Sandwich Collection (#4)

Sandwiches: For A Holiday, 1931 (screen print)
3036050 Sandwiches: For A Holiday, 1931 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of holiday sandwiches being prepared for a picnic basket; screen print)

Sandwiches: For A Box Lunch, 1931 (screen print)
3036046 Sandwiches: For A Box Lunch, 1931 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of sandwiches being prepared for a box lunch; screen print)

Advertisement for Skippers Sailor Savouries sandwich filling with a poem illustrated by Gladys Peto. Date: c.1924

Photograph of Ship PH, Sandwich, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

Photograph of Royal Oak PH, Sandwich, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

Photograph of Lord Warden Inn, Sandwich, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Kings Head PH, Sandwich, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

Photograph of Crispin PH, Sandwich, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

Her Majestys Visit to Kent (engraving)
1587153 Her Majestys Visit to Kent (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Her Majestys Visit to Kent)

Opening of the Minster and Deal Railway, the King Lear and its "Special"passing Sandwich (engraving)
1594459 Opening of the Minster and Deal Railway, the King Lear and its " Special" passing Sandwich (engraving) by English School

Branch of pink plum blossom. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection, Ichimura Bunko

Sandwich (engraving)
5220676 Sandwich (engraving) by Bartlett, William Henry (1809-54); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sandwich. Illustration for The New Illustrated History of England by Oscar Browning (Virtue)

Portraits of the winners of a beauty contest for British women workers of the First World War organised by the Daily
6015408 Portraits of the winners of a beauty contest for British women workers of the First World War organised by the Daily Mirror newspaper (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Snapshots of well-known golfers (b / w photo)
6013803 Snapshots of well-known golfers (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snapshots of well-known golfers)

Sandwiches: Ham and Egg, 1931 (screen print)
3036049 Sandwiches: Ham and Egg, 1931 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of ham and egg sandwiches on a plate; screen print)

Electioneering Extraordinary (engraving)
819180 Electioneering Extraordinary (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electioneering Extraordinary)

Dancing native man of Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) with shield, anklets, bracelets and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The South Sea Islands

Royal Morai in the Bay of Ti-utatoo, Hawaii (Morai of the King of the Sandwich Islands). Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The South Sea Islands

Native woman of Hawaii (Sandwich Islands)
Native woman of Hawaii (Sandwich Islander). Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, London, 1824

Native man of Hawaii (Sandwich Islander). Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, London, 1824

Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii, and Naba Leba, Queen of Solor
Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (as Tammeamea I, King of the Sandwich Islands), and Naba Leba, Queen of Solor (Indonesia). Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated

Hawaiian natives offer a sacrificial pig to Captain James Cook before 12 priests and a wooden idol in the sacred Orono house

Hawaiian chief and wife, and masked warriors in a canoe
Kalaimanokahoowaha or Kanaina, Hawaiian chief with helmet and cloak made of feathers, and Poeta, his wife, in a feather lei necklace and beads in her hair

Captain Cooks men with natives at Waimea village, Kauai island, Hawaii (Atooi, Sandwich Islands). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after John Webber from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Captain Cook receives gifts from Sandwich Island natives
Captain Cook receives gifts from natives of the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii). 1770s

Time for preparation.. hasty party... and leisurely! (colour litho)
3642470 Time for preparation.. hasty party... and leisurely! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Time for preparation.. hasty party)

At the Bun Shop (colour litho)
3093158 At the Bun Shop (colour litho) by Ludovici, Albert Jnr. (1852-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the Bun Shop. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Caution, Covent Garden Theatre, pub. 1828 (hand coloured engrving)
2495107 The Caution, Covent Garden Theatre, pub. 1828 (hand coloured engrving) by Lisle, Joe (fl.1828); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; British, out of copyright

Scrap, Peoples of the World - Sandwich Islander. 19th century

Beefex makes the ideal sandwich
Advertisement for Beefex, a beef extract, promoting its use as a nourishing and delicious sandwich filling. Date: c. 1920s

View of a Morai or burial place in Atooi, Sandwich Islands
External view of a Morai or burial place in Atooi, one of the Sandwich Islands (now the Hawaiian Islands). circa 1788

The Annual Meeting of the British Archaeological Association, Views in Sandwich (engraving)
1044430 The Annual Meeting of the British Archaeological Association, Views in Sandwich (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

