S/S California 1881 Pimm's Birmingham

Birmingham

the burlesque club and was popular with servicemen who were invited on stage to play boomps-a-daisy with the chorus girls

At the Raleigh Hotel in Washington DC there were Wheatless Wednesdays

Entrepreneurial Quaker William Penn set sail for North America shortly after receiving a royal charter from King Charles II of England to cover a debt

S/S California 1881 Pimm's BirminghamFrom London to New York every week, boasts this Bill of Fare from the SS California and dated 1881. The Anchor Line carried cargo, mail and passengers on the transatlantic route at the turn of the 19th century and passengers spent their time eating and drinking in the saloon, the smoking rooms or state rooms. A quart of Roederer champagne was eight shillings and a glass of sarsaparilla cost sixpence. Lights out by 11pm and all accounts had to be