

A Little Supper Party by Hal Bevan Petman
Front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration of a flirtatious looking flapper girl, enjoying a drink and a cigarette, but, apparently, very little food

Background imageCocktail Collection: Mappin & Webb cocktail set advertisement

Mappin & Webb cocktail set advertisement
Advertisement for cocktail and liqueur sets by Mappin & Webb featuring two men and a woman enjoying drinks around a cocktail cabinet. Date: 1927

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktails by Baird

Cocktails by Baird
A wonderful, stylised illustration showing a fashionable flapper girl not only drinking a cocktail but hallucinating about them also

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail fashion, 1958

Cocktail fashion, 1958
A woman wearing a white lace cocktail dress by Bijou, enjoys a cocktail at what is now considered quite a kitsch, Tiki-style bar

Background imageCocktail Collection: Victor Stiebel / Twenties

Victor Stiebel / Twenties
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for an elegant evening or cocktail dress in royal blue with embellished assymetric hem and drop-waist. Shoes & jewellery match dress

Background imageCocktail Collection: Molotov Cocktail Factory

Molotov Cocktail Factory
Factory for the manufacture of the Molotov cocktail, a uniquely Russian disintegrating bomb

Background imageCocktail Collection: Paris Ladies Cocktails

Paris Ladies Cocktails
Two fashionable ladies sit at a bar in Paris, sipping cocktails and chatting to the barman

Background imageCocktail Collection: Shelburne Hostesses

Shelburne Hostesses
The famous Shelburne Hostesses from the Shelburne Lounge, cocktail bar, Lexington Avenue, New York

Background imageCocktail Collection: Dogs Club Cocktail Bar

Dogs Club Cocktail Bar
The Dogs Club Cocktail Bar, where privileged dog owners can enjoy drinks with both their human and canine friends

Background imageCocktail Collection: Client: Woollands Brothers - black cocktail dress

Client: Woollands Brothers - black cocktail dress
Client: Woollands Brothers - Model in black cocktail dress with long black leather gloves and handbag and gentleman seated in evening dress, smoking a cigarette - September 4, 1957 Date: 1957

Background imageCocktail Collection: Miss Inez Holden. Beatrice Inez Lisette (Paget) Holden (1903-1974

Miss Inez Holden. Beatrice Inez Lisette (Paget) Holden (1903-1974) was a British writer and Bohemian social figure and journalist, also known for her association with George Orwell. Date: 1932

Background imageCocktail Collection: Club in the Latin Quarter of Montparnasse, Paris, 1920s

Club in the Latin Quarter of Montparnasse, Paris, 1920s
A scene in the bohemian environment of a club in the Latin Quarter of Montparnasse, Paris, during the 1920s. The Graphic comments, " Cocktails

Background imageCocktail Collection: WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913 WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913

WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913 WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913
Two debonair men-about-town wear evening dress clothes of white tie & black tailcoat, top hat, wing collar & dress pumps. One wears a cape with silk faced collar & lapels. Date: 1913

Background imageCocktail Collection: RMS Queen Mary, Tourist Cocktail Bar on Main Deck

RMS Queen Mary, Tourist Cocktail Bar on Main Deck Date: 1930s

Background imageCocktail Collection: RMS Queen Mary, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar

RMS Queen Mary, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar, January 1949 Date: 1949

Background imageCocktail Collection: RMS Parthia, Cocktail Bar

RMS Parthia, Cocktail Bar, January 1949 Date: 1949

Background imageCocktail Collection: RMS Mauretania, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar

RMS Mauretania, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar, January 1949 Date: 1949

Background imageCocktail Collection: MV Britannic, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar

MV Britannic, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar, January. 1949 Date: 1949

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Lounge and Bar

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Lounge and Bar
Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Observation Lounge and Cocktail Bar

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Cocktail Bar

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Cocktail Bar

Background imageCocktail Collection: Isabel Jeans, actress, (1891-1985) studio fashion portrait, with fashion illustration

Isabel Jeans, actress, (1891-1985) studio fashion portrait, with fashion illustration. With description, Miss Isabel Jeans wears an unusual cocktail or cinema gown designed by Peggy Morris

Background imageCocktail Collection: Ann Sidney, beauty queen and actress

Ann Sidney, beauty queen and actress
Ann Sidney (b 1944), winner of the 1964 Miss World contest, representing the UK. She later acted in TV and film. Seen here looking coy with a drink in her hand. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageCocktail Collection: Sketch by Fish showing a couple having a cocktail

Sketch by Fish showing a couple having a cocktail at the Kit-Cat Club, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail dress

