Drink Collection (page 83)

Pin-Up with Drink
A pretty blonde model in a halter-neck one-piece bathing costume with cut-out back relaxes while enjoying a fruit juice. The straw will ensure her lipstick won t smudge

HARVEYs WHISKY 1913
A group of golfers go to the 19th hole for a drink Date: 1913

Dinner Date
A sulty raven-haired woman in a halter-neck evening dress looks seductively into the eyes of her dinner guest opposite during a candle-lit meal for two

Girl & Guinness 1950S
A gleeful brunette model in red polo neck jumper & pearlised earrings gives a cheery wave as she holds up a glass of stout. It looks like she has taken a sip

HIBISCUS GIRL 1950S 1 / 4
Brunette model with a red hibiscus flower in her hair, a white shell necklace and a low cut red striped, strapless bathing costume, sips soft drink from a pop bottle

Large Welsh Banquet / 1846
The Cyfarthfa Banquet given by William Crawshay to the ladies of Merthyr Tydfil and the vicinity in acknowledgement of the high honour paid to his son and bride on their return

A HOT OVEN
A boy watches as his mother takes a hot dish from the oven

Domestic Tableware
Domestic tableware of a Victorian household

French Cabriolet
A French Cabiolet carriage containing some well-to-do folk pauses beneath a suspended street lantern to take a drink from a roadside salesman with a one-man bar

Snapdragon, 1874
Children and grown-ups play at snapdragon

Snapdragon, 1850
Sixteen children - and two grown-ups - play at snapdragon

Fetching Xmas Dinner
Fetching the Christmas dinner - families who didn t possess big ovens would take their food to the bakers to get it cooked, then hurry home with it before it had time to cool

Monkeys Drink Beer
Monkeys get a taste for beer

Family Picnicking by Car
A family have a picnic in the woods by the side of their car; both parents are taking great care of their baby

Tea for Two Ladies
Tea for two - but both ladies are wearing identical afternoon dresses - evidently they both buy their clothes chez Molyneux

Churning Butter
A woman making butter in a churn - from The Boke of Distyllacyon printed by Laurence Andrewe, London

Hens Thrown in Sea
During Punic War Two Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher, when the sacred hens used for divination won t drink, has them thrown into sea : his men lose morale, lose the battle

Wurttemberg
Friedrich I, herzog von Wurttemberg, entertains James I of England with great ceremony and lots of nice things to eat and drink

Holly Seller Rewarded
The holly seller is rewarded with a drink and a mince pie even though he is trampling snow into the carpet

Cattle in Stream
Five cows drink from a stream, while a flock of sheep head in their direction from the village whose church spire can be seen in the distance

German Drinkers C18
A rather dissipated group of gentlemen drinking beer from tankards and smoking pipes at German court. A practical joker sets a bear cub onto a reveller, whose wig comes off!

German Icesafe / Catalogue
A selection of German made cabinet ice safes

Praying to Saints
A French girl prays to her favourite saints, asking that she may be married to a nice young man who will not drink too much, who will not be jealous, and love her alone

Hopgarden 1905
Five hop pickers taking a rest in the hopgarden with a basket full of hops beside them

Drunk in Pub
- Throw this lot out. - He says he has fourpence - Then ask the gentleman what he ll have

Bierkeller Waitress 1901
Waitress in a German bierkeller brings tankards of foaming ale to her customers

Beer-Drinking Contest
A brasserie on the Paris boulevards offers a prize to whoever can most rapidly drink a litre of beer through a straw

Entrepot Des Vins Paris
Bargaining for barrels of wine at the ENTREPOT DES VINS, in the Vth Arrondissement, Paris

Milkman Holds Bottle
A milkman holds out a pint bottle of milk

The Pretty Pastry Cook
She is captioned The Pretty Pastry Cook but the proof of her pies will be in the eating. (note an early example of a tradesperson using a paper bag.)

Not a Drop to Drink
A comment on Londons polluted water supply - water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink !

Halfway House Inn C1810
An English country inn - The Halfway House - note that refreshment is provided not only for the traveller but also for his horse

Rice in China - 7
Breaking the Husks

Rice in China - 5
Laying the Sheaves up in Ricks

Rice in China - 9
Winnowing the Rice

Rice in China - 11
Laying the Rice up in the Store Houses

Indian Grinding Corn
Indian women grinding corn in a hand-mill

Rice in China - 3
Poring fresh Water on the Plants

Street Tea Sellers
GENUINE TEA COMPANY A satire on the passion for tea drinking and the pretensions of the lower orders to middle class gentility

Rice in China - 12
The Chinese Thanksgiving for a good Harvest

Rice in China - 10
Grinding the Rice

Chopping Onions
Chopping onions for a ragout

Rice in China - 2
The Farmers Wife and Daughter carrying Provisions to the Men

United Kingdom Tea
Comely ladies from Scotland, England and Ireland agree that the United Kingdom Tea Companys Teas are truly delicious !

Rice in China - 4
Reaping

Rice in China - 8
Sifting the Rice

Rice in China - 1
Weeding the Rice - the Master overlooking the Workmen

Nankin Tea Label
The label of the Nankin Tea Company depicts two Chinese ladies taking tea, attended by servants

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