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Background imageWaitress Collection: Spaten Brau Publicity 2

Spaten Brau Publicity 2
A waitress brings four seidels of frothy Spaten-Brau

Background imageWaitress Collection: Silhouette of a waitress

Silhouette of a waitress or pub barmaid, about to pour beer into a glass. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Background imageWaitress Collection: Lyons Tea Waitress

Lyons Tea Waitress
A large tray is carried by a waitress in one of Lyons teashops which at this time were found throughout London

Background imageWaitress Collection: Biergarten waitress carrying beer tankards

Biergarten waitress carrying beer tankards
A Biergarten waitress carrying tankards of beer

Background imageWaitress Collection: Advert, Spears Sausages of Bath

Advert, Spears Sausages of Bath - Oh, Good! no preservative! 1927

Background imageWaitress Collection: Abc Cafe London / 1900

Abc Cafe London / 1900
The Aerated Bread Company Cafe (ABC) Ludgate Hill, London. The tea rooms opened in the 1860s, serving hot drinks and snacks. The stair sign reads Ladies Coffee Room Downstairs

Background imageWaitress Collection: Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms advertisement, 1916

Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms advertisement, 1916
Advertisement for the Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms - the most charming place in London for luncheons, teas and dinners

Background imageWaitress Collection: Serving Maid / Chocolate

Serving Maid / Chocolate
A serving maid carries a cup of chocolate and a glass of water on a tray

Background imageWaitress Collection: Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House

Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House in London, 1808. Engraving by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann (1808-1810). Engraving

Background imageWaitress Collection: Cartoon, Waitress, WW1

Cartoon, Waitress, WW1
Cartoon, Waitress, showing a pretty young woman in a white apron serving a beer to a French soldier in uniform. Date: 1915

Background imageWaitress Collection: LYONS NIPPIE CLEARING

LYONS NIPPIE CLEARING
A Lyons Nippie clearing tables at a Lyons Corner House. Date: early 1930s

Background imageWaitress Collection: Shelburne Hostesses

Shelburne Hostesses
The famous Shelburne Hostesses from the Shelburne Lounge, cocktail bar, Lexington Avenue, New York

Background imageWaitress Collection: Students in Biergarten

Students in Biergarten
German students enjoy a jocular session in a biergarten, joking with the waitress and emptying a few steins

Background imageWaitress Collection: London Teashop 1927

London Teashop 1927
Three ladies in fashionable cloche hats, one with her dog on her lap, enjoy tea and cake at a London teashop next door to Wyndhams Theatre

Background imageWaitress Collection: Lyons Girl with Tea Pot

Lyons Girl with Tea Pot
A pot of tea is brought to a customer by a waitress in one of Lyons teashops which at this time were found throughout London

Background imageWaitress Collection: Lyons Waitress W / Tray

Lyons Waitress W / Tray
A waitress in one of Lyons teashops which at this time were found throughout London

Background imageWaitress Collection: The popular Dutch cafe during the Paris Exposition, 1867

The popular Dutch cafe during the Paris Exposition, 1867
Dutch cafe at the corner of the Rue des Pays-Bas during the Paris Exposition Universelle, 1867. Waiters and waitresses serve jenever to an international clientele at a fashionable cafe

Background imageWaitress Collection: Austrain waitress at an inn in Innsbruck, Tyrol, 18th century

Austrain waitress at an inn in Innsbruck, Tyrol, 18th century
Austrian waitress at an inn in Innsbruck, Tyrol, 18th century. She wears a rose-coloured kerchief, white bodice, green petticoat, blue apron, and her hair is tied with ribands

Background imageWaitress Collection: Advert, Lyons Tea House, waitress known as a Nippy

Advert, Lyons Tea House, waitress known as a Nippy Date: 20th century

Background imageWaitress Collection: Comic postcard, Woman in hotel bedroom Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman in hotel bedroom Date: 20th century

Background imageWaitress Collection: Comic postcard, Waitress answering mans question Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Waitress answering mans question Date: 20th century

