Steaming Collection

HMS Jervis Bay attacking the Admiral Scheer, Second Worl
Illustration showing the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay (centre) steaming towards the German pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer, North Atlantic, November 1940

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Christmas scene with Santa Claus and yule log. There are rabbit musicians, geese pulling the log, a pudding, a boars head, and people carrying flaming torches. 19th century

LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB review
Lambeth, headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, hosted annual displays and regular reviews of the Brigade. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse drawn steam

Jester carrying a wassail bowl
A jester in red and blue costume, carrying a wassail bowl and enjoying the aroma coming from it. Wassail was a medieval drink, a kind of punch made from hot mulled cider

Poster advertising China Tea, marketed by the Compagnie Coloniale. A smiling Chinese man in traditional dress, with a long pigtail, sits on a large tin of tea enjoying a steaming cup

W Heath Robinson - At the At Home

RMS Titanic at sea. It was built in Belfast 1909-1911, and fitted and furnished there 1911-1912 Date: 1912

Poster advertising Edwards soups -- adds stock to the pot! A plump cook carries a steaming pot to the table

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Dinner Menu
Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, dinner menu cover design, 1 June 1950 Date: 1950

Two funnel paddle steamer Royal Sovereign
Ship is steaming with smoke from funnels Date: circa 1910

Comic postcard, Man in a restaurant with haggis Date: 20th century

Woman Indulging a Vapour Face-Bath 1928
Strangely masked by metal: A client indulging in a vapour face-bath, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Steaming into the Ye T an China, steamer Donald Mennie
Steaming into the Ye T an photogravure from the Grandeur of the Gorges China, illustrated by Donald Mennie 1920 s

Wilton Williams Idea of Comfort, taking a bath
A lady looks the picture of relaxation following a steaming hot bath. One of a series of illustrations done for Comfort Soap in the 1920s by leading illustrators of the day. Date: c.1925

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

Cartoon, Miss-Ann-Thropy. 19th century

Improved cast-iron portable copper
Mounted on wheels, a man pouring water into a cast-iron portable boiler. Date: late 19th century

Bringing in the Xmas pudding - A Victorian family group at table watch as the cook proudly presents the steaming Christmas pudding. Date: circa 1916

Caffeine Rush For Santa Date: 1948

Bowl of Chicken Gumbo Date: 1950

Cartoon, New drama by Reade and Pettitt
Cartoon, New drama by Charles Reade and Henry Pettitt -- Star actors sometimes get very dainty. Their melodrama, Love and Money, was in production at the Adelphi Theatre, London

THERMAL TEA URN
A classic tea urn, the type used to serve up steaming hot cups of tea in cafes and tea shops in Great Britain. Date: 1940s

DENIS PAPIN & KETTLE DENIS PAPIN & KETTLE
DENIS PAPIN French pioneer of the steam engine, who formulated his theories in just the way Watt did, by watching a kettle steaming in the hearth Date: 1647? - 1712

Curry shop, Delhi, India
A chef squats by a huge cooking pot and cooks curry in an open air curry shop and restaurant in Old Delhi, India Date: 1987

11 miles south of Reno, Nevada, USA - Steamboat Springs Date: circa 1930s

Pyroscaphe Steamboat
Jouffroys steamboat proves its capability by steaming against the current on the Saone at Lyon, but the French government refuse to adopt the new technology

Men at a refreshment cart on a Christmas and New Year card
Men at a refreshment cart in the street on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Humorous postcard, soldier on Western Front, WW1
Humorous postcard, British soldier on the Western Front -- I m amongst the Kitcheners, and very nice too. Date: circa 1915

Card game, The Streets of London - Baked Potato Seller. circa 1880

Hospital Ward Maids
A nurse wheels a patient forward in his metal bed so that the daily Ward Maids can clean and polish the floors at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, England

Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Flavour
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Flavour the Chefs Wife. circa 1950

Cadburys Happy Families - Miss Good
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Miss Good the Grocers Daughter. circa 1950

The Soudan Advance - steaming back to Berber: playing Maxims on the Baggara Horse after the bombardment of Metmmeh, 1897. Photogravure after Frederic Villiers, 1897

Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - Rescue of Sir Charles - Soldiers on ship steaming towards island. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War. Date: 1881 - 1889

Stranraer Boat, Leaving Larne - a view of a boat steaming away with two boats berthed to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

Kusatsu - Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto, Japan
Kusatsu - a town located in Agatsuma District of far western Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kanto region of Japan - Kusatsu is one of the most famous hot springs resorts (Onsen) in Japan

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Tommy Atkins the Soldiers Wife. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Churn the Milkmans Wife. late 19th century

Caricature of W E Gladstone and John L Toole
Caricature of W E Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister, and John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. Politics and Comedy. 1882

Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), British politician, at this time MP for Woodstock. At the time he was making his mark at Westminster by criticising members of both political

Cheery Families - Mrs Clamp the Carpenters Wife. 1890s

Little dog with large cup of tea on a cutout Christmas card
Little dog with a large cup of tea on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Robins on a New Year card, preparing for a tea party. Date: circa 1890s

The Empire Cookery Book - Glamorous woman cooking up a storm in her 1920s kitchen. Date: 1920s

The Empire Cookery Book - Glamorous woman tastes some soup. Date: 1920s

Men with mobile field oven and motorcycle, WW1
Men with a mobile field oven, and a Royal Navy motorcycle combo, WW1. The chalked words on the oven, HMS Fred Carno, were a comic saying for chaotic operations. circa 1914

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