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Farmer on tractor on a frosty morningFrank Reynolds on his tractor driving his empty milk churns uo to his farm ready for the nights milking in Rodbourne, Wiltshire. England. Date: circa 1965
Cubs in refectory, Baden Powell House, LondonCubs queueing for food in the refectory of Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s
Two milkmaids, Belgium. Date: late 19th century
Taking milk to town, Shoalhaven, New South Wales, AustraliaA boy and his horse taking milk to town, Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1890s
Hospitality by George StuddyHospitality. Because of the arrival of a visitor and her dog, a reluctant Bonzo is dragged out of the room. Date: 1923
Weekly food ration for one person 1946Weekly rationed food post Second World War in Britain. Bread and vegetables where unrationed, tins where obtained by points. Date: 1946
Barnet Industrial School - Milk RoundThe daily milk round at the Barnet Industrial School, Hertfordshire. Boys with milk pails stand in front of horses and carts which are each loaded up with a milk churn. Date: 1908
1937 Coronation - serving milk to schoolchildrenA sketch taken during the Coronation of 1937 showing schoolchildren waiting to watch the Coronation procession, being served milk. Date: 1937
Food rationing comparison by G. H. DavisFood rationing in Great Britain during the two World Wars: a comparison of the periods 1917-1920 and 1940-1946. The chief topic of conversation today -- food
Advert Mellins fresh milk for babiesMellins food, fresh cows milk food infants, medical opinion places the superiority of fresh milk over dried milk foods beyond all question. Date: 1916
Bonzo comes home with the milk! by George StuddyBonzo comes home with the milk! He lies contentedly asleep on the doorstep in the snow, with a party streamer in his mouth
Man and dog with milk cartMan (possibly Belgian) and dog with a milk cart, in a studio photo with a painted backdrop. Date: late 19th century
Rufus the cat drinks from a bowl, watched by a dogDog Days -- Rufus the cat drinks milk from a bowl, watched by a hungry dog. Date: 1912
Hungry Peter as a growing piglet drinking from a bowlIn Clover -- Hungry Peter the pig as a growing piglet, drinking milk from a bowl with a blue ribbon tied round his neck. Date: 1912
Advert for Ideal Milk 1914Advertisement for Ideal Milk in a tin, the Milk of Merit. For every purpose in place of fresh milk. It is fresh milk concentrated to the consistency of cream, with no sugar added
Advert for tinned Milkmaid Cream 1914Advertisement for tinned Milkmaid Cream by Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co of Eastcheap, London. Perfect with fresh, stewed, canned or bottled fruit, in tea and coffee
Gays Lion Farm, El Monte, California, USA, showing Mrs Gay feeding the lion cub Bamboola with milk from a bottle. Date: 20th century
WW1 Home Front - Milkmaid - Cowleys Dairy, Brighton, SussexWW1 - Brighton, Sussex - A Milkmaid from Cowleys Dairy sells milk from a churn on a hand cart. The newspaper billboards in the background announce the exacuation of Warsaw
The Cow and Plate Polecat TrapperAnother ingenious idea from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson, the gadget king, for a cow and plate pole-cat trapper on the Catskill Mountains
Pussys Share by Muriel Dawson -- a little child watches a kitten drinking from a saucer of milk. Date: 1946
Chocolate Cake de Luxe (Chocolate Malted Milk Cake) Date: 1936
Chocolate Malted Milk Cake with Decorated Chocolate Buttercream Date: 1936
Pencil sketch of toddler with cat. Date: 1920s
Pencil sketch of baby with bottlePencil sketch of a baby with a bottle. Date: 1920s
Woman and boy with two catsA woman and a boy watch two cats drinking milk from a saucer in a back yard
Milk Fair St James ParkThe Milk Fair in St Jamess Park, where children were given milk fresh from the cow. circa 1860
Hampstead Street SceneA court near Church Row - a milkmaid offers milk from her churns. Date: 1883
The Milkwoman on Her RoundsThis photograph, specially taken for The Sphere, shows a milkwoman, wearing a smock and breeches and a leather pouch and carrying a milk pail
Playing with TiddlersA little boy and girl peer into the milk bottle of tiddlers they ve just netted! Date: 1950s
The General Strike - distributing the countrys foodVolunteers save the situation: Undergraduate Railway Workers. Illustration by ILN special artist, Steven Spurrier depicting the successful distribution of the countrys food during the General Strike
Scorriton CrossMilk churns from the farm, awaiting collection beside Scorriton Cross, a large granite cross at a road junction near Holne, Dartmoor, Devon, England. Date: 1950s
Milkman Collects emptyA milkman collects an empty milkbottle from a doorstep, next to a potted geranium. Date: early 1970s
Toddler Milking a CowI wonder if this is where the milk comes from? Study of an 18-month-old farmers son milking a cow at Minishant, Ayrshire, Scotland. Date: 1960s
Milk Industry 1950SThe British milk industry - a lorry from the factory collects milk churns from the farm on a daily basis. Date: 1950s
Kiddies RefreshmentsYoung entrepreneurs running a food and drinks stall selling milk (2d a cup), cocoa (3d a cup and milk! Date: early 1930s
Advertisement for Cadburys chocolate -- male model (Jack Todd) posing in an antique shop. 1959
Advertisement for McVitie biscuits -- models posing as mother and two children (Jane Hancock, Merrill Colbrook and John Moulder Brown). 1959
Malta - Inset souvenir views in wonderfully garish colours. The Musta Church, The Public Library on Queens Square, Valletta
Thessaloniki, Greece - Milk Seller. Date: circa 1910s
Turkish Mahallebi seller, Istanbul, TurkeySeller of Mahallebi (Muhallebi), a milk pudding of Lebanese origin coated in chopped pistachios, originally made with wheat flour and flavored with rosewater
Belgium - Dog Milk Cart Date: circa 1910
Lost tooth causes sleeping difficulties for KittyKitty - " Aunty, I can t sleep at night since I lost my front toof for the draught blowing down my throat." Date: circa 1890s
Little girl approaching pub bar to ask for BrandyA Large Order. Little Girl - " Three penn orth o Brandy an I want a cork; an will ye wash the bottle out, cos its ad milk in it." Date: 1895
Greek Milk Seller Date: circa 1910s
Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cowA quite surreal German postcard, showing two rather plump babies strapped to the back of two cows, their mouths clamped to long tubes originating from the cows udders
Trafalgar Square Lion at Night - The Night Watch Date: 1924
British Empire Exhibition - St Ivel Cheese - MilkmaidA trade card (featuring a pretty young milkmaid) from the St. Ivel Cheese Company stand at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924
Ilkley, West Yorkshire - Church StreetIlkley, West Yorkshire, England - Church Street Date: circa 1910s