Serving Collection (page 4)

Cloakroom and hat check at a nightclub, with staff and customers

Refreshments in a London street after a night raid, WW2
Refreshments in a London street after a night raid during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Refreshments for emergency workers, WW2
Refreshments for emergency workers on the Home Front during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Boy with an empty dish on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

Boy serving a fruit pie on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

Boy serving a roast turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

Interior, Royal Pump Room, Harrogate, Yorkshire
Interior of the Royal Pump Room, Harrogate, Yorkshire. circa 1900

John Pearce at his coffee stall, City Road, London
John Pearce at his coffee stall in City Rd, London -- on the proceeds he founded the British Tea Table Company

Advert for Cadburys Cocoa drink 1897
Two scenes for Cadburys Cocoa drink, servant serving hot cocoa in Trinidad, which produced the finest cocoa bean and the second scene in the United Kingdom of a middle class family sitting together

Poster, Eat More Fried Fish -- A Hot Favourite. circa 1950s

Chritmas pudding 1849
Well to do victorian family with lots of children waiting to be served their Christmas pudding. 1849

A tally to show each year starting at the beginning of World War Two how many men who served or serving in the war effort. Date: 1944

Demons serving the Chinese goddess Mong-piou give souls in the other world the tisane of forgetfulness before they are reincarnated, so they won t remember past lives

B. A. T. FK. 22 Bantam I F9947
B.A.T. FK.22 Bantam I F9947. The second of the Bantam I fighters built by the British Aerial Transport Company (BAT) and designed by Frederick Koolhoven; Fifteen aircraft were built in two versions

Turkish man smoking a hookah, with a woman serving coffee Date: circa 1830

Edible Centerpieces Date: 1935

Dish of String Beans Date: 1950

Biscuits and Cheese

Tower of London 1415
The Tower serving as prison for the duc dOrleans, taken prisoner at Agincourt. Date: 1415

MAKING NUT CUTLETS
A houswife rolling up nut cutlets into balls, ready to be coated in breadcrumbs before frying them and serving them garnished with parsley. Date: 1930s

STRAWBERRY DISHES
Serving strawberries on their own, or with other fruit. Date: early 20th century

JACKET POTATOES
Stuffed baked potatoes, an excellent supper dish for a cold evening. The potatoes can cook without attention and the filling can be left waiting until a moment before serving. Date: 1940s

Villiage shop 1867
Long established shop with the shopkeeper starting as an apprentice and taking over the company many years later. Date: 1867

Inflight Scene 1934
Passengers enjoying in-flight hospitality. An air hostess is serving cups of tea, probably on an Imperial Airways London to Paris flight. Date: circa 1934

POLISH LEGION 1810
Men of the LEGION POLONAISE, Regiment de la Vistule, serving alongside the French in Napoleons war with Russia, hated by the Poles Date: 1810

BREAKFAST / 1893 COTTAGE
Mother serving breakfast to expectant children Date: 1893

WEAVING WOOL, WALES
Using the loom in a small Welsh cloth mill, serving local sheep-farmers who provide the wool from which the cloth is made Date: 1873

Postman of Natal
A native postman delivers mail to a British officer serving in Natal Date: circa 1900

WAITER HIDES WINES 1894
A waiter puts aside a couple of bottles for the personal refreshment of the staff... Date: 1894

SERVING MORNING TEA
A maid brings an early pot of tea to her mistress as she lies in bed Date: 1904

MEDICAL / DOCTORS
Satire on self-serving medical profession: predatory fox dupes easily-led geese Date: 1833

QUACK DOCTOR
Quack Doctor as a fox, duping the general public. Satire on self-serving medical profession. Date: 1833

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

Roman banquet to celebrate the Saturnalia
A Roman banquet to celebrate the Saturnalia, 17-19 December. Date: circa 100 BC

The Bottle, 1 -- Cruikshank
A workmans home, with father and mother at the table, a little maid serving them, and their two young children at a tiny table in front of the hearth. Ominously, the father is holding a bottle

Chapel Royal, Whitehall
The Chapel Royal is an establishment in the Royal Household serving the spiritual needs of the sovereign of the British royal family

Grumman J2F-6 Duck N67790 (ex BuAer 33587). Now preserved at the National Museum of the USAF and painted as an OA-12 Duck serving postwar in the air-sea rescue role. Date: 1980s

A de Havilland Supermunk - G-AOSU
A de Havilland Supermunk (G-AOSU) glider tug, of the Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association (RAFGSA). The RAFGSA, provides adventure training in gliding for all three services

A de Havilland Supermunk (G-AOSU) glider tug of the RAFGSA
A de Havilland Supermunk (G-AOSU) glider tug, of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA). the RAFGSA, provides adventure training in gliding for all three services

The Cleveland Mobile Canteen (patent no. 5783) for Finland
The Cleveland Mobile Canteen (patent no. 5783) designed specifically for Finland. Date: circa 1938

A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse
A British Waitress working in a restaurant or teahouse - delivering a tray of hot drinks. Perhaps her slightly downcast expression is in part due to the fact that gratuities to serving staff were

Spa Resort near Florence, Tuscany, Italy - Postal Kiosk where you can buy postcards and send your messages. The Post Master (in uniform) is pictured. Date: 1905

Sporty French Tennis Girl prepares to serve. One hopes that her choice of woollen top, tie and thick bonnet does not cause her to overheat by the second set...! Date: 1920

Serving tea on the banks of the Sumida River by Kiyonaga
Serving tea on the banks of the Sumida River by Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815). Date: circa 1790s

The private bar at Havana Club Rum, Havana, Cuba, with two bartenders and two customers. Date: circa 1930s

Drink Cadburys Cocoa advertisement, 1888
Drink Cadburys Cocoa advertisement from 1888. A maid carries a cup of cocoa, which is proclaimed absolutely pure and soluble

Princess Mary gift tin, with sweets, for non-smokers, 1914.Printed on inner sweet block: ?Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary Christmas Fund 1914

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

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