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Chocolate Basket and Vase Date: 1935
Domed Cakes and Tarts Date: 1935
Fancy Dessert Biscuits Date: 1935
Small Restaurant Date: 1948
Bakers and Bread Loaves Date: 1948
Family Breakfast Scene Date: 1948
Cheese Tray Selection Date: 1948
Flirtation with Patron Date: 1948
Couple Served by Waiter Date: 1948
Bowl of Chicken Gumbo Date: 1950
Pouring Cup of Coffee Date: 1950
Loaf of Bread Date: 1950
Shelled Oyster Date: 1889
Boy Sneaks Last of Pie Date: 1950
Chef Samples Soup Date: 1950
Postman Gets Invitation Date: 1950
Patron Apes Maitre d Date: 1950
Dish of String Beans Date: 1950
Coffees Ready Date: 1950
May I Have Some More? Date: 1950
Dining Out For Easter Date: 1945
Hungry Boy Can t Wait Date: 1947
Biscuits and Cheese
Rajah Date: 1897
PIC-NIC AT HOMEA PIC-NIC IN THE DRAWING ROOM A satire on the growing habit of snacking instead of sitting round the table at formal meals Date: 1859
SANTORIOS BALANCEItalian physician Santorio, believing that health is related to bodily intake and excretion, takes his meals on a balance to measure the increase of his body weight Date: 1561 - 1626
Chef prepares a Peking Duck - floating restaurant, Hong KongA 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
GRAF ZeppelinDiners and Waiters in the Dining Room on Board the GRAF Zeppelin Date: 1930s
Passengers on a 747A full-scale mock-up of the interior of a Boeing 747, showing the three economy class sections. The 20-foot wide fuselage allows the use of wider seats & double aisles Date: 1960s
Information card, Hotel de NormandieInformation card for the Hotel de Normandie, which may or may not be in Normandy, northern France. Date: early 20th century
Food for billeted soldiers, WW1A 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 IDinner-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
HM Bateman evacuees cartoonLady 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
Advert for Gong soup 1916Advertisement 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
Free Industrial School, Gem Street, BirminghamThe Free Industrial School at Gem Street, Birmingham, was opened in 1850 to provide education, training and meals for poor children in the area. Date: Date unknown
Blank menu card in the shape of a plate. Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Thermos flasks WW1Jolly advertisement for Thermos Flasks, an essential accessory to deal with trench life during the First World War. Thermos allows plenty of hot water for shaving
Christmas Feasting in reign of Henry VIIIA 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
Man filling a bucket at a water pumpA 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
RMS Olympic invitation, restaurant cardAn invitation, bearing the name of Mr George F Morrell of The Graphic, for a Channel trip on the White Star Line cruise ship, the RMS Olympic
Homeless women in an East End doss houseThis is the basement of a doss house for women in Duval Street, in the East End. A bed costs sixpence a night and lodgers provide their own meals
A arabic feast, with couscous, AlgeriaMany Arabic men and children gather around to feast on couscous out of a large tajine. Date: 1910
YMCA Hut - High Street Kensington, London. Almost every available square foot of greenery in central London was comandeered for war purposes, often in some of the most prestigious locations
Leaflet, Imperial Airways, Facts About Air Travel. 20th century
Man in a cap on a place cardMan in a cap, smoking a pipe, on a place card. Date: circa 1890s
Smiling man in a hat on a place cardSmiling man with a red nose on a place card. Date: circa 1890s
Man in a top hat on a place cardHaughty-looking man in a top hat on a place card. Date: circa 1890s
Woman in exotic costume on a place card. Date: circa 1920s