Eat Collection (page 9)

Ploughing Gulls
A good impression from a tractor, of gulls following the ploughed-up Autumn stubble, behind the plough, which uncovers grubs and insects for them to eat! Date: 1960s

Cooks presenting three delicacies
A wonderful postcard showing three French cooks presenting three delicious delicacies - a jelly, a terrine and a basket countaining who knows what delicious morsels for ones dining delectation

Where to eat dinner with chopsticks a la chinoise
Scene from 1920 of a Chinese restaurant in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. The first Chinese to settle in Britain arrived in the late 18th century

Bulgarian prisoners in Macedonia, captured during the repulse of Bulgarian attacks into the region during the Second Balkan War, which broke out on 16th June 1913

Freshwater Trout Stream
Reflections in the trout stream which runs through the centre of Dawlish, Devon, England. The trout are very tame and will come to the side to eat bread, etc. Date: 1930s

Lady with her Horse
An English upper class lady gives her horse a bite to eat as she leads it out of its stable for a ride. Date: 1930s

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

A Sea Battle - New Guinea

France - Striking Clockmakers
A group of striking clockmakers at Charquemont eat a communal meal at a girls school. Date: 1909

President Nixon with Boy Scouts
Richard Nixon sampling camp food with American Scouts. circa 1950s

A Windfall - tasting an apple in the garden
A Windfall - a charming postcard from Lance Thackerays Amateur Gardening series. A lady gives her male companion a taste of the first fallen apple of the season. Date: 1906

Contemplating a nutritional advice poster in London, 1940s
A woman and her little girl contemplate a large poster advising the British population to eat greens for vitality in an unidentified London street c. 1945. c.1945

Bulldog eats child
Addled Ads, Wanted section. " Bulldog for sale. Will eat anything - very fond of children." A maid looking alarmed as a bulldog has eaten a child in her care. Date: circa 1910s

Polish Scouts cooking
Polish Scouts crowding around to receive food cooked and served by other scouts. 1930s

American Scout Camporee
Boy scouts sit cross-legged at a low table eating food at an American Scouting Camporee. 5-6 June 1943

Scouts in eating competition
American Scouts taking part in an eating competition, with their hands tied behind their backs they try to eat pies. circa 1950s

Poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well
Wartime poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well. Prevention is better than cure. 1940s

Wartime poster, conservation of wheat for war effort
Wartime poster recommending the conservation of wheat. Think!! For every 100, 000 tons of wheat saved by economy 28, 000 troops can be rationed and transported from America. Eat one loaf a week less

Poster, Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables
Wartime poster, Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables and Keep Fit. 1940s

Watching Mistress Eat
Is it ice cream ? or is it lovely rice pudding for dinner again ? Whatever it is, her spaniel will be only too happy to share it. Date: 1930s

Chantecleer, Partlet
Chanticleer the cock and Partlet the hen set off to the hills to eat nuts

Biscegliese / Sand / 1680
L AVARE The miser Harpagon asks whether one eats to live or lives to eat ? Date: 1668

Sharks Eat Parachutist
Sharks enjoy a feast when the Australian parachutist, Lieut. Guiller, is carried out to sea by air currents. Date: 1928

Golden Retriever Puppies
Nine golden retriever puppies eating from plates on the floor Date: 1960s

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Fat man - pig
Piggish. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a man who eats too much, from a pig. This old glutton, fond of good eating is a natural descendant of the pig

German Family at Table
The family of a German burgher share a meal together round a table. The son of the family says grace while one of the smaller children appears to be sitting dangerously close to a roaring fire

Salvation Army Food Depot interior, East London
Inside the Salvation Army Food Depot on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. The depot provided basic food and shelter for as little as a penny a night

Kitchen of a Common Lodging House
Residents eating and socialising in the kitchen of a common lodging house, location unknown. Such establishments provided cheap accommodation by the night for those of limited means

Three elderly people sitting outside their home
Three elderly people, two men and a woman, sitting outside their home, enjoying a glass of beer and a bite to eat

Soup tie / W H Robinson
One tug of a cord and this smart tie is swiftly transformed into a napkin allowing the wearer to eat his soup without the worry of unsightly splashes to his suit

WWII recycling: Tin hat soup tureen / W H Robinson
A retired warden makes use of his old tin hat to eat his soup from. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Egyptian Peasant Women and a young boy
Two seated Egyptian peasant women and young toddler, seated on a pale blue cloth, resting having something to eat

Dining car on the Great Northern Railway

German poster encouraging soldiers to leave Berlin. In Berlin there is little to eat, and no work. Elsewhere there is plenty of food, and work

Group of Street Musicians - Turkey
Group of Turkish street musicians eat bread served off a drum. In Turkey the principle constituent of every meal is bread, with meat or fish serving only as the adjunct

Presenting a woman with milk and cakes
An Illustration accompanying an extract from Lily Watsons book A Child of Genius showing Katharine giving Miss Percival, the drawing mistress, cake and milk

Lunchtime
A woman stands by a window eating her lunch and watching as birds fly in to take their share. She doesn t seem to mind them stealing her lunch and watches on wistfully

Boys Club breakfast 1932
A group of boys from a Boys Club take their breakfast alfresco. They sit on long benches and eat a boiled egg with bread and a cup of tea

Mice eating the postcard
Some little white mice are nibbling away at the edge of this French greetings postcard! The caption translates as: We Bring Happiness

Eat More Fish by de Rosa
Humorous illustration showing a gentleman relaxing as he bobs in the sea using a rubber ring, reading in his newspaper about eating more fish

Meal Aboard the Cutter
Sailors enjoy a well-deserved meal aboard their boat, with plenty of food and drink for all

Two Dogs and a Cat
Its a cat, returned Jerry bitterly, And I want to know, shall we eat him today or tomorrow ? Today, I should say, answered Sinbad

A chimney sweep takes a break from his work to enjoy a well-deserved snack. A dog looks on expectantly, hoping for a share of the food

Young Emigrants singing Grace on their ship, 1884
Engraving showing emigrant boys from Dr. Stephensons Home singing Grace before a meal on board an Atlantic steamship, 1884

Animals Sick of Plague
THE PLAGUE AMONG THE BEASTS The donkey, whose sin is no more than to eat grass, is sacrificed by the other animals to relieve them of the plague that scourges them

The Fish & the Cormorant
THE FISH AND THE CORMORANT An elderly cormorant, unable to see, tricks the fish into being borne by him to a safe place, a shallow pond from where he can eat his fill

Fable / Horse and Wolf
THE HORSE & THE WOLF The wolf attempts to beguile the horse to find an opportunity to eat him, but the horse is suspicious and kicks the wolf in the jaw

The Stag and the Vine
THE STAG AND THE VINE A stag is hidden from the hunters and their dogs by a thick vine, but is then tempted to eat the grapes and the rustling gives him away

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