Story: Tea, coffee and soft drinks

Taking tea on the lawn, 1917 (2nd of 4)

Taking tea on the lawn, 1917

Maud Herd and her husband Leslie Adkin take tea on the lawn in March 1917. Herd is pouring tea from a silver teapot into a delicate china cup as her husband looks on expectantly. The tea is accompanied by griddle scones.

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Kerryn Pollock, 'Tea, coffee and soft drinks - Tea and coffee', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/40375/taking-tea-on-the-lawn-1917 (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 5 Sep 2013