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27 Mid-Century Snapshots of People Eating Picnics

27 Mid-Century Snapshots of People Eating Picnics

Celebrating the joy of eating outdoors ...
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A Night at O’Reilly’s Bar in New York in 1942

A Night at O’Reilly’s Bar in New York in 1942

Marjory Collins, a self-confessed "rebel looking for a cause", took these photographs of customers at an Irish bar on New York City's Third Avenue. Some of whom were sailors on their last night of leave.  ...
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‘Nobs & Nosh’ – Photos of Celebrities by Allan Warren from 1974

‘Nobs & Nosh’ – Photos of Celebrities by Allan Warren from 1974

'Nobs & Nosh - Eating with the Beautiful People' features photographs of celebrities and aristocrats accompanied with a favourite recipe and their musings about their relationship with food. Many of the beautiful people, unsurprisingly perhaps, admitted to not eating much at all and often seemed rather bored with the activity. ...
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Picking Hops In Kent – 1900-1949

Picking Hops In Kent – 1900-1949

For centuries families have travelled to Kent to pick hops ...
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Rumpsteak Pudding with Added Lark – Six Fascinating Historic Menus

Rumpsteak Pudding with Added Lark – Six Fascinating Historic Menus

Fascinating menus from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub to the Top of the Tower restaurant on top of the Post Office Tower... ...
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Technicians at the Government of Alberta Dairy and Food  Canada Laboratory (1970)

Technicians at the Government of Alberta Dairy and Food Canada Laboratory (1970)

A great collection of color portraits of staff at a Canadian lab in 1970 ...
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An Afternoon At Currie’s Ice Cream Store – Los Angeles 1946

An Afternoon At Currie’s Ice Cream Store – Los Angeles 1946

Lucille Stewart took these photographs for the Currie's Ice Cream parlor's newsletter ...
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The Golden Age of Meat

The Golden Age of Meat

UP UNTIL the health craze of the 1980s, your average meal consisted of meat, more meat, an additional piece of meat, and one more piece of meat for good measure garnished with a tiny fleck of vegetable matter. ...
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Photographs of the Famous Café de Flore in Paris

Photographs of the Famous Café de Flore in Paris

"We got completely settled here: from 9 a.m. till noon we worked here, then we went for a lunch and at 2 p.m. were coming back and talked with friends till 8 in the evening. After the dinner we arranged meetings with friends here. It can seem strange but we are at home at the Café de Flore" Jean-Paul Satre ...
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Roadside America: A Look at Mid-Century Diners

Roadside America: A Look at Mid-Century Diners

Care for some "Shoo-Fly Pies"?  And while you're there, maybe grab some "Amish Stuff"..... you won't find these items at McDonald's.  Once upon a time, American roads were dotted with individually owned diners offering a wonderful diversity of eating choices - nearly always proclaiming the food is "baked on premises". ...
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“Don’t Let Them Call You Skinny!” – Vintage Weight Gain Advertising for Women

“Don’t Let Them Call You Skinny!” – Vintage Weight Gain Advertising for Women

Perusing through women's interest magazines from the 1950s-1970s, you will often find advertisements for women to put weight on.  ...
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Desktop Dining: Photographer Brian Finke Pictures The Joy Of Eating In The Office

Desktop Dining: Photographer Brian Finke Pictures The Joy Of Eating In The Office

'Appetite that comes from hunger. It makes no fuss over the food that satisfies it. If it is great enough, a piece of raw meat will appease it as easily as a roasted pheasant or woodcock' - Alexandre Dumas ...
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