Diner Collection

The Gentleman Who Asked the Carver - H. M. Bateman
The Gentleman who asked the carver at Simpson s-in-the-Strand whether the meat was English or foreign. A curious and innocent question from a diner at the famous English restaurant causing more than

Strong Cheese repels diner and waiter
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope

Comic postcard, Happy diner in restaurant Date: 20th century

Two stage gowns from Paris, 1925. On the left Marcelle Lender at the Vaudeville theatre wears an evening frock of mauve charmeuse and liver lace

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Table turned on the diner - " See that you re polite to our Waitresses - we can get plenty of customers." 1945

Woman in walking dress with children in a park
Woman in matching cape and hat over long skirt with children in a park. Toilettes de promenade. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Flirtation with Patron Date: 1948

Truckers Leave Diner Date: 1950

Dining families at Alfi Bey Street, Cairo
Dining families at a restaurant at Alfi Bey Street - Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1925

India. British colonial era. Banquet at the palace of Rais in Mynere. Engraving by Hildibrand. Colored. The Illustrated World, 1882

Telephone in a restaurant
Restaurant scene from 1910 showing one diner using a telephone at his table

Artwork, three men dining at a table Date: 1942

The Epicure who detected a Minnow by H. M. Bateman
The Epicure Who Detected a Minnow in the Whitebait by H. M. Batemen. An arrogant diner, irate to discover a minnow amongst his plate of whitebait, demands the ma e d rectifies the situation

The Flying Scotsman dining car
Luxurious interior of the dining car on the Flying Scotsman, served by an all-steel kitchen-car, the first of its kind on a British diner. 1914

Medieval coins. Left: Diner quatern. Reign of Alfonso I of C
Medieval coins. 12th-13th century. Left: Diner quatern. Minted in Barcelona. Reverse. Reign of Alfonso I of Catalonia(1162-1196). Right: Diner Doblenc. Minted in Barcelona. Reverse

Outdoor banquet by Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573-1647)
Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573-1647). Flemish painter. Outdoor banquet. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Cartoon, German women gossipping, WW1
Cartoon, German women gossipping about a diner in a restaurant -- He must be a horrible French spy! Hes eating his veal without jam! Date: 1915

The Clover Room inside Hotel Bristol in New York City, USA
The dining hall called The Clover Room inside Hotel Bristol at West 48th Street in New York City, USA. Date: circa 1910

Medieval coins. Left: Diner tern. Obverse. Alfonso III of Ar
Medieval coins. Left: Diner tern. Minted in Barcelona. Obverse. Alfonso III of Aragon and II of Catalonia, the Liberal. Right: Croat. Coined in Barcelona. Reverse. Municipal Historical Institute

Doctrine Chretienne. Gothic. French school. Miniature. 13th
Doctrine Chretienne. French school. Miniature painting in gold. Page 102. Gothic art. 13th c. Valencia University Libraty. Valencia. Spain

Virtues of knights and civility at the table. Miniature, 14th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Banquet. Engraving. 20th century
Banquet offered to guests at an opening ceremony. Engraving. Early 20th century. Colored engraving

Travel to India of the Prince of Wales. Gala Dinner held in the Underground Temple of Elephanta on the occasion of the visit of the Prince. Recorded the 19th century. Coloured

Union Pacific Diner
Passengers eating and drinking in comfort and style in on a Dining Car on the Union Pacific Railway, USA. Date: 1940s

The Man From Blankleys by F Anstey
Promotional postcard for The Man From Blankleys by F. Anstey. from his novel. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 25th April 1901. Fourteen are sitting around the dinner table

I ll Leave it To You by Noel Coward
Promotional postcard for Ill Leave It To You by Noel Coward. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester, on 3rd May 1920 and New Theatre, 21st July 1920

Entrance to Hackneys, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Cars lined up outside the entrance to Hackneys Restaurant, Main Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1925

The Lotus Club - London Supper Club - Singer performing
The supper room of the Lotus Club in London the club members and guests are enjoying a fine dinner while listening to a special guest singer (right)

Silhouette of diners and waiters at a table. Date: 20th century

The Diner Who Addressed The Maitre D Hotel As Garcon
Maitre D Hotel stunned by a offensive presumption that he is a waiter not a manager. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raids
Keep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded

Cook and Waitress
People You See. From Teddy Bear (5 February 1966)

French humour. Fish preparing to eat a man. " I can assure you it exists in the air."

Reunion annuelle des collaborateurs de La Nature, premier diner offert a M. Gaston Tissandier sous la Presidence de M. Cailletet, membre de l Institut

Office Diner
A practical, modern, office diner, with a bureau and dining table. Date: 1930s

Robes de Diner
Two flirtatious girls model the latest Parisian dinner gowns with high waists and full, flared skirts typical of the World War One period

Chinaman with Chopsticks
A Chinese diner using chop sticks

Orient Express dining car
The Orient Express -- the wagon-restaurant or dining car

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