Drinking Collection (#36)

Town mice and country mice
Two couples eating at a restaurant at separate tables, one couple looking smug dressed up in the latest attire with their wine and bowl of fruit

Canada Dry advertisement, 1953
Mildly humorous advertisement for Canada Dry sparkling drinks featuring a photograph of two glamorous young women being flirted with by a sweaty rugby player after a game. Date: 1953

Horses drinking at a water trough. Artist: Eileen Hood. Watercolour of carthorses wearing blinkers at a water trough Date: circa 1922

Lyons coffee advertisement
Advertisement for Lyons instant coffee granules showing an immaculate 1950s housewife giving a demonstration of how to make the perfect cup of coffee. 1950s

Proudest Moment by Fougasse
The Proudest Moment of his Life by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird 1887-1965). A small man, profoundly embarrassed, sits at the head of a table at a company or club dinner in his honour as everyone

The Winning Post and a Bottle of Port - " My word, what combinations!". The Winning Post was run by Roberts Sievier who mostly used the publication to attack those he disliked on the turf

Allied soldiers at a well, Salonika, WW1
Allied soldiers (Russian, Italian and possibly French) collecting water from a well at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: August 1916

Tuberculosis Sufferers - Davos, Switzerland
Tuberculosis Sufferers getting a real blast of cold fresh air at Davos, Switzerland. Date: circa 1906

Cumbrian Rural Scene - two farmers bring their horses down to drink in a stream, close to the farmyard and the farm buildings. Date: circa 1910s

Dress by Henri Gowns, 1953
A romantic picture frock of grey-blue wild silk. The skirt is worked in huge petals and the rose which decorates the very plain strapless bodice is in muted shades of mauve, pink and grey

Dr Syntax made free of the cellar
Having free reign of the large barrels in the cellar, Dr Syntax makes merry with several gentlemen. Date: 1813

Advert for Rosss Belfast Dry Ginger Ale
Advertisement for Rosss Belfast Dry Ginger Ale made from the famous Ross Artesian Well Water and by the company W A Ross & Sons, Ltd

Greece - Patras - Cafe Restaurant Date: circa 1903

Prince of the Carnival - Cologne, Germany
Prince of the Carnival - The Rhine Wine Feast held in Cologne, Germany - February 1939. Date: 1939

An Elizabethan Banquet by Pauline Baynes
A detailed scene showing an Elizabeth banquet with entertainers in costume playing music and dancing while servants bring in platters of elaborate pies and dressed roast meats

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1951
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number 1951 showing the Tatler mascot in his 18th century frock coat and tricorn hat enjoying a tankard of refreshing ale served to him by a typical serving wench

The Longest Bar in the World - Tijuana, Mexico
The Longest Bar in the World - Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. 241 feet along Date: 1910s

Sun-Pat Peanuts advertisement
Advertisement for Sun-Pat Peanuts which are, for Lady Rendlesham, indispensable at any party. Date: 1954

VE Day 1945 - Piccadilly Circus
A young man in an odd ensemble consisting of jumper, jacket, hat and shorts, clutches a bottle of something strong-looking during joyous VE Day celebrations at Piccadilly Circus in Central London

VE Day Celebrations in London, May 1945
A flag seller does a roaring trade offering Allied flags for sale during the VE Day celebrations in London on 8th May 1945

Swedish boy scouts on a jetty
Two Swedish boy scouts dangle their feet in to the water of a lake off a jetty, as they enjoy a refreshing bottle of Coca Cola. circa 1980s

The village glee singers. Two men enjoy a good sing, whilst a third has a nap at the table. Date: 18th century

Swedish scouts and upturned sailing boat
Two Swedish Scouts awaiting rescue from their overturned light sailing boat enjoy a refreshing bottle of pop in the middle of the lake

Girls entertaining American GI in London bar
Two glamorous girls entertain an American GI, whose cap badge indicates he is an Infantry Paratrooper in an unidentified bar in London during World War II, while a third waits table

1960s fashion, courtship wearing John Cavanagh suit
A girl wearing a John Cavanagh suit of soft, feather-weight tweed by Otterburn Mills in a mixture of pale grey and white. The jacket is double-breasted with a rolled collar set away from the neck

Women and military men in a pub
Women and military men enjoying a drink in a pub, while a barmaid collects some empty glasses. circa 1940s

1960s fashion, cocktails in a Mattli dress
A couple enjoy cocktails while he shows his girlfriend a three card trick, though they appear more intent on flirting with each other

Cheers
A group of people raise their glasses of beer in a toast outside an unidentified pub. As two people are wearing buttonholes, it is possible they are celebrating a wedding. c.1945

Silhouette of Grace Moore
An intricate silhouette of the American film star, Grace Moore who made her d?t at Covent Garden in June 1935, as Mimi in Puccinis La Boh?. 1935

Lounge Bar, Veterans Club, Hand Court, Holborn, London
Lounge Bar, Veterans Club (aka the Victory Services Club), Hand Court, Holborn, London. It was founded in 1907 for those who had served in the armed forces

Daily Mail Home Exhibition - Australian Wines
Daily Mail Home Exhibition - An exhibit promoting the wines of Australia Date: circa 1930s

A group of Swedish scouts taking a refreshment break 80s eighties 1980s

Swedish scouts take a break from sailing and sit on the lakeside bank, enjoying a drink of Coca Cola. circa 1980s

Four Turkish men in a room
Four men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor

Moorish Cafe - Algeria
Black African men taking tea and a smoke of a hookah pipe at a drink at a Moorish Cafe - Algeria. Two of the men are playing a board game. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish woman brought coffee
A woman in oriental robes sits smoking a pipe with a very long stem while her servant brings her coffee. There are richly ornamented carpets on the floor. 1756

Queen Mary drinking tea
Queen Mary, consort of King George V, pictured during World War II enjoying a cup of tea from a mobile YMCA canteen in Cheltenham. Date: c.1943

Coronation Dry Sherry advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Gonzalez Byass, sherries of distinction, featuring their special Coronation Dry Sherry, to be drunk during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Filling water canteens, 1872
Soldiers of the Army Service Corps filling canteens from the water cart on Bottle Bush Down, during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England. Date: 1872

The cider cellar, 1850
Men drinking at a pub in the Strand called The Cider Cellar. Date: 1850

Barrack canteen interior, 1872
Soldiers of the Army Service Corps relaxing in the canteen on Bottle Bush Down during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England

1930s cocktail bar
A group of glamorous friends enjoy each others company at a hotel cocktail bar in 1934. Date: 1934

Poster advertising Church Army Flag Day, Liverpool
Poster advertising a Church Army fundraising Flag Day in Liverpool, to support the charitys war work. Showing a recreation hut and a soldier drinking a mug of tea. 1940s

The Toast by W. R. S. Stott
An early 19th century scene showing four jovial gentlemen raising a toast in front of a blazing fire. Date: 1936

Israel - Nazareth - Fountain of the Virgin Date: circa 1910s

Travellers Palm, Malaysia
Travellers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis), Malaysia. It has been given the name Travellers palm because the sheaths of the stems hold rainwater, which can be used as an emergency drinking supply

Group of Transvestite Ladies. Four women dressed as men lounge around a table, drinking champagne and beer and dressed in sharp mens suits nd soft hats

Val d Ossau Women at the fountain
Val d Ossau Women collect drinking water at the village fountain. Date: circa 1910s

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