St Cecilia Singing, Lady Chapel Window, c. 1885 (stained glass)
3475419 St Cecilia Singing, Lady Chapel Window, c.1885 (stained glass) by Brown, John William (1842-1928); Saint Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Brampton, Cambridgeshire, UK; (add.info.: Edward)

A board meeting (engraving)
584415 A board meeting (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A board meeting); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Man with Rattle (colour litho)
621858 Man with Rattle (colour litho) by Webber, John (1750-93) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ostensibly James Cooks third and final voyage was to return Omai)

Interesting side lights on the words work (b / w photo)
6002666 Interesting side lights on the words work (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interesting side lights on the words work)

Golf: The maiden, Sandwich (litho)
6027966 Golf: The maiden, Sandwich (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The maiden, Sandwich)

A standard-bearer of the 10th legion in bearskin leads Roman infantry onto a beach at Sandwich, 54BC
6337256 A standard-bearer of the 10th legion in bearskin leads Roman infantry onto a beach at Sandwich, 54BC by Leech, John (1817-64) (after); (add.info)

St Clements Church, Sandwich, Kent (engraving)
3622597 St Clements Church, Sandwich, Kent (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Clements Church, Sandwich, Kent.); © Look and Learn

The Mole begged as a favour to be allowed to unpack it all by himself
3100227 The Mole begged as a favour to be allowed to unpack it all by himself, from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1859 - 1932), pub

L Affiche Ambulante (engraving)
3650258 L Affiche Ambulante (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Affiche Ambulante)

Sandwiches: For A Dainty Tea, 1931 (screen print)
3036048 Sandwiches: For A Dainty Tea, 1931 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of a platter of dainty tea sandwiches on a table; screen print)

A Wife Serving Coffee and Sandwiches to Her Card-Playing Husband and His Friends
2630027 A Wife Serving Coffee and Sandwiches to Her Card-Playing Husband and His Friends, 1946 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eGraphicaArtis; American

Public arms: Winchester; Sandwich; Loughboro; Hastings; Westminster (engraving)
6008884 Public arms: Winchester; Sandwich; Loughboro; Hastings; Westminster (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Cinque Ports (engraving)
1591831 The Cinque Ports (engraving) by Railton, Herbert (1857-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cinque Ports. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 22 August 1891)

Glasgow Illustrated, Sketches of Life and Character (engraving)
1045443 Glasgow Illustrated, Sketches of Life and Character (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glasgow Illustrated, Sketches of Life and Character)

Fagging in the Holidays (engraving)
1052653 Fagging in the Holidays (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fagging in the Holidays)

Sandwiches: For A Club Meeting, 1931 (screen print)
3036047 Sandwiches: For A Club Meeting, 1931 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of sandwiches prepared for an afternoon club meeting; screen print)

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From the historic town of Sandwich, Kent to the bustling streets of New York City, sandwiches have become a global culinary delight. Just like digging out of a golf bunker requires precision and skill, crafting the perfect sandwich is an art form in itself. As depicted in the Victorian engraving of the Map of Cinque Ports, Sandwich holds a special place in history as one of England's important trading ports. In the heart of New York's vibrant Broadway district, hungry patrons flocked to Automat Dining Room for their famous sandwiches. The iconic Frys chocolate sandwich advert tempted taste buds with its irresistible combination of sweet and savory flavors. Meanwhile, even a deaf cyclist could appreciate the convenience and deliciousness that a well-made sandwich offers on-the-go. Traveling back in time through engravings like The Town and Castle of Deal from 1640 reminds us that sandwiches have stood the test of time as a beloved meal option. Whether enjoying them at Automat Dining Room or exploring Shoreditch's Brick Lane street food stalls in London, salt beef sandwiches continue to entice food enthusiasts worldwide. Sandwiches not only satisfy our hunger but also serve as symbols for social change. The Suffragette Votes for Women Pepper Pot represents how women fought tirelessly for equality while relishing their favorite snack. Even celebrities like Sid James and Diana Dors indulged in mouthwatering sandwiches during breaks from filming Maurice Elveys' Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary (1953). So next time you sink your teeth into that perfectly layered creation between two slices of bread, remember that it connects cultures across continents and transcends boundaries set by time or language.