Fruit Collection (#38)

Women picking fruit in Kent during World War One, 1916
Female fruit-pickers in the fruit gardens and orchards of Evesham, picking strawberries and gooseberries to be made into jam for British troops; just one of the traditionally male roles taken over by

Pug Peter -- a bear gathering fallen oranges
Pug Peter -- Orange Balls for the Cricket Match. A bear gathering fallen oranges. Date: 1905

A Little Handful by Muriel Dawson -- a child holds a large orange to its mouth. Date: 1930

Cover design for Womans Life by Muriel Dawson, showing a toddler with toys. Date: 1928

Toddler with apple and teddy by Muriel Dawson
A toddler with a large red apple and a teddy bear, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s

Frontispiece, Jeek, by G E Studdy. Showing a girl and boy (Gerry and Jacky) going out for a picnic with a basket of apples. The girl is carrying the puppy on her shoulder. Date: 1940

Three studies of children by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Little girl eating strawberries by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Pencil sketch of leaves and fruit. Date: 1920s

Pencil sketch of fruit. Date: 1920s

Jack Fruit tree, India
A Jack Fruit tree (Artocarpus Heterophyllus) in India, with the fruit hanging from the trunk. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for tinned Milkmaid Cream 1914
Advertisement for tinned Milkmaid Cream by Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co of Eastcheap, London. Perfect with fresh, stewed, canned or bottled fruit, in tea and coffee

Cartoon, The Bottling Season, WW1
Cartoon, The Bottling Season, now is the time to bottle fruit and other things. Showing a smiling British sailor of HMS Alert sitting on a glass jar containing battleships labelled as Preserves

21 Club Casino, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, USA
21 Club Casino, Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Date: 20th century

Advertisement for Enos Fruit Salt, with an idyllic harvest scene at the centre. Promoted as a way of keeping healthy in hot weather. Date: 1914

Royal Wedding- coat-of-arms and selection of wedding present
The coat-of-arms of the newly married couple, Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The opposite pages shows a selection of wedding presents, including a filly foal from H.H

Glace Fruit Flans
A Spread of French Pastries. Glace Fruit Flans. Date: 1936

Yes, we have no bananas! by George Studdy
Yes, we have no bananas! Bonzo sits on a street corner with an empty basket in his mouth, while a man runs away with a bunch of bananas

Original Farmers Market, Hollywood, California, USA
The Original Farmers Market, West 3rd Street, Fairfax, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: 1941

customers buying fruit and veg at market
Man and woman buying fruit and veg at market stall Date: 1930s

Fruit Label -- Canary Tomatoes
Fruit Label -- finest selected Canary Tomatoes. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- oriental man
Fruit Label -- a smiling oriental man in red and blue costume. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- The Sagitarius brand, from Alcira, Valencia, Spain. Depicting a sagittarius, half man, half horse, with bow and arrow. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- The Man at the Wheel, depicting a man in naval uniform inside a ships wheel. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Jose Patuel Ramos, Burriana (Borriana), Spain, with a red, green and blue flag. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Sea-Gull Brand
Fruit Label -- luscious selected Sea-Gull Brand, depicting wings with a propeller. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Irish apples
Fruit Label -- Diamond Brand specially selected Irish apples. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- oranges
Fruit Label -- extra selected oranges (in Dutch), depicting two happy and healthy children. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Winnethou, depicting the fictional Native American Indian hero, Winnetou. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- head of a cockerel
Fruit Label depicting the head of a cockerel. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- text
Fruit Label -- Fine oranges for beautiful girls, red oranges for red lips and no lipstick required, all done by the vitamines [sic] of these oranges. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Jaffa oranges
Fruit Label -- Sir brand, best Jaffas from Palestine. Depicting a man in a trilby hat. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Bonzo Brand lemons
Fruit Label -- Bonzo Brand top quality lemons from Ficano Lombardo & Co of Palermo, Sicily. A lemon a day keeps the doctor away. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Jose MaColl, Valencia oranges
Fruit Label -- special oranges from Jose MaColl of Sagunto, Valencia, Spain. Depicting three men playing football with a large orange. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Sol-Land oranges
Fruit Label -- Sol-Land selected oranges, imported from Spain. Depicting a Spanish lady and a rising sun. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Mr Glad Brand, from Valencia, Spain. Depicting a man who looks very much like Stan Laurel. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Jubileum, 1898-1923, selected fruit (in Dutch). Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Pedro Monsonis oranges
Fruit Label -- Pedro Monsonis selected oranges, imported from Valencia, Spain, depicting two Greedy Mice pulling a giant orange apart. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Bat Brand, extra extra selected. Depicting a bat playing a drum. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Bonzo Brand Selected. Date: 20th century

Harlequin and Columbine outside a shop
Harlequin illustration, showing Harlequin, Columbine and another woman outside a shop. Date: 1923

Columbine and Lelio
Harlequin illustration, showing Columbine standing, with Lelio seated on a chaise longue. Date: 1923

Cover design, Mother Goose Rhymes -- a cute little girl and boy, sitting by a potted plant with a plate of strawberries. Date: circa 1920s

Chocolate box design, arrangements of fruit
Chocolate box design, featuring various arrangements of fruit and flowers. Date: 20th century

Fruit Label -- Spanish oranges
Fruit Label -- oranges imported from Burriana (Borriana), Spain, by Elias Sanahuja Sanz. Depicting a lion with a red and yellow flag. Date: 20th century

Romania - Grain seller and Fruit seller Date: 1906

Chocolate box design, lady picking fruit
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady picking fruit from a tree. The landscape is in impossible colours, including black and gold. Date: 20th century

Colombia - Picking and transporting bananas, en route for export to Europe. Date: circa 1910s

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