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Butcher Collection

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers shop, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Butchers shop, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
An impressive display of meat and poultry outside a butchers shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with the butcher and assistants posing for their photo on the pavement. circa 1900

Background imageButcher Collection: Various butchery tools

Various butchery tools
Tools used in butchery, including a mallet, a chopper, an axe, and various knives and cleavers

Background imageButcher Collection: Beef Cuts Diagram 1855

Beef Cuts Diagram 1855
A diagram showing beef joints

Background imageButcher Collection: Berwick High Street

Berwick High Street
The High Street and Town Hall at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, looking very appealing, with few cars and not too busy

Background imageButcher Collection: Ox Cuts Diagram

Ox Cuts Diagram
A diagram showing ox cuts

Background imageButcher Collection: Fat Geese! by Lawson Wood

Fat Geese! by Lawson Wood
A cheeky young lad chuckles to himself after placing a sign for fattened geese on the posterior of a rather plump lady who is herself choosing which goose to buy for her Christmas dinner. Date: 1909

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers Shop, High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex

Butchers Shop, High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex
W Snelling Butchers Shop, 11 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. circa 1900

Background imageButcher Collection: Woman Butcher 1920S

Woman Butcher 1920S
A young British female butcher proudly displays her freshly slaughtered pigs, hanging from their hooks. Date: 1920s

Background imageButcher Collection: Aepyornis on the Rampage

Aepyornis on the Rampage
Butcher pursued by an Aepyornis Ingens, the prehistoric creature which emerges from the egg

Background imageButcher Collection: The Butchers Shop

The Butchers Shop. A young girl in red dress and bonnet looks at the variety of cuts of meat available at the Butchers Shop

Background imageButcher Collection: Happy Families / Mr Bones

Happy Families / Mr Bones
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Background imageButcher Collection: Thomas Newton, Butcher

Thomas Newton, Butcher

Background imageButcher Collection: From Pig to Pork 1897

From Pig to Pork 1897
The slaughter process from pig to pork at Armours Chicago plant

Background imageButcher Collection: Shops / Butcher / Miss Bones

Shops / Butcher / Miss Bones
Miss Bones the Butchers Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Background imageButcher Collection: How to Cut up a Chicken

How to Cut up a Chicken
How to cut up a chicken into joints

Background imageButcher Collection: Old houses in the Butcher Row, London

Old houses in the Butcher Row, London The right-hand corner house on St. Clements Lane reputedly used by the leaders of the Gunpowder Plot

Background imageButcher Collection: View of Upper Baker Street, Marylebone, London

View of Upper Baker Street, Marylebone, London, with F H Cooper postcard publisher and Vandersluis butchers. Date: circa 1908

Background imageButcher Collection: Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
James Smith, Town Crier of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, in pony and trap. Seen here passing the butchers shop owned by J Potter, where cuts of meat are on display

Background imageButcher Collection: A horrible business - Butchers shop, 1851

A horrible business - Butchers shop, 1851
Humourous scene from a butchers shop, 1851. Master Butcher: " Did you take old Major Dumbledores ribs to No. 12?" Boy: " Yes

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers to the Queen

Butchers to the Queen
J G Randall, butcher by appointment to Queen Victoria, and the Prince of Wales : presumably in central London, with branches in Highgate and Finchley

Background imageButcher Collection: Shops / Butcher / Mr Bones

Shops / Butcher / Mr Bones
Mr Bones the butcher, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Background imageButcher Collection: Notting Hill Gate and Coronet Theatre, West London

Notting Hill Gate and Coronet Theatre, West London
Notting Hill Gate (looking west) and Coronet Theatre, West London. Date: circa 1905

Background imageButcher Collection: Advertisement for Eastmans butchers

Advertisement for Eastmans butchers -- temptation for a confirmed vegetarian! Date: early 20th century

Background imageButcher Collection: Pretty Lady military drummer

Pretty Lady military drummer
A lady military drummer - the slightly saucy caption reads: " I wouldn t need a drum to follow you" ! A propaganda card from WWI. Date: circa 1916

Background imageButcher Collection: G Clemenceau / Barrere 06

G Clemenceau / Barrere 06
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman depicted as a butcher " in the exercise of his ministry"

Background imageButcher Collection: Butcher & Carcasses

Butcher & Carcasses
A butcher cuts large meat carcasses in half

Background imageButcher Collection: Accident- Snow from Roof

Accident- Snow from Roof
A REGULAR DAMPER - AND NO MISTAKE Having left an exhibition on Swiss avalanches a tatty man suffers a similar fate courtesy of a roof clearer !

