mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
LUNCH AT CLARIDGES 1914Lunch at Claridges Hotel, London Date: 1914
Party of people picnicking at Henley RegattaA party of people picnicking at the Henley Royal Regatta, an annual rowing event held on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire. Date: July 1888
Bills Gay Nineties, New York, USABills Gay Nineties, 57 East 54th Street, New York, USA -- a retro-style cafe and bar looking back to the good old 1890s. Date: circa 1940
Advertisement, Holt Mild Ale, BirminghamAdvertisement for Holt Mild Ale, Beer and Stout bottled by Charles Heeley Ltd. 1931
Spaniel and hedgehogUnusual Friends - Spaniel and hedgehog. 1950s
Discreet Bread BinA curtain hung across a disused kitchen range is a discreet way to store your bread in its bread bin. Date: 1930s
Epernay Vineyard, 1987A champagne vineyard near Epernay. Date: 1987
Berkleley Hotel DinnerDinner at the Berkeley Hotel, London, on a Sunday evening Date: 1914
Wassail, c. 1650Wassail. A man gleefully fills a large wine jug with wine from a barrel. c.1650 Date: C.1650
Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, April 1934Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 13 April 1934 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30
Group of working men with a dog, FranceGroup of working men sitting on barrels, with a dog, France. Date: circa 1920s
Fancy dress partyFront cover of Pan magazine, featuring three adults in fancy dress, enjoying a glass of Vermouth. Date: 1920
Hammond Innes, British novelistRalph Hammond Innes (1913-1998), British novelist, giving a speech at a dinner
Tatler cover - Britain abstains from drinking, WW1Not during the war, thank you. Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a bulldog, representing Great Britain, refusing a tankard of frothy beer
Cooling Her Heels! By Dorothy M. MorganLady sitting in front of a fan in her underwear, trying to cool herself in the heat. Date: 1927
LYONS NIPPIE CLEARINGA Lyons Nippie clearing tables at a Lyons Corner House. Date: early 1930s
Trainee Chefs 1930STwo student chefs at the Gordon Fellowes School of Domestic Service. Date: early 1930s
Two Ladies Drinking 1930STwo elegant woman drink at a table with flowers on it. circa 1932
Japanese Woman CookingA young Japanese housewife cooking the family meal in her well-equipped kitchen. Chopsticks will be used for eating and the rice will be served in wooden cases. Date: 1930s
Take fresh milk and plenty of itPoster from the Empire Marketing Board promoting fresh milk, with a happy and healthy baby brandishing a spoon in a high chair
Boating on the River Thames, 1879Illustration showing two scenes of boating on the River Thames, during the Summer of 1879. At top left, a young girl in her canoe encounters a family of swans
From Cellar to BarHow the beer gets from the barrels in the cellar to the beer-pull on the bar counter, thanks to carbonic acid gas in Hermann- Lachapelles apparatus
Advert / Eppss CocoaEppss Cocoa and chocolates: Grateful and Comforting
King Charles CribScene in King Charless Crib, Scotland Yard, London
Cocktail Girls 1929A 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
Advert / Lime Juice 1 / 5Stowers Lime Juice Cordial - delicious, healthy and refreshing (1 of 5)
Whisky / 1890 TransportWhisky barrels are transported from distillery to railway station by steam traction engine
Crowded Cafe De LA PaixThe Cafe de la Paix, Paris - Paris is crowded with foreign troops and visitors in the aftermath of the wars end
Cider AdvertisementJohn Symons Devonshire Cyder
Pruning Vines Spain 1511A Catalan wine-grower prunes his vines
Champagne from a ShoeA gentleman asks a lady to remove her shoe, so that he may drink champagne from it; they say it tastes better that way
Lemon Squeezer 1889A lemon squeezer manufactured by Merritt & Chambers of Birmingham
Village Politicians C19The village politicians sit drinking around a table at a rural inn, discussing the affairs of the day
Children Drinking C1840Two young children share a jug of gin outside a tavern. Are they beginning a life of intemperate misery, foulness and degradation in the eyes of God?
Salt Refining 1823A salt refiner at Northwich, Cheshire
King James I feasting with Spanish ambassadorsKing James I of England (and VI of Scotland) feasting with Spanish ambassadors
Carnival Party 1906The champagne seems to be taking its toll at this carnival party as a pretty young woman gazes wistfully, eyed by a monocled gent behind her. Date: 1906
Illegal Night Club 1934During Prohibition, Cooks tourists in New York are given a glimpse of an illegal night club where only millionaires can afford to buy a drink. Date: 1934
Baking Tea-BreadA young boy sits at the kitchen table and watches his mother baking tea-bread. Date: 1940s
Advertisement for The Express Dairy Co Ltd, by appointment to Queen Victoria, with an aerial view of College Farm, Finchley, and a bottle of Humanized Milk (a modified form of cows milk)
Cohens Full Cream Dairy van, BirminghamCohens Full Cream Dairy van, a Ford van shaped like a milk churn, Victoria, Birmingham. Date: circa 1920s
Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - Drink DrivingMotor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - A Drink Driving Offender arrested by the village Policeman after a hearty session at The Cross Keys
Two Youthful Chinese Businessmen in Singapore sharing a glass of imported Bordeaux. The gentleman on the right has placed his boater hat on the small table
Thessaloniki - Dervishes, Lemonade Seller and foreign troops Date: circa 1916
- ArgentinaYoung Argentinian men in traditional costume drinking Mate, a traditional South American infused drink, prepared from steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (llex paraguariensis)
French Drink Company Poster Date: circa 1950
Silhouette of an elderly man with a glass of beer in his hand, sitting under a tree. An advertisement for Worthington beer
Lion Brewery SignThe famous lion statue on the Lion Brewery, Waterloo, London. The brewery was demolished in 1951 to make way for the Royal Festival Hall and Festival of Britain Date: 19th century