Sujet
Advertisement for the United Kingdom Tea Company, 1895. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Advertisement for the United Kingdom Tea Company, 1895. 'Extract from the "LADY'S PICTORIAL"..."A visit to the huge Warehouses of the United Kingdom Tea Co. is a Revelation. In the first place you have to multiply your modest pound or so of Tea by thousands, and arrive at Tons before you can realise even a single day's output of this great Establishment; and yet, so perfect is the System employed, that these countless Packages, ranging from neatly packed pounds to heavy Chests, are received, dealt with, and distributed in such a manner that from the time the Tea leaves Ceylon, India, or China, until it reaches the Consumer, it is untouched by hand. From the Tea Gardens in the far East to the Docks, from the Docks to the Company's Warehouses, the Tea is brought in large Chests, there to be opened, blended with skill and judgment, and mixed by hug[e] machines, which, in their turn, discharge their contents into great funnels, whence the Teas are conveyed to the enormous Containers in which they are stored until such time as they are to be packed for sending away...in view of the difficulty experienced Abroad in getting good Tea, the Company have arrangements for supplying their Teas to any part of the World at fixed prices'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM26A09_194
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
31,5Mo (1,9Mo) / 33,5cm x 23,6cm / 3951 x 2788 (300dpi)