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Stylish Picnic / 1929Three women and one man have stylish picnic
Family Afternoon Tea / 30SA family sit round a table and take afternoon tea. Date: 1930s
Russia / 1936 / PrisonersPolitical prisoners are confined in brightly lit cells in temperatures of 40 degrees centigrade, and given salt water to drink, so they are driven mad
German Milk PromotionTRINKT MILCH a bonny German girl suggests that if you would like to be healthy and happy, you too should drink milk !
Drinking Blood / FranceLes buveurs de sang : sickly Parisiens drink fresh blood at the Abattoirs of La Villette
New Mexican Baking 1908New Mexico : women of the Acoma people bake their bread in a communal outdoor oven shared by a number of families
Bottle CollectionA brewery worker collects empty bottles from a cellar
Pressing Grapes 1511A Catalan wine-grower presses his grapes
A CHICKEN-MAN / 1647A chicken man about to pluck a chicken. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647
Confectioner / 1647A confectioner stirs a big bowl of mixture. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647
Wine-TastingA very smartly dressed gentleman tasting fine wines and champagne
Advert / Rosbach WaterRosbach Table Water
Advert / Mazzawattee CocoaMazzawattee Cocoa
Advert / Suchards CocoaSuchards Cocoa
Advert / Express MilkExpress Dairy Milk - nutritious food for thousands of children
Advert / Bodega Wine 19CThe Continental Bodega Company
Advert / Ginger Wine C1900Cockles Ginger Wine - stimulating, digestive
Working Mens Bar, ParisA working mens bar, Paris
Advert / Fernando CocoaFernando Cocoa (Milan) for the fortunate few
Advert / Bakers CocoaWalter Baker & Cos Breakfast Cocoa, for hunters, tourists and students
Advert / Ridgways TeaRidgways Tea - makes you smile
Advert / Para Liqueur 1909Para Liqueur - drink of the gods!
Advert / Amer Mauguin 1896Poster for Amer Mauguin digestive aperitif, Liege
Advert for Youngers AleYOUNGERs SCOTCH ALE Scotch - wi a head on it
Advert / Walthams BeerWALTHAMs BEER A waiter with three bottles of beer
Advert / Diet Health DrinkAllen & Hanburys Diet health drink - just mix with hot water
Advert / Ginger Ale / PunchRosss Ginger Ale
1930S Xmas DinnerFour people prepare to enjoy their Christmas dinner at the table
Portly Woman Adds BeansA portly woman adds beans to a casserole. Date: 1930s
Woman Peels Pears 1930SA woman peels some pears in the process of making pear ginger jam, whilst sitting at the kitchen table
Arguing with WaiterThe original caption says: Arguing with the waiter is bad form and embarrassing for your partner. If you ve been overcharged, complain to the manager later
Factory Tea BreakThree factory workers wearing overalls take a well-earned break and pour themselves a cup of tea from a very large pot
Coffee Vendor 1850A French coffee vendor pours out a cup
Cruikshank BanquetJune - The unlicensed Victuallers Dinner Gentlemen tuck into a wide array of dishes including peacock, magpie and dolphin
MRS BEETONs SPINE 1907The spine of the 1907 edition of Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management
Advert / Wine / Mariani 1890Mariani Wine, good for health, strength, energy and vitality, as recommended by His Holiness the Pope
Cooking an Old LadyWhen the natives run short of food, they strangle the oldest and least useful woman of the tribe and smoke her; when shes cooked, they consume her slice by tasty slice
Dinner with a Dog C1815A lady of the French aristocracy - thought to be la princesse de Vaudemont - dines en tete-a-tete with her dog, to whom she is offering a leg of chicken
French Cellar Cafe 1822A Parisian Cafe d Enfer or Infernal Cellar, a low-life night-spot where the wine flows free but frolics are apt to end in fisticuffs
Sugar-Cane-Making SugarA Representation of the SUGAR-CANE and the Art of Making Sugar
Picnic with BiscuitsBiscuits seem to be the feature of this picnic in Epping Forest, north of London - and not just any old biscuits, but Huntley & Palmer s, of course !
Pipe, Pint of Beer, CaneA pint of foaming ale, a pipe, cane, hat and gloves; items befitting the country gentleman of leisure. The Old Albion Inn, Newquay is seen in the background
Picnic by a RiverA group of men and women enjoy a picnic by a river
Children Picnic in FieldA group of children have a picnic in a cornfield
Royal Banquet 1508A sumptous array of dishes is on offer at a royal banquet
Social / Germany / AristosAristocratic scene showing a feast and other activities
Joyful Banquet 1549A joyful banquet in full swing offers plenty of food and wine for all