Cocktail dress
Pattern for Art Deco style cocktail dress from MABS FASHIONS. Yellow georgette dress with maribou trimmed accordion pleated skirt and diamante belt and shoulder strap. Date: 1924

Background imageCocktail Collection: Mrs Libbys Fruits - Fruit Cocktail

Mrs Libbys Fruits - Fruit Cocktail
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Mrs. Libbys Fruits - Fruit Cocktail. circa 1950s

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail time at Cap d Antibes, Marquise de Casa Maury

Cocktail time at Cap d Antibes, Marquise de Casa Maury
Enjoying cocktails at Cap D Antibes - the Marquise de Casa Maury, formerly Miss Paula Gellibrand, seated at a beach side cafÚáÀith a friend

Background imageCocktail Collection: Heath Robinson and his design for Empress of India murals

Heath Robinson and his design for Empress of India murals
William Heath Robinson at work on a panel that would eventually be used to decorate the Knickerbocker bar on board the Canadian Pacific liner, Empress of India

Background imageCocktail Collection: Pioneer Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Pioneer Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Night view of the Pioneer Club and Cocktail Lounge, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1950

Background imageCocktail Collection: C R W Nevinson, The Artist Whose Recreation is Journalism

C R W Nevinson, The Artist Whose Recreation is Journalism
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, The Artist Whose Recreation is Journalism - former WW1 artist, seen in his studio and at his cocktail bar. The portrait bust of him is by Barney Seale. Date: 1933

Background imageCocktail Collection: On board the Queen Mary - Tourist Cocktail Bar

On board the Queen Mary - Tourist Cocktail Bar
Guests enjoying a Whitbread Pale Ale of all things in the smart Tourist Cocktail Bar on board the newly launched Queen Mary ocean liner. 1936

Background imageCocktail Collection: Booths Gin advertisement - The Grand Hotel, Torquay

Booths Gin advertisement - The Grand Hotel, Torquay
Advertisement for Booths Dry Gin, one of a series featuring various smart hotel bars around the UK. This time its the bar at the Grand Hotel in Torquay

Background imageCocktail Collection: New in headlines 1937

New in headlines 1937
Three models wearing the latest styles in hats. Date: 1937

Background imageCocktail Collection: Keeping ahead of fashion 1937

Keeping ahead of fashion 1937
Selection of womens straw hats in delicate contrasting shades, using swirls and curls and single bow knots. Date: 1937

Background imageCocktail Collection: Trade Catalogue for Tantalus frames 1930

Trade Catalogue for Tantalus frames 1930
A choice of fumed oak, mahogany and Princes plate Tantalus frames with finely cut glass decanter bottles and a elegant mahogany or oak cocktail table completely fitted with English cut-glass

Background imageCocktail Collection: Trade Catalogue for decanters, cocktail sets 1930

Trade Catalogue for decanters, cocktail sets 1930
A choice of Princes plate cocktail trays and shakers with either 6 etched or cut glasses. Different shaped English cut glass decanters with sterling silver mount. 1930

Background imageCocktail Collection: America. American Drink Glasses 1850

America. American Drink Glasses 1850
Prototype for the cocktail shaker, 2 glasses, that fit together, used to shake ice, flavourings and alcohol. The drink depicted is a mint julep with lemon peel, ice

Background imageCocktail Collection: COCKTAIL SNACKS

COCKTAIL SNACKS
Dainty cocktail pastry snacks, neatly cut into triangles and decorated with walnuts and sausages or breadsticks. Date: 1930s

Background imageCocktail Collection: STUFFED EGG SHIPS

STUFFED EGG SHIPS
Ship-shaped savoury boiled eggs, filled with egg yolks mixed with mayonnaise and cooked rice. Date: 1950s

Background imageCocktail Collection: SPANISH COCKTAIL BAR

SPANISH COCKTAIL BAR
A smart couple in a Spanish cocktail bar. Date: 1929

Background imageCocktail Collection: Pink Cocktail Dress Girl - Murrays Cabaret Club Costume

Pink Cocktail Dress Girl - Murrays Cabaret Club Costume
Pink Cocktail Dress Girl - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail glass

Cocktail glass
One of six cocktail glases with a conical bowl and engraved and sandblasted decoration of a cockerel standing in profile between two floral sprays

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktails in The Sketch, 1920s

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

Background imageCocktail Collection: At a Bright Young Party

At a Bright Young Party
Cartoon showing some young personalities of the time at a party: Rosemary Hope-Vere, Oliver Messel, Philip Kindersley, Lord Donegall, Sir Anthony Weldon, Lady Seafield, Hon

