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Lunch at Reddish HouseCecil Beaton sitting at a lunch table with Miss Davies, his mother and Mr. Hal Burton, in his home at Reddish House, Broadchalke, near Salisbury. Date: 1951
Two men pass as they walk by Manchester Town HallTwo men - one carrying his lunch - pass as they walk along the side of Manchester Town Hall. Date: circa 1981
HMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before its runHMS Marlborough - A Torpedo breaking surface before starting its run. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill
Colonialism. Arab World. Europeans during the lunch. Engraving in The Illustrated World, 1885. Colored
Doctrine Chretienne. Gothic. French school. Miniature. 13thDoctrine Chretienne. French school. Miniature painting in gold. Page 102. Gothic art. 13th c. Valencia University Libraty. Valencia. Spain
Virtues of knights and civility at the table. Miniature, 14th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France
Tea and Coffee Services, Luncheon Trays, Plate 34Tea and Coffee Services, Luncheon Trays, Plates, Plate 34, showing plain and patterned cups and saucers, plates, serving dishes, teapots and coffee pots. Date: circa 1880s
A Pullman Palace car on the Midland Railway, 1874Front cover of The Graphic featuring sketches of the interior of a very comfortable looking Pullman car on board a train on the Midland Railway in 1874
John Lord FisherJOHN ARBUTHNOT, lord FISHER (nearest camera) First Sea Lord, in 1915, walking with George Lambert MP. They may be planning naval operations, or may be discussing lunch. Date: 1841 - 1920
Al Fresco LunchTwo little Hungarian boys enjoy a bite to eat on a window ledge next to a large geranium. Date: 1930s
Paris Shopgirls & HatsParis shopgirls, displaying amazed and yearning looks, window shop for hats during their lunch hour. Date: 1896
To Paris while you LunchTo Paris - while you lunch, in an Imperial Airways passenger liner, the mid-day Silver Wing. Date: 1932
Tourists at the PyramidsEuropean tourists enjoy a champagne lunch with a fine view of the Pyramids and the Sphinx onto which the lady has turned her back Date: circa 1903
Swedish university students enjoy a working lunch in their lodgings. Date: 17th century
Mother and two daughters having lunch near their beach hutMother and her two daughters having their lunch near their beach hut on a shingle beach. The neighbouring beach hut bears the rather lovely name Joyette. Date: circa 1920s
People buying food during Lunch hour on the docks, Jacksonville, Florida, USA Date: 1900s
Womens fashion for lunch at Caprice, 1965Two girls meet for lunch at the Caprice. On the left, model wears a slip dress in navy linen by Norman Hartnells Petit Salon with a navy-edged white panama Breton hat by Jean Barthet
Nun in party hat at Christmas lunch, ManchesterA nun wears a party hat as she tucks into Christmas lunch given to elderly people by a Manchester casino. 1983
Photographers father, Joe ONeill, during a lunch breakThe photographers father, Joe ONeill, during a lunch break from his job at the Regent Rubber factory in Eccles, Manchester
View from Manchester bookshopThe circular door handles of a Manchester bookshop echo the wheels of a bicycle out in the street, leaning against a parking meter near the old Alitalia airline office
Cartoon, John Bull taking a Luncheon, or, British Cooks cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard with Bonne Chere, by James Gillray. Celebrate Britains victory at Aboukir Bay in August 1798
Poster, youth club trip to BrightonPoster advertising a youth club coach trip to Brighton, costing nine shillings, including a visit to The Downs for lunch. Date: circa 1960s
Spanish family sitting at the table at mealtime. 1950s-1960s
CAIN, Henri (1859 - 1937). The Workers Lunch, from Le Petit Journal, 1891 (colour litho). Private Collection. Engraving
History of the Missions, 1863. Jesuits with a mandarinHENRION, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste, Baron of (1805 - 1862). General history of the missions from the thirteenth century to the present day. 1863. Lunch of Jesuit missionaries in a mandarin house
