More Info →Scandinavian Coffee Stall, World War One

Description

The Scandinavian Club held a stall in March 1915 in order to raise funds for the Belgian Relief Fund (see 2007n_scand2_gro_1135). It is unclear if this is a different occasion - however, the setting and costumes are different in the two photographs. Newspapers of the time explain that the women wore national dress and made the coffee from a traditional Scandinavian recipe known as 'egg coffee' - named for the egg whites that were mixed in to remove the bitterness of the coffee. The Scandinavian Club which ran in Palmerston North was formed in August 1914 and ran until 1917.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Scand 1

Date

circa 1914 to circa 1917

Digitisation ID

2014P_Scand1_008048

Held In

Coolstore