Background imageWaitress Collection: Comic postcard, Waitress serving in a restaurant

Comic postcard, Waitress serving in a restaurant Date: 20th century

Background imageWaitress Collection: c. 1880s Japan - tea house serving girl

c. 1880s Japan - tea house serving girl

Background imageWaitress Collection: Comic postcard, Stone Age Lyons Cafe Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Stone Age Lyons Cafe Date: 20th century

Background imageWaitress Collection: Comic postcard, scene in a teashop

Comic postcard, scene in a teashop Date: 20th century

Background imageWaitress Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Table turned on the diner

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Table turned on the diner - " See that you re polite to our Waitresses - we can get plenty of customers." 1945

Background imageWaitress Collection: Two children in fancy dress; the little boy is dressed as a chef while a little girl

Two children in fancy dress; the little boy is dressed as a chef while a little girl makes a very respectable maid or waitress. Date: 1920s

Background imageWaitress Collection: Girl Workers of London - The Waitress

Girl Workers of London - The Waitress. 1898

Background imageWaitress Collection: Interior, Royal Pump Room, Harrogate, Yorkshire

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

Background imageWaitress Collection: BIERGARTEN WAITRESS 1899

BIERGARTEN WAITRESS 1899
Biergarten waitress carrying tankards of beer. Date: 1899

Background imageWaitress Collection: BIERKELLER SCENE 1905

BIERKELLER SCENE 1905
An elderly German couple sit eating and drinking at a table in a biergarten. Date: 1905

Background imageWaitress Collection: WAITRESS & JAPANESE MEN WAITRESS & JAPANESE MEN

WAITRESS & JAPANESE MEN WAITRESS & JAPANESE MEN
A waitress serves tea to a group of Japanese men Date: 1854

Background imageWaitress Collection: LONGCHAMP GARDENS C. 1805

LONGCHAMP GARDENS C. 1805
Les ennuyees de Longchamp three bored ladies sit in the gardens at Longchamp, on the outskirts of Paris Date: circa 1805

Background imageWaitress Collection: FRENCH COUNTRY WAITRESS

FRENCH COUNTRY WAITRESS
Waitress in a French country inn Date: 1851

Background imageWaitress Collection: Formosa Oolong Tea advertisement, WW1

Formosa Oolong Tea advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Formosa Oolong Tea Rooms, the perfect place to unwind after a tiring day doing war work, such as these nurses pictured

Background imageWaitress Collection: A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse

A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse
A British Waitress working in a restaurant or teahouse - delivering a tray of hot drinks

Background imageWaitress Collection: Scene in a French bistro

Scene in a French bistro. Date: 1960s

Background imageWaitress Collection: Edouard Manet (1832-1883). French painter. The Beer Maid, 18

Edouard Manet (1832-1883). French painter. The Beer Maid, 1879. Oil on canvas. Impressionism. Orsay Museum. Paris. France

Background imageWaitress Collection: Edouard Manet (1832-1883). Corner of a Cafe-Concert (probabl

Edouard Manet (1832-1883). Corner of a Cafe-Concert (probabl
Edouard Manet (1832-1883). French painter. Corner of a Cafe-Concert (probably 1877-1880). Oil on canvas. National Gallery. Londres. England. UK

Background imageWaitress Collection: Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, WW1

Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, WW1
Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, showing French women taking on mens jobs during the First World War: shaving a man in a barbers shop, punching a travel ticket, selling newspapers

Background imageWaitress Collection: Antoines Restaurant

Antoines Restaurant
Customers sit outside Antoines Restaurant, 40 Charlotte Street, Soho, London, and a waitress takes an order

Background imageWaitress Collection: Singing saloon in the East End of London

Singing saloon in the East End of London
The crowded singing saloon (pub) in Ratcliffe Highway, in the Limehouse area of the East End of London

Background imageWaitress Collection: Waitress and customer on comic postcard

Waitress and customer on comic postcard -- I ve clicked! Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWaitress Collection: German Beerhouse Waitress