Background imageCocktail Collection: The 1958 Season - list of parties and balls in The Tatler

The 1958 Season - list of parties and balls in The Tatler
Brilliant vista of last Royal season. Double page spread from The Tatler magazine listing some of the coming out dances and debutante cocktail parties for the 1958 London Season - significant in

Background imageCocktail Collection: 1920s cocktail party gossip

1920s cocktail party gossip
" I wonder why one always has a cherry in a cocktail?" " So that one shall not drink on an empty stomach" Witty exchanges at a well populated, glamorous

Background imageCocktail Collection: Japanese geisha in rickshaw on a greetings card

Japanese geisha in rickshaw on a greetings card
Japanese geisha with parasol, riding in a rickshaw on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCocktail Collection: Japanese geisha with parasol on a greetings card

Japanese geisha with parasol on a greetings card
Japanese geisha with parasol and fan on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCocktail Collection: Tudor House Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa

Tudor House Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Cocktail Lounge, Tudor House Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageCocktail Collection: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), Waiter

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), Waiter
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), A young waiter carrying a large glass of something interesting... Date: circa 1908

Background imageCocktail Collection: The Beacon Motor-Hotel, Barstow, California, USA

The Beacon Motor-Hotel, Barstow, California, USA
The Beacon Motor-Hotel, coffee shop and cocktail lounge, Barstow, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Date: circa 1954

Background imageCocktail Collection: Diana Rigg wearing SWAPL jacket, Roter advertisement

Diana Rigg wearing SWAPL jacket, Roter advertisement
Actress Diana Rigg in an advertisement for South West African Persian Lamb wearing a jacket in said fabric. Left hand side shows an advertisement for Roter

Background imageCocktail Collection: Elegance Maternelle maternity fashion, 1965

Elegance Maternelle maternity fashion, 1965
Advertisement for a couple of elegant couture cocktail gowns for expectant mothers, available from Elegance Maternelle of Sloane Street and Thayer Street, London. Date: 1965

Background imageCocktail Collection: Five O Clock Club, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Five O Clock Club, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
View inside the Cocktail Lounge of the Five O Clock Club, 22nd Street and Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Date: 1936

Background imageCocktail Collection: Luigi Naintre

Luigi Naintre
LUIGI NAINTRE Italian proprietor of the Embassy Club, London, where he invented the Gibson much to the delight of cocktail drinkers round the world. Date: circa 1925

Background imageCocktail Collection: Tantalus Frames

Tantalus Frames
These tantalus frames and cocktail table can be locked so that your servants can t help themselves, thus saving them from the consequences of yielding to temptation. Date: 1930

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail Girls 1950S 4 / 4

Cocktail Girls 1950S 4 / 4
Two smiling, leggy young models prop up a bar as they share a drink together. Looking very inviting they appear to be saying, come over and buy me a drink

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail Girls 1950S 1 / 4

Cocktail Girls 1950S 1 / 4
A blonde perched on a bar stool & a brunette leaning against the bar sip refreshing drinks while wearing one piece bathing costumes & strappy high-heeled sandals

Background imageCocktail Collection: Two Flappers in a Bar

Two Flappers in a Bar
Two flappers gossip at a bar

Background imageCocktail Collection: British beer versus American cocktails, 1929

British beer versus American cocktails, 1929
British beer versus American cocktails at Olivia Wyndhams hospitable bar. Miss Jean Baird and Miss Gwen Farrar support beer

Background imageCocktail Collection: How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 3

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 3
The cocktail amateur proves that she can t tell a " Sheiks Gland" from a " Cows Kiss." Date: 1929

Background imageCocktail Collection: S. M. Jolly, cocktail barman at Ambassadors Club

S. M. Jolly, cocktail barman at Ambassadors Club
A caricature of S.M. Jolly, the well-known shaker (cocktail barman) at the Ambassadors Club in London. Date: 1929

Background imageCocktail Collection: Cocktail Time

Cocktail Time
A group of fashionably-dressed couples at Deauville, Normandy enjoy cocktails and cigarettes. 1928

Background imageCocktail Collection: Sallie Monkland in Schiaparelli

Sallie Monkland in Schiaparelli
Sallie Monkland, an American member of high society in London, pictured in the dress she wore for a cocktail party at her Carlos Place house

Background imageCocktail Collection: Flying Scotsman advertisment

Flying Scotsman advertisment
Advertisment for the Flying Scotsman and the new services offered on board, such as a Louis XVI restaurant, a cocktail bar, a ladies retiring room and a hairdressing salon. 1932



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