Background imageButcher Collection: Various Cuts of Beef

Various Cuts of Beef
Beef cuts of poor and inferior quality

Background imageButcher Collection: Butcher & Customer 1867

Butcher & Customer 1867
B - for the butcher who had a great dog

Background imageButcher Collection: Shops / Butcher / Mrs Bones

Shops / Butcher / Mrs Bones
Mrs Bones the Butchers Wife, from " Happy Families" devised by Mr Jacques in Britain in 1861

Background imageButcher Collection: (Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India

(Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India. The two gentleman on the right are clearly Muslim and therefore practising Halal Butchery. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageButcher Collection: Chilean cannibals, 1910

Chilean cannibals, 1910
Chilean bandits butcher and eat Armenian immigrants. Date: 1910

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers Boy

Butchers Boy. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageButcher Collection: WWI German Mauser Gewehr M 98 rifle bayonet

WWI German Mauser Gewehr M 98 rifle bayonet
First World War German Mauser Gewehr M.98 butcher blade rifle bayonet. Manufactured by Packohlger & Co. Solingen in its metal scabbard. Firearms & Equipment

Background imageButcher Collection: Coventry Butcher's Row Victorian period

Coventry Butcher's Row Victorian period

Background imageButcher Collection: Victorian Butcher's Shop

Victorian Butcher's Shop Date: 19th century

Background imageButcher Collection: Malton - Butcher Corner

Malton - Butcher Corner

Background imageButcher Collection: Huddersfield Sheepridge Road early 1900s

Huddersfield Sheepridge Road early 1900s

Background imageButcher Collection: Coventry Butcher Row early 1900s

Coventry Butcher Row early 1900s

Background imageButcher Collection: Portland Butcher early 1900s

Portland Butcher early 1900s

Background imageButcher Collection: WW2 Home Guard Greetings Card

WW2 Home Guard Greetings Card
A WW2 greetings guard using the theme of Britain's Home Guard. The illustration shows wartime professions, including businessmen, mechanic, butcher and a land girl. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageButcher Collection: Mr Block the Butcher

Mr Block the Butcher

Background imageButcher Collection: Colour illustration of golfer in tweeds, in an accident with butcher's boy on bike, P Bodge

Colour illustration of golfer in tweeds, in an accident with butcher's boy on bike, P Bodge, Family Butcher. Outdoor scene in country lane by H H Harris

Background imageButcher Collection: Walter Forde, four Archibald Nettlefold films

Walter Forde, four Archibald Nettlefold films - director and star of Wait and See, What Next! and Would You Believe It!, and director of The Silent House Date: 1929

Background imageButcher Collection: Mabel Poulton in five Archibald Nettlefold films

Mabel Poulton in five Archibald Nettlefold films - Virginia's Husband, Troublesome Wives, Wild Cat Hetty, The Silent House, and The Lavender Lad Date: 1929

Background imageButcher Collection: Butcher's Christmas Window display

Butcher's Christmas Window display. Date: 1960

Background imageButcher Collection: Couple in a butchers buying a goose for their Christmas dinner. Date: 1882

Couple in a butchers buying a goose for their Christmas dinner. Date: 1882

Background imageButcher Collection: PLEADING WOMAN/LOST CAT

PLEADING WOMAN/LOST CAT
A woman pleads with a butcher to tell her where her pet cat might have got to; several dead cats are concealed behind him Animal pets stealing stolen Date: 1870

Background imageButcher Collection: Comic postcard, Customer in butchers shop Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Customer in butchers shop Date: early 20th century

Background imageButcher Collection: Abandoned butchers bike in Deptford bomb crater, London

Abandoned butchers bike in Deptford bomb crater, London
An abandoned butchers bike lies in a crater in the road left by a bomb in Deptford, South-East London, WW2. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageButcher Collection: Comic postcard, Ambiguous instructions to the butcher Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Ambiguous instructions to the butcher Date: 20th century

Background imageButcher Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Mary and her Little Lamb

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Mary and her Little Lamb
The Caption is Mary and her little lamb. Even though the war is over rationing would continue. The little dog looking on was unlikely to get any of the meat

Background imageButcher Collection: Cleveland House by St. James Palace, London

Cleveland House by St. James Palace, London. Built by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of King Charles II, later owned by the Duke of Bridgwater

Background imageButcher Collection: Music cover, Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy)

Music cover, Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy), by Rudy Vallee and Paolo Citorello. 1938

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers receipts, J Jeffery, Silverstone, Northants

Butchers receipts, J Jeffery, Silverstone, Northants
Butchers receipts, J Jeffery of Silverstone, Northamptonshire, dated 1910, 1929 and 1939. 1910-1939

Background imageButcher Collection: Cartoon by Gillray, a poor man goes hungry

Cartoon by Gillray, a poor man goes hungry - wages were low and food prices were high, thanks to foreign wars, corn duty and a bad harvest. 1790s

Background imageButcher Collection: Barber and Butcher Sign

Barber and Butcher Sign in English Date: circa 1900s

Background imageButcher Collection: Enlarging lantern advertisement 1905

Enlarging lantern advertisement 1905
Advertisement from W.Butcher and Sons camera house based in London, England. The advert promotes 3 different enlargers for creating photographic prints. 1905