German Beerhouse Waitress, carrying a mass (!) of beer tankards. The card is flanked by turnips, sausages and pretzels to complete the Germanic flavour.... Date: circa 1937

Background imageWaitress Collection: The Kitchen of The George

The Kitchen of The George
Kitchen of a busy hotel or public house showing the staff sitting around a large table for a tea break and spot of lunch. Date: 1932

Background imageWaitress Collection: A Japanese Geisha girl taking tea in a garden

A Japanese Geisha girl taking tea in a garden. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWaitress Collection: WW2 - British soldier opts for wine instead of tea

WW2 - British soldier opts for wine instead of tea, which the pretty French waitress assumes to be his tipple of choice!!! Date: circa 1943

Background imageWaitress Collection: Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Tray

Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Tray
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Tray the Waiters Wife. circa 1950

Background imageWaitress Collection: Cadburys Happy Families - Miss Tray

Cadburys Happy Families - Miss Tray
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Miss Tray the Waiters Daughter. circa 1950

Background imageWaitress Collection: Tea in the Treetops, Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland

Tea in the Treetops, Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland
Tea in the Treetops Restaurant, Empire Exhibition, at the base of Taits Tower, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1938

Background imageWaitress Collection: Hotel Bill - Helpful Service

Hotel Bill - Helpful Service. circa late 18th century

Background imageWaitress Collection: English couple with African man in the foyer of the venue

English couple with African man in the foyer of the venue
Nottingham. English couple with African man stand facing the camera, in the in the foyer of the venue. Waitress holding tray, back of picture. Date: 1960s

Background imageWaitress Collection: Waitress serving

Waitress serving young gentleman in a tearoom Date: 1930s

Background imageWaitress Collection: Japan - Eating Udon (Macaroni) outside a Tea House

Japan - Eating Udon (Macaroni) outside a Tea House
Japan - Eating Udon (Macaroni) outside a traditional Japanese Tea House. Date: circa 1908

Background imageWaitress Collection: Waitress in Tea Shop

Waitress in Tea Shop
A waitress in a tea-shop - Two coffees, please, and some cakes... Date: 1930

Background imageWaitress Collection: Lord Babs by Keble Howard

Lord Babs by Keble Howard
Promotional postcard for Lord Babs by Keble Howard. First produced at the Kings Theatre, Southsea 29th June 1925 and Vaudeville Theatre, 26th January 1928. Artist: Albert Morrow

Background imageWaitress Collection: London Coliseum - tea room

London Coliseum - tea room
Promotional postcard entitled One of the Tea Rooms at the London Coliseum, showing the wonderfully ornate decoration and complete with band and waitresses in starched uniforms standing to attention

Background imageWaitress Collection: Old Heidelberg Restaurant, Miami, Florida, USA

Old Heidelberg Restaurant, Miami, Florida, USA
Old Heidelberg Restaurant, 151 SE 2nd Street, Miami, Florida, USA, with German style food, drink and atmosphere. Date: 1931

Background imageWaitress Collection: Waitress, 19th century, in long dress with lace collar

Waitress, 19th century, in long dress with lace collar.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from Tradeswomen of Paris, Paris, 1823

Background imageWaitress Collection: Mamluk woman smoking a long tobacco pipe

Mamluk woman smoking a long tobacco pipe.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageWaitress Collection: Inter-Allied Fraternisation - Paris Cafe - WW1

Inter-Allied Fraternisation - Paris Cafe - WW1. British Tommies chat to their French counterparts and colonial French troops from Dominique. Date: 1915

Background imageWaitress Collection: FOGOLINO, Marcello (1483-1553). Courtiers at Malpaga

FOGOLINO, Marcello (1483-1553). Courtiers at Malpaga Castle. 1st half 16th c. ITALY. Bergamo. Malpaga Castle. Servants bringing game dishes to table. Renaissance art. Fresco

Background imageWaitress Collection: Liqueur Galliano. Italian herbal liqueur created

Liqueur Galliano. Italian herbal liqueur created in 1896. Named after Giuseppe Galliano, hero of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Advertising Poster of 1902. Contemporary Art. Engraving