Illustrated War News - Canadians on the Western FrontFront cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of Canadian soldiers having their lunch in a trench on the Western Front. Date: 1916
WW1 Oxo advertisementAdvertisement for Oxo suggesting Oxo and potato cakes as a delicious (and economical) luncheon during the First World War. Date: 1918
Christmas Day with the Fleet, sailors enjoy Xmas dinner, WW1Sailors as guests of Lady Beatty (wife of Admiral Beatty) enjoying a Christmas dinner " somewhere in Scotland." The wives of officers of the Grand Fleet helped to make the dinner a success
Restaurant restrictions during WW1Article from The Sphere demonstrating the new wartime lunch and dinner restrictions put in place in restaurants and hotels
Lunching in a restaurant of the Eiffel Tower, first platformPeople enjoying lunch at one of the four restaurants on the first platform of the Eiffel Tower at a height of 180 feet shortly after its opening as the centrepiece of the Paris International
NFS mobile kitchen in operation, WW2An NFS (London Region No 5) mobile kitchen in operation, handing out meals to women in uniform. The vehicle was donated by the Canadian Red Cross. Date: 1940s
Cricket match Eton v Harrow at Lords lunch intervalThe cricket match of Eton v Harrow which was being hosted Lords had gone onto lunch interval, the spectators and the players went for lunch. Date: circa 1895
Carol Coombe Gives a Chopstick LunchCarol Coombe, who was then playing the lead role in the play, Lady Precious Stream at the Little Theatre, John Street, London, hosts a Chinese lunch
Boy scouts in a tent, AustraliaA group of boy scouts from Victoria, sitting inside a tent in Australia, at the 8th Australian Scout Jamboree. They are having their lunch and drinking from bottles of Coca Cola. Date: 1967
Sketch cover - King George V & Albert I, end of WW1Front cover of The Sketch showing King George V and King Albert of the Belgians stopping for an impromptu snack using a railway truck as a table at Zeebrugge, shortly after the Armistice. Date: 1918
Waitress in a gentlemens club by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in The Tatler magazine s, Letters of Eve, drawn by Annie Fish is pictured enjoying having his lunch at his club
Royal Artillery soldiers eating dinner, WW1Four soldiers of the Royal Artillery enjoy some lunch during the First World War. Date: c.1916
Grosvenor House luncheon in aid of the Three Arts War FundThe Souvenir Luncheon at Grosvenor House in aid of the Three Arts War Fund, which was followed by a garden fete. The Duke of Westminster lent his house for the occasion which was attended by Queen
Light luncheons by W H RobinsonCouple having a picnic by sitting on the bonnet and boot of the car, and using the flat roof as the table. 1919
Dinner time out West. American frontiersmen enjoying a well earned break on their travels. The midday dinner is variable as to time
Police eating lunch at the Epsom Coronation Derby, 1911. 1911
Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically much to the amazement (or annoyance) of their waitress. Chicken, plates
Cerebos Salt advertisement, 1928Cerebos Salt, an essential part of the social season, designed to give one pep and vitality while while at Royal Ascot, sitting down to a DIY silver service lunch. Date: 1928
Luncheon of Anglo-Swedish Society with T. S. EliotA luncheon in London of the Anglo-Swedish Society to celebrate Strindbergs centenary. The poet T.S. Eliot presided. Shown left to right (facing)
Tatler front cover - Life in the lunch hourFront cover of The Tatler in 1960 featuring a young woman under the dryer in a hairdressing salon, Simon of Knightsbridge, where they guaranteed a hairdo in under an hour
Russian CommuneWithered looking Men and women eat lunch in a 1920s Russian commune. Date: circa 1920
Buick and Western-Mott Motor Car Factories, USANoon-hour at the Buick and Western-Mott Factories, Industrial Avenue, Flint, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1910
Womens Royal Air Force -- Lunch TimeIllustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women during Lunch Time in the WRAF Hut. Date: 1919-1920