Waiter Collection (page 2)

Merveilleuses eating ice cream at a Paris cafe
Fashionable women or merveilleuses eating ice cream with their dogs at a cafe, circa 1800. The menu includes lemon, orange, pistachio, and creme blanche

Ladies and gentlemen share coffee and rolls
Le Dejeuner. Gentlemen in coat tails and breeches and ladies in veils and dresses share a breakfast of coffee and bread. Great familiarity reigns in the morning, one has no time to become ceremonial

Hindering Choice. Three women in frilled dresses flirt with a waiter in a long apron at a cafe. Women no longer drink wine because of their delicate nerves, but they quaff kirsch

Interior of a Midland Railway Dining Car, with passengers. 1905

Advertising showcard, Reigate Mineral Waters

Gnomes and Humans. 19th century

Cairo Characters, ministers to the travellers comfort
Sketches of the types a traveller to Cairo might meet during his stay. Top left, a page boy, top right, a porter, centre, the dragomans (guides)

Scandal in Paris by Edgar de Saint-Pierre de Montzaigle

GAMBLING / CROCKFORDS
Gents in smart attire gamble at the dice table in Crockfords Club. Date: 1843

Envelope design, Hotels in Scotland and the UK
Envelope design, advertising the George Hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the Kings Head Hotel in Sheffield, and the Midland Hotel in Birmingham. 1909

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

Kettners advertisement, 1907
Advertisement for Kettners restaurant emphasising its pleasant surroundings and moderate prices. Date: 1907

Waiter wearing beret and Oxford bags, 1926
Will it ever come to this? The President of the National Federation of Merchant Taylors is responsible for this awful suggestion

Couple Served by Waiter Date: 1948

Patron Apes Maitre d Date: 1950

Turkish Cafe, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1908

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

A scene from David Copperfield
Charles Dickenss character, David Copperfield in the Old Coaching Inn at Yarmouth whilst on his memorable journey to Salem House School

WAITER SHOUTS 1835
The waiter in the Reform dining room shouts his order to the kitchen. Date: 1835

CATERPILLAR IN THE CHOP
Here, waiter! Heres a-eeres a-a-caterpillar in this chop! Yessir. About the time oyear for em just now, sir! Date: late 19th century

STALE EGGS IN RESTAURANT
Confound it, waiter! How long do you keep eggs? Till theyre ate sor! Date: 1877

ARRIVING AT AN INN
A stagecoach pulls into the yard of an inn - a waiter comes to welcome the passengers to his dining room, while additional travellers wait at the Coach Office. Date: circa 1830

CHAT NOIR BREAKFAST
An Editorial Breakfast at Le Chat Noir. Date: 1889

PEEPING WAITER 1879
A Parisian waiter checks on whats going on in a hotel bedroom, before he carries in the breakfast tray Date: 1879

REFORM DINING ROOM
The waiter in the Reform dining room shouts his order to the kitchen. Date: 1835

WAITER RUNS WITH DISH
A Parisian waiter running with a dish Date: 1879

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

EDISON KINE STUDIO, INT
Edisons Kinetographic Theatre, Orange, New Jersey - interior, filming a man sitting at a cafe table, with a waiter and a friend. Date: 1894

A customer with a complaint
A man complains in a restaurant about his plate being cold

British visitors in a cafe, Paris
The British in Paris after the defeat of Napoleon: English visitors patronise a French cafe. Date: 1814-1815

British in Paris cafe after defeat of Napoleon
The British in Paris after the defeat of Napoleon: John Bull and his family at an ice cafe. Date: 1815

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

Seaside, Oregon, USA - The Moose Bar, which offered a fine choice of wines, liquors and cigars. 5c a beer! Various patrons/staff pose in rather surly fashion for a brief moment out front

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

Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Scene inside the Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Date: 1928

Mrs Crosbys Cafe, Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico
Scene inside Mrs Crosbys Cafe, Villa Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, with staff and customers posing for their photo. Date: circa 1934

British Rail dining car, with waiter serving a passenger. Date: circa 1970s

Menu card, Sundae Tea Rooms, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), offering fragrant Ceylon Tea, delicious ice creams and sundaes, iced fruit drinks, fancy cakes, dainty sandwiches, etc. Date: circa 1930

Myers Inn and Liquor Store, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Myers Planters Punch Inn and Liquor Store, Sugar Wharf, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1938

Duke and Duchess of York at Sports Club, Mombasa, Kenya
Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) take tea at the Mombasa Sports Club, Kenya, East Africa. 1924

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), Waiter
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam - Emperor Hotel (Kaiserhof), A young waiter carrying a large glass of something interesting... Date: circa 1908

Royal Hotel, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Dining Room with waiting staff, Royal Hotel, Harrismith, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: 1908

The Epicure who detected a Minnow by H. M. Bateman
The Epicure Who Detected a Minnow in the Whitebait by H. M. Batemen. An arrogant diner, irate to discover a minnow amongst his plate of whitebait, demands the ma e d rectifies the situation

Cartoon, Richard d Oyly Carte, Gilbert and Sullivan
Cartoon, Richard d Oyly Carte as maitre d, with Ws Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan as chefs, at the Savoy Dining Room. Opening the new shop -- it is wonderful what may be done by enterprise and Patience

Cartoon, Waking up Germania, WW1
Cartoon, Waking up Germania. After the war, Madame Germania must pay the bill for all the damage she has done. The waiter is a macabre, thin man with a skull for his head. Date: 1918

Advert for Mappin Brothers solid silver items 1895
Selection of decorative items available from Mappin Brothers in Regent Street. 1895

Cafe D Orsay or Les Trois Freres Provencaux, Paris 1840
Interior of Les Trois Freres Provencaux Restaurant circa 1840

Le garcon de cafe, Paris 1850
Parisian men and women being served in a coffeehouse. 1850

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