Background imageWaitress Collection: Interior view of caf頎uevo. Madrid, s. XIX. Engraving

Interior view of caf頎uevo. Madrid, s. XIX. Engraving
Interior view of caf頎 uevo. Madrid, s.XIX. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia

Background imageWaitress Collection: A waitress in one of the Eiffel Tower restaurants

A waitress in one of the Eiffel Tower restaurants
A French waitress at the Alsace restaurant on the first platform of the Eiffel Tower, one of four different restaurants built at this level. Date: 1889

Background imageWaitress Collection: Waitress in a gentlemens club by Fish, WW1

Waitress in a gentlemens club by Fish, WW1
Uncle Fred, one of the characters in The Tatler magazine s, Letters of Eve, drawn by Annie Fish is pictured enjoying having his lunch at his club

Background imageWaitress Collection: Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically

Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically much to the amazement (or annoyance) of their waitress

Background imageWaitress Collection: Lyons Corner House

Lyons Corner House
A Lyons Nippie waitress at a Lyons Corner House tries to take down an order from a young couple, who seem more interested in one another than ordering food or drinks! Date: early 1930s

Background imageWaitress Collection: France, Pas-de-Calais Department - Etaples - Hotel Ioos

France, Pas-de-Calais Department - Etaples - Hotel Ioos
France, Pas-de-Calais Department - Etaples - The terrace of the Hotel Ioos Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWaitress Collection: Japanese Waitress

Japanese Waitress
A Japanese girl, a Nippie (waitress) in a tea shop, dressed in her western uniform. Date: early 1930s

Background imageWaitress Collection: Cook and Waitress

Cook and Waitress
People You See. From Teddy Bear (5 February 1966)

Background imageWaitress Collection: Tearoom waitress

Tearoom waitress

Background imageWaitress Collection: A waitress carrying a tray of food

A waitress carrying a tray of food. Date between 1830 and 1842

Background imageWaitress Collection: Binnie Hale in Nippy

Binnie Hale in Nippy
A scene from the musical comedy, Nippy, starring popular actress Binnie Hale in the title role (the nippy was a particular sort of waitress associated with J)

Background imageWaitress Collection: Binnie Hale in Nippy by Tom Tit

Binnie Hale in Nippy by Tom Tit
Caricature of the popular stage actress, Binnie Hale playing the title role in Nippy (nippy was a particular kind of waitress associated with the famous J)

Background imageWaitress Collection: Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house

Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Background imageWaitress Collection: Germany - Drachenfels, near Bonn

Germany - Drachenfels, near Bonn
The Drachenfels, a mountain known as Dragons Rock (pictured), in the Siebengebirge mountain range near Bonn, Germany. The castle ruin on top bears the same name

Background imageWaitress Collection: Australian Waitress

Australian Waitress

Background imageWaitress Collection: L Apres Midi D Un Faun by Frank M. Lea

L Apres Midi D Un Faun by Frank M. Lea
A rather ugly faun sleeps off a big lunch while a nymph like waitress, naked but for her apron and hat carries away a tray

Background imageWaitress Collection: The Humorist Christmas Number

The Humorist Christmas Number
Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically much to the amazement (or annoyance) of their waitress

Background imageWaitress Collection: At the Club

At the Club
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing a club waitress eavesdropping on the gossip of two cigar and pipe smoking club members (monkeys essentially)

Background imageWaitress Collection: Restaurant Scene 1980S

Restaurant Scene 1980S
A group of friends, colleagues or relatives eat out at a rather tawdry restaurant with interesting lino. Note the dour looking waiters and waitress!

Background imageWaitress Collection: Cafe Delegate

Cafe Delegate
One of the civilian delegates to the Commune is a waitress at the Cafe de Madrid. Date: March-May 1871

Background imageWaitress Collection: Bierkeller Waitress 1901

Bierkeller Waitress 1901
Waitress in a German bierkeller brings tankards of foaming ale to her customers



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