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Joy of Perfect CookingThe Joys of Perfect Cooking promises delicious food for the home. Woman, women, kitchen, advert advertising, advertisement
Restaurant Chef / MarchettRestaurant chefs at work
Brazil - Street vendor in Rio de JaneiroSuperb postcard from Brazil depicting Street vendor (seemingly specialising in pots, cans and pans) in Rio de Janeiro. He carries the majority of his wares in a large tin tub balanced on his head
Street scene in Doboj, northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, showing a shop selling pots and pans
Sanitary ware, Plate 42, showing wash basins, urinals and toilet bowls in a range of styles. Date: circa 1880s
Belgian boy scouts camping in the ArdennesFour Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes
Model Maid-Of-All-WorkThe model maid of all work is kept busy in the scullery cleaning boots, boiling kettles and pans, and responding to the bells that are constantly rung for her
Japanese Woman CookingA young Japanese housewife cooking the family meal in her well-equipped kitchen. Chopsticks will be used for eating and the rice will be served in wooden cases. Date: 1930s
London Trade Card - Thomas Pickett, Brasier (late servant to Mr Hancock in Pall Mall), at the sign of the Frying Pan in Compton Street, corner of Frith Street, Soho
The Victorian kitchen at Brodsworth Hall, Brodsworth, Doncaster, England. Photographed in 1989 with full permission of then owners Ron and Pam Williams Date: 1989
Vim AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Vim, a cleanser and polisher manufactured by Lever Brothers Limited, used for cleaning kitchen utensils, glass and chinaware
Monkey Brand AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Monkey Brand, a product used mainly for cleaning pots and pans. Makes copper like gold, tin like silver, paint like new
Stone Dies used for Stamping out the Pans of Iron Crusie Lamps Last used at Red Bay, Co Antrim, about 1789. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Lord Beaverbrook's appeal for aluminium 1940Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes
Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes
Lockheed F-104S ASA Starfighters on the engine running pans at Grosseto Air Base in March 1998 Date: 1998
The Record Range - Two, three or Four pans - For Breeze - Fitted with Steam Extractor - produced by Morgan - possibly a Fish & Chip Fryer. Date: circa early 1920s
Grenadier of the Foot Guards with grenade and match alight, Battle of Prestonpans (or Battle of Gladsmuir), East Lothian, Scotland, 21 September 1745, during the Jacobite Rising. Date: 1745
Homeware store, Japan, c. 1880s Vintage late 19th century photographHomeware store, Japan, c.1880s Vintage late 19th century photograph
Tinsmith at work in his shop, Cairo, Egypt, c. 1880 sTinsmith at work in his shop, Cairo, Egypt, c.1880 s
Salt pans, Chatelaillon-Plage near La Rochellecirca 1910s
A smiling young woman in a headscarf and apron washing up or preparing food in a kitchen or scullery. Tea towels hang from the airer above, assorted ladles and pans are close to hand
Advert, Gas Cooking Stove, Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Company, Thames Street, Surrey. 1902
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, mixing pans. 1893
Birthday Card, Puppy and Saucepan - It All Boils Down - (front cover, 1 of 2) 20th century
Outbreak of WWII Parisian greengrocer listens to the newsSeptember, 1939. A greengrocer from Montmartre in Paris enjoys a quiet supper behind his shop and switches on the radio to listen to the news. Date: 1939
Kettles, Coffee Pots and other items. 19th century
Cartoon, Ruling the Roast. circa 1833
A travelling tinker in the Seventeenth CenturyA Travelling Tinker in the Seventeenth Century. 17th century
Ceramic and earthenware pots and pans, casserole and soup dishes, etc. Date: 1930s
The Bazaars, Cairo, Egyptcirca 1910s
Crosfields soap works, Warrington 1886Various scenes in order of the interior and exterior of Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Soap Works at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1886
REYKJAVIK STORE 1876From drums to rum, you may buy just about anything in this general store in Reykjavik, Iceland Date: 1876
Paris - The Kitchens of the Lycee Montaigne, a famous French public secondary school. It is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, near the Jardin du Luxembourg, and was founded in the 1880s
Chef prepares a Peking Duck - floating restaurant, Hong KongA chef, stripped to the waist, prepares a Peking Duck in a floating restaurant kitchen on a sampan boat in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Date: 1982
Do Mori - the oldest bar in VeniceDo Mori, oldest bar (bacaro) in Venice, near Rialto fish market. 500 years old. The barman serves wine Date: 2013
Boating Lake - British Seaside Scene, Southend-on-Sea, Essex - The sign is advertising Peter Pans Playground - " the ideal place to take the children". Date: 1954
Hardware Shop, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920s
Indian general store, Tabora, Tanzania, East AfricaIndian general store, Tabora, German East Africa (now Tanzania). The woman on the left is operating a Singer sewing machine. Date: circa 1910
British and German boy scouts at camp, DenmarkBritish and German boy scouts at camp in Copenhagen, Denmark, making a kitchen rack for pots and pans. They were taking part in an international Jamborette arranged by the Danish Boy Scout Movement
Tunisia - Streetside Arab Hardware storeStreetside Arab Grocer / hardware store in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, pots, jars, pans, baskets and rope
Farm cart with animals on a Christmas cardFarm cart full of pots and pans, with animals, birds and people on a Christmas card Date: circa 1890s
A Mound of Aluminium, July 1940In response to the appeal for aluminium from Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, families hand in their spare pots and pans to aid the war effort. 1940
Pan Catching FireA cautionary tale in the use of pans which are not made of aluminium branded with an official safety mark from the Societe Francaise des Metaux Ouvres ! Date: 1928
Cave dwellers, Downderry, near Seaton, Cornwall. These folk were mostly Irish people who came from Plymouth and lived in the caves on the beach from March to September harvesting shellfish
Hungry Peter the pig cooks for a party, watched through the window by the naughty dogs Rags and Forager who are worried that they won t be invited. Date: 1914
South African woman carrying goods on her headA south african woman, carrying her baby on her back with a wide variety of other goods balanced somewhat precariously (or so it seems to the uninitiated) on her head, including pans, rugs, mats
Keepers of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, CornwallThree keepers of Longships Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall, in the kitchen area, preparing for their Christmas dinner. Date: circa 1970s