Meal Collection (page 6)

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

HM Bateman evacuees cartoon
Lady Biggleswades evacuees object to game on alternate day as being monotonous. An upper class family are dismayed to discover complaints about the meals from their temporary guests during the Second

Duke and Duchess of York at Sports Club, Mombasa, Kenya
Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) take tea at the Mombasa Sports Club, Kenya, East Africa. 1924

Supper Table -- how we entertain our friends. Accompanying an article entitled How I keep house on 250 per annum. 1885

Tea table with strawberries and jam
Tea table set out with freshly picked strawberries, a pot of jam, and cups of tea poured out. 1936

Advert for Gong soup 1916
Advertisement for Gong soups, For men at the front and in training. Well-known and poplar product during the First World War, which could be parcelled from home for the soldiers at the front

Blank menu card in the shape of a plate. Date: circa 1910s

Mobile Chinese Street Food Cook and Vendor - preparing lunch - Beijing, China. Date: circa 1910s

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - suppertime. circa 1910s

Jaume Ferrer I. 15th c. Catalan Gothic painter. Last Supper
Gothic art. Spain. Jaume Ferrer I. 15th c. Catalan Gothic painter. Last Supper. C 1450. From Lleida. Diocesan and regional Museum of Solsona. Catalonia

The Last Supper. Jesus announces to the apostles that one of them will betray. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Stratton Hall
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Children at a meal in Stratton Hall, the Homes assembly hall and dining room

Affront from the Rear by Charles Crombie
A British officer, enjoying a meal in a restaurant is alarmed by the shadow of a fruit bowl being carried by a waiter. Date: 1915

British soldier eating rations at the Front, WW1
Tommys Salle A Manger at the Front. Dinner-time in a British trench where the soldiers dining room with tapestried with mud and carpeted with muddy water. Date: 1915

Christmas Feasting in reign of Henry VIII
A Christmas banquet in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII. The servers carry huge napkins over their shoulders and are marshalled in by the deputy steward

Christmas Feasting in reign of Henry VI
The arrival of the peacock in a baronial hall in the days of Henry VI, with the customary procession ushering in the feasts centrepiece

Queue for food at Bacalar Chico, British Honduras
Boy scouts queueing for food at Bacalar Chico, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 23 May 1951. Date: 1951

Creche for the children of munitions workers, WW1
Dinner time at a creche for the children of women munition workers at Birmingham. According to the caption in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Lady eating in silhouette by Nellie E. George
A lady seated at an elegant dining table raises a fork to her mouth. Published in The Bystander during World War One, the accompanying rhyming caption alludes to food rationing - Mary had a little

Man filling a bucket at a water pump
A man filling a bucket at a water pump, outside an inn called The Plume of Feathers, recommended by the Automobile Association, serving lunches and teas as well as draught cider

Fairy tea party

Dining room, Portobello Hotel, Walton, Essex
The Dining Room at The Portobello Hotel, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with tables laid ready for a meal. 1963

Three young girls having a tea party in the open air. 1880

Lebanon - Druze eating a meal
Druze - 1000 year old religion - also called Druse, Duruz, Duroz and the Tawhid Faith. 750, 000 to 800, 000 adherants today in Syria, Lebanon and Israel

Late 19th century train travel. Compartments/berths in a sleeping carriage, the dining car and first class seating

Midday mealtime, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, return to their individual cells for their midday dinner. Uniformed prison warders watch as prisoners climb the metal staircases to the galleries

1960s Dinner Party
A 1960s dinner party. Two couples enjoy a jolly (if very formal!) evening meal with distinctive sixties period crockery, costume and interior decor. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Cock, Hen in Bed
A cock and a hen breakfast in bed : their meal includes eggs, can they be cannibals ?

School Dinners 1956
Pupils tuck into their school dinners at the Dorothy Stringer Secondary School, Brighton

Eating Well (Roubille)
Fat man eating a good meal. - After a good tuck-in, life doesn t seem so bad, after all

Merry Christmas Time - Xmas Pudding. 19th century

Young woman prepares a hot meal for her parents in her cottage. Her man stands to one side (looking on admiringly) whilst a pair of young kittens frolic before the fire. Date: circa 1890s

People at a table for a Christmas meal, USA
People at a table for a Christmas meal, not looking particularly jolly, North America. Date: circa 1910

French officers sharing a hasty meal with British officers
Photograph: French officers sharing a hasty meal with British officers in a wood, during a lull behind the firing line ?somewhere? in the Somme region. Shows three French and four British officers

The Bill by Douglas Mackenzie
" The Bill" : An old comedy in one act. Covent Garden Ball Supper. Time: 2 A.M. Naughty Old Gentleman (between his teeth): Dear me

Scene from Molieres play, Dom Juan, ou Le Festin de Pierre, first performed in 1665. 17th century

Belgian askaris preparing a meal, Lindi area, WW1
Belgian askaris preparing a meal, Lindi area, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Family picnic in vineyard, France
Family having a picnic with a vineyard in the background, France. circa 1968

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