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Background imageSlice Collection: Sailor Slice tinned fish

Sailor Slice tinned fish
An advertisement for Sailor Slice tinned salmon. A tin of the stuff is held up by an old fisherman - Fine!

Background imageSlice Collection: Slice of Canyon Diablo meteorite

Slice of Canyon Diablo meteorite
Iron meteorites, when sliced open and etched with acid, typically show a distinctive criss-cross pattern called a Widmanstatten pattern. This slice is 15cm across

Background imageSlice Collection: Little Lady Bountiful

Little Lady Bountiful - a young girl in a white summer gown offers her less well-to- do friends (one of whom has been collecting reeds) a slice of cake

Background imageSlice Collection: Oh, Cheese it! by W. Heath Robinson

Oh, Cheese it! by W. Heath Robinson
A remarkable case of absence of mind in a Dutch restaurant. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Background imageSlice Collection: Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread

Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread for tasty and delightful dishes. Showing a woman in her kitchen, enjoying some of the results of her baking. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageSlice Collection: Replete Seagull on the shore having consumed a Watermelon

Replete Seagull on the shore having consumed a Watermelon
Replete Seagull on the shore having consumed a large Watermelon slice - reproduction of a Japanese woodblock print. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageSlice Collection: Comic birthday postcard, Boy with large cake, and a swelling stomach Date

Comic birthday postcard, Boy with large cake, and a swelling stomach Date: 20th century

Background imageSlice Collection: Comic postcard, Man eating slice of melon Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man eating slice of melon Date: 20th century

Background imageSlice Collection: Tray with lemonade jug and two glasses

Tray with lemonade jug and two glasses. 1922

Background imageSlice Collection: Box label, Epicure Glace Orange Slices

Box label, Epicure Glace Orange Slices

Background imageSlice Collection: Postcard booklet, four boys with watermelons, USA

Postcard booklet, four boys with watermelons, USA
Postcard booklet, four boys with watermelons, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Background imageSlice Collection: Twelve Cake Wedges Date: 1935

Twelve Cake Wedges Date: 1935

Background imageSlice Collection: Wheel of Tart Slices Date: 1935

Wheel of Tart Slices Date: 1935

Background imageSlice Collection: VEAL FRICASSEE

VEAL FRICASSEE
Herb-flavoured veal fricassee, served in a casserole dish, garnished with a lemon slice, mushrooms and tomatoes. Date: 1960s

Background imageSlice Collection: HOME MADE LEMONADE

HOME MADE LEMONADE
Home made lemonade is the nicest, made with plenty of sugar, and served in lovely glasses from a decorative glass jug, with straws. Date: 1940s

Background imageSlice Collection: Whalers slice open their catch and find Jonah

Whalers slice open their catch and find Jonah !! Date: circa 1910

Background imageSlice Collection: Toast with comic verse on a Christmas card

Toast with comic verse on a Christmas card
Toast and toasting fork with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a pie

Christmas card in the shape of a pie, with some blackbirds peeking out. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a cake

Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a cake, with Santa Claus standing in the middle and a removable slice on the right. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Cutting Wedding Cake

Cutting Wedding Cake
A caterer in gloves explains how long in took to make their wedding cake as the newlyweds slice into the bottom tier! Date: 1960s

Background imageSlice Collection: Wedding Cake Cutting

Wedding Cake Cutting
John Hope Fellows and his new wife, Ellen Milligan, pictured cutting the first slice of the wedding cake at their wedding in Wilmington, Kent Date: 1924

Background imageSlice Collection: Slice of pudding on a plate on a shaped Christmas card

Slice of pudding on a plate on a shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a cake

Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a cake, with Santa Claus standing in the middle and a removable slice on the right. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a slice of bread with cheese

Greetings card in the shape of a slice of bread with cheese
Greetings card in the shape of a slice of white bread with piece of cheese on top. circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a slice of wood

Christmas card in the shape of a slice of wood from a tree trunk, with a picture of Hurstmonceux Castle, Sussex, in the moonlight. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Rolls

