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Title: Biscuits in the Congo, around 1890 [Go to resource]
Description: A trading steamer on the Upper Congo River, a tin of biscuits is visible by its funnel. The photograph's mount is inscribed 'Huntley & Palmers biscuits foremost again'. By 1900 Huntley & Palmers were exporting to Africa, the Americas and the Far East. The firms' name even travelled along trade routes ahead of western expeditions. In 1904 the first Europeans to visit the holy city of Lhasa in Tibet were welcomed with Huntley & Palmers biscuits. Many famous explorers took Huntley & Palmers biscuits on their expeditions including Stanley in Africa and Scott to the Antarctic. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: social history
trade
steamer
object
tin
landscape
boat
peopleTemporal: start=1880-01-01; end=1900-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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