2-635-013 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Chelsea Pensioners with 'Black Jacks', London, c1901 (1901). Pensioners at The Royal Chelsea hospital with two 5 gallon 'black jacks', leather jugs formerly used for bringing ale up to the Great Hall from the beer cellar below. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]