Background imageButcher Collection: Gorgeous bushshrike, Telophorus viridis

Gorgeous bushshrike, Telophorus viridis (Red-throated butcher bird, Lanius gutturalis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageButcher Collection: Chinese pork butcher selling hams, Qing Dynasty

Chinese pork butcher selling hams, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Background imageButcher Collection: Olivier V de Clisson, connetable de France, 1336-1407

Olivier V de Clisson, connetable de France, 1336-1407
Olivier V de Clisson, connetable de France, Breton soldier known as le Boucher, the Butcher 1336-1407. He wears a suit of armour with coat of arms of the Clisson family

Background imageButcher Collection: Gauchos butchering cattle at a slaughterhouse

Gauchos butchering cattle at a slaughterhouse
Native American gauchos lassoing and butchering cattle at one of the outdoor slaughterhouses in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch

Background imageButcher Collection: Mays family butchers shop, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Mays family butchers shop, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
T & W Mays Tower Meat Stall, family butchers shop, with James Sutherlands flatbed truck and passengers outside, and Youells Ironmongers on the left, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. circa 1910s

Background imageButcher Collection: General Dyer going to the Lords

General Dyer going to the Lords
Brigadier General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer with his wife and son going to the House of Lords. General Dyer was held accountable for the Amritsar Massacre at Jallianwallah Bagh in the Punjab region

Background imageButcher Collection: Market Place, New Malden, SW London (Surrey)

Market Place, New Malden, SW London (Surrey), showing the railway station bridge, and various shops, including J C Giblett, Butcher. circa 1905

Background imageButcher Collection: Food queue during a shortage, London, WW1

Food queue during a shortage, London, WW1
Food queue outside a butchers shop in London during a shortage towards the end of the First World War. 1918

Background imageButcher Collection: General Strike, 1926 - Smithfield Market butcher

General Strike, 1926 - Smithfield Market butcher
General Strike, 1926 - a Smithfield Market butcher carrying supplies of meat to his own car. 1926

Background imageButcher Collection: Music cover (back), Happy Families

Music cover (back), Happy Families, music and jingles by John Tobin, cards designed by Myrrha Bantock

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers delivery man

Butchers delivery man speaking to a female servant at the steps of a house. 19th century

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers over Christmas period 1868

Butchers over Christmas period 1868
Exhibiting hanging beef for the Christmas. 1868

Background imageButcher Collection: Meat porter working at Les Halles, Paris, France

Meat porter working at Les Halles, Paris, France
Meat porter working at the market, Les Halles, Paris, France. Date: 1960s

Background imageButcher Collection: Scene in the meat market at Les Halles, Paris, France

Scene in the meat market at Les Halles, Paris, France. Date: 1960s

Background imageButcher Collection: The General Election - Intelligent Voters

The General Election - Intelligent Voters
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Intelligent Voters. A mild satire as a bunch of working class rural yokels of Mudford take great interest in the finest small print of a prospective

Background imageButcher Collection: Butcher Row, Temple Bar

Butcher Row, Temple Bar, London

Background imageButcher Collection: INDIAN MEAT MARKET

INDIAN MEAT MARKET
A rather unhygienic meat stall at a market in Lahore, India, showing the butcher weighing the meat for a customer. When he has sold out of meat, he will sleep on the counter! Date: 1930s

Background imageButcher Collection: FRENCH BUTCHER W / A BULL

FRENCH BUTCHER W / A BULL
A French butcher prepares to slaughter a bull while others look on. Date: circa 1760

Background imageButcher Collection: DEAD CATS IN BUTCHERS

DEAD CATS IN BUTCHERS
A butcher, planning to use cat meat as a cheap alternative, tells a distraught cat owner: No madame, I have no idea where your pet cat can have got to! Date: 1870

Background imageButcher Collection: Butchers Boy

Butchers Boy
A butchers boy making a delivery. Date: circa 1870

Background imageButcher Collection: Errand Boy

Errand Boy
London characters: when you go shopping, you dont have to carry your purchases home, the ERRAND BOY does that, like this butchers boy carrying your uncovered Sunday joint. Date: circa 1870

Background imageButcher Collection: 17th century Butcher

17th century Butcher
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever. Date: 17th century

Background imageButcher Collection: BUYING THE GOOSE

BUYING THE GOOSE
A shrewd housewife feels whether the goose is plump enough for the family Christmas dinner Date: 1909

Background imageButcher Collection: Auster J / 2 Arrow - OO-ABV

Auster J / 2 Arrow - OO-ABV
Auster J/2 Arrow - OO-ABV The Flying Butcher Date: 1980s

Background imageButcher Collection: The contents of a halal butchers shop in Houmt Souk, Djerba

The contents of a halal butchers shop in Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia. A beasts head hangs up along with tripe. Sheeps heads and feet lie on a table. Date: 1987

Background imageButcher Collection: A woman buys meat from a mobile shop in Neuville Sur Oise

A woman buys meat from a mobile shop in Neuville Sur Oise, northern France. The van is a Citroen H Van, Type H, H-Type or HY



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