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Rolls the Bakers Wife. late 19th century

Background imageSlice Collection: Piece of fruit cake on a Christmas card

Piece of fruit cake on a Christmas card -- A wish for many Happy Months. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Man feeding sparrow in a Balham park, SW London

Man feeding sparrow in a Balham park, SW London
Man feeding bread to a sparrow in a Balham park, SW London. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSlice Collection: Suffragette Recipe for Cabinet Pudding

Suffragette Recipe for Cabinet Pudding. Method, Take one fresh young suffragette, add a large slice of her own importance, and as much sauce as you like

Background imageSlice Collection: Prince Albert & Prince George learning ropes

Prince Albert & Prince George learning ropes
Young brothers Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Prince George, on board the Britainnia training-ship, learning how to slice a rope. 1878

Background imageSlice Collection: Danish Pastry Specialties, Danish Apple Slice

Danish Pastry Specialties, Danish Apple Slice Date: 1936

Background imageSlice Collection: Tatler front cover 1964, featuring a gin and tonic

Tatler front cover 1964, featuring a gin and tonic
Front cover of The Tatler magazine for July 1964 featuring a close up photograph of a particularly inviting looking gin and tonic, with ice and lemon. Date: 1964

Background imageSlice Collection: Fruit Label -- Pedro Monsonis oranges

Fruit Label -- Pedro Monsonis oranges
Fruit Label -- Pedro Monsonis selected oranges, imported from Valencia, Spain, depicting two Greedy Mice pulling a giant orange apart. Date: 20th century

Background imageSlice Collection: Womens Royal Air Force -- Dopers Tea

Womens Royal Air Force -- Dopers Tea
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women painters and dopers having a tea break, while one toasts a slice of bread at the open door of a hot stove

Background imageSlice Collection: Three women in summer dresses

Three women in summer dresses
Three women in their best summer dresses, holding cooling drinks in their hands

Background imageSlice Collection: Repeating Pattern - Watermelons

Repeating Pattern - Watermelons. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Background imageSlice Collection: Japan - Women preparing food including chopping a daikon

Japan - Women preparing food including chopping a daikon
Japan - Women preparing food including a Geisha girl preparing (cutting) daikon (white radish), possibly for takuan or bettarazuke dishes and another woman grinding foodstuffs using a pestle

Background imageSlice Collection: World Famous Jack & Marion Skyscraper Sandwich

World Famous Jack & Marion Skyscraper Sandwich
The World Famous Jack & Marion Skyscraper Sandwich. Date: circa 1930

Background imageSlice Collection: New Year card in the shape of a wedge of cheese

New Year card in the shape of a wedge of cheese. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlice Collection: Agate

Agate slice

Background imageSlice Collection: Agate

Agate

Background imageSlice Collection: Agate

Agate
A polished slice of agate from Uraguay. Agate (silicon dioxide) is a cryptocrystalline quartz

Background imageSlice Collection: Agate

Agate
A polished slice of agate or chalcedony from Uraguay. Agate (silicon dioxide) is a cryptocrystalline quartz

Background imageSlice Collection: Slice of the lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 482

Slice of the lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 482
A slice of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 482. This meteorite is very rich in the feldspar mineral anorthite, which give it its pale colour

Background imageSlice Collection: Agate

Agate
Dyed agate

Background imageSlice Collection: Picnic Lemonade

Picnic Lemonade
What could be nicer on a hot day than home made lemonade in a basket outside in the garden or for a picnic? Serve it in lovely glasses from a decorative jug, with straws. Date: 1940s

Background imageSlice Collection: Burnt Column of Constantine, Constantinople, Turkey

Burnt Column of Constantine, Constantinople, Turkey
Greetings postcard from Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, showing the Burnt Column of the Roman Emperor Constantine, built to commemorate the declaration of Byzantium (later renamed Constantinople)

Background imageSlice Collection: CREAM CAKE

CREAM CAKE
A home-made cream cake, with a cake slice beside it. Date: 1980



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