Meal Collection (page 5)

PAYING THE BILL C1836
Two diners look horrified at the sight of their meal bill. Date: circa 1836

FOREIGNER ORDERS FOOD
A foreigner struggles to order a meal in a restaurant. Date: 1849

EATING LOTS FOR 1S 6D
Three hungry customers get their moneys worth with a cheap lunchtime restaurant meal. Date: circa 1835

PAPUA DINNER ON SHORE
Natives of Kwato, Papua New Guinea eat a meal on the shore. Date: 1911

FAMILY / GRACE BEFORE MEAL
Papa, mama, son and two daughters say grace before starting to eat Date: 1884

XMAS DINNER 1970S
A traditional Christmas meal with the family around the table, turkey and all the trimmings. Date: 1970s

SERVANTS AT TABLE
Servants at table in the kitchen - a manservant, the cook and a housemaid Date: 1887

THE LAST SUPPER
This is a more probable depiction of the meal, the disciples would more likely have been lying than sitting up at table

ROMAN LIGHT MEAL
A Roman man and two lady friends enjoy a light meal Date: circa 100 BC

Monks at Dinner
Friday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, monks are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish

Puritan family eating at home
A family meal in the early part of the 17th century Date: Circa 1640

ALFRESCO DINNER 1835
An alfresco meal Date: 1835

DINNER INTERRUPTED
The evening meal is interrupted by a visitor Date: 1854

Grace Saying - England
Papa says grace at a family meal Date: circa 1860

Family mealtime 1858
A working man sits down to a meal at home with his family. Date: 1858

Hindu men at mealtime, India
Hindu men at mealtime, served by their womenfolk who are not permitted to eat with them. Date: 1846

Backstage scene during a Mystery Play
A backstage scene in a town square, showing people taking a break for dinner during the performance of a Mystery Play

Couple chatting over dinner Date: 1906

Washing up after breakfast (2 / 2)
Picture 2/2 - Following their fancy breakfast at their very well-appointed campsite (see: 13127654), the young chap has scarpered, leaving his partner and Mother left with all the washing up!!

A jolly trio enjoying a very fancy breakfast (1 / 2)
Picture 1/2 - A jolly trio (a young couple and the young ladys Mother?) enjoying a very fancy breakfast at their very well-appointed campsite, which comes complete with full china service

Mural decorations in the Vauxhall British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of Vauxhall Gardens and carried out by E. K. Edney

Chef prepares a Peking Duck - floating restaurant, Hong Kong
A chef, stripped to the waist, prepares a Peking Duck in a floating restaurant kitchen on a sampan boat in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Alpine Dairy Herdsmen (Sennen) eat their evening meal
Traditional Life in Switzerland - A group of Alpine Dairy Herdsmen (Sennen) take their evening meal of soup (or fondue) and bread outside a barn. Date: circa 1920s

Two men having a Turkish breakfast of yogurt and buns
Two well-to-do men having a Turkish breakfast of yogurt and buns Date: 1821

Monks at Dinner - Friday by Walter Dendy Sadler
Friday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, the Abbot, monks and guests are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish. Now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Date: 1913

Christmas at the Whitechapel Workhouse
Serving Christmas Dinner at the Whitechapel Workhouse, London. Date: 1874

Information card, Hotel de Normandie
Information card for the Hotel de Normandie, which may or may not be in Normandy, northern France. Date: early 20th century

Food for billeted soldiers, WW1
A page from The Sketch showing what householders who had soldiers billeted with them were expected to provide in terms of meals for 3s. 4d halfpenny. Date: 1914

French soldiers eating in the trenches during World War I
Dinner-time for soldiers in a corner of a fire-trench on the French front in the Argonne. The caption reads: The clockwork regularity of the French culinary arrangements at the front

Hawkins electric hostess trolley advertisement
Advertisement for the Hawkins Electric Hostess Trolley for gracious living, enabling you to entertain with dignity even when domestic help is not available

Coronation street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens street parties at various locations around the town

Jack Sprat could eat no fat... 19th century

Orphanage / London 1930S
Staff feed the children at the Finchley Dispensary for orphans Date: 1930s

Hamburg workhouse - punishment of inmates
An illustration of the punishment meted out to idle paupers at the Hamburg workhouse in 1777. Offenders were placed in a large basket suspended by a rope over the dining hall table while the more

Jimmy Wild by George Studdy
A rather stupid Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy is distracted from stealing a chop by his reflection in a silver, domed platter cover

Geese in Bed
A couple of geese breakfast in bed : their meal includes eggs, can they be cannibals ?

Boy, Dog and Cat
My turn now - a barefoot boy reluctantly shares his meal with his feline friend and canine chum

HMHS Britannic - dinner menu, WW1
HMHS Britannic - extremely rare dinner menu from the hospital ship Britannic, Titanic's ill-fated sister ship. The menu is dated 25 September 1916, in the middle of WW1

Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu for Sunday 14 April 1912. The Prince Frederick Wilhelm was one of the ships in the vicinity when the Titanic hit the iceberg

Cunard Line, RMS Carpathia - luncheon menu, Sunday 17 November 1912. Date: 1912

Christmas card, Heres to the Year Thats Awa
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, Heres to the Year Thats Awa (a group of robins at a dinner table). (6 of 9) Date: circa 1890s

Man with a glass of champagne on a cutout Christmas card -- May you of pleasures have a host. Date: circa 1890s

Group of women preparing a meal, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Three dogs with moveable heads on a Christmas card
Three dogs with moveable heads sitting at a dinner table on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge University
Aerial view of the refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge University, with students and professors eating at long tables. Portraits on the walls include one of Henry VIII (far left). Date: 1967

German boy scouts enjoying a meal at camp

British Rail dining car, with waiter serving a passenger. Date: circa 1970s

Three people at a table, photographer reflected in mirror
Three people at a table with a roast dinner and wine bottles, possibly for Thanksgiving, North America. The photographer and camera on a tripod are reflected in the mirror behind them

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