Nuts Collection

Wind Blown by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a coat and hat picks nuts from the branches of a tree which is rapidly losing its leaves in the autumnal breeze

Young Nut Seller & Fish Seller
A Young Turkish vendor of nuts and a fish seller with a large round basket on his head

Communist Factory Worker
A young man, the ideal of the heroic communist worker, working at a complicated piece of machinery in a cellulose paper factory in Balakhna, Russia

Home Week at Hickory Grove by Oliver Herford. 1926

The Monkey and the Cat
THE MONKEY AND THE CAT A monkey persuades a cat to steal chestnuts roasting on the fire; the monkey eats the nuts and the cat gets the blame

Advertising shoot - fruit, vegatable and nuts on a check tablecloth. Date: circa late 1960s

Advert, Mackintoshs Week-End Chocolate Assortment -- Just look what you find in Week-End. Two shillings and ninepence for a half pound box. 1957

Cashew - nuts on tree (Anacardium occidentale). Mozambique

Nuts & Leaves Pattern
Lino cut of nuts & leaves. Artist: Anon. Date: 1930s

Wright's Biscuits drawn by Mabel Lucie Attwell - advertising playing card back

Still Life Feast
A still life painting of a table laid with serving platters containing fruit, nuts, vegetabales and fish. Items include grapefruit, melons, grapes, sliced pear, peeled apple, sliced fish, cherries

Cartoon, upper class Nuts and Nuttesses, Louis Wain
Cartoon of upper class Nuts and Nuttesses as comical cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914

Advert, F W Cotterill, Darlaston, Staffordshire
Advert, F W Cotterill, Darlaston, South Staffordshire -- bolts, nuts, rivets and washers. 1904

Workman assembling a gas meter as part of the manufacturing process. Date: 1864

Fruits, nuts and berries, fruits en baies, fruits a noyau. Strawberry, Fragaria anannasa 1, raspberry, Rubus ideaus 1, 2, barberry, Berberis vulgaris 3, pistachio nut, Pistacia vera 4, and date

Horse-drawn bus, London
Horse-drawn bus, on a route between Fulham and Liverpool Street, London. late 19th century

Christmas card, The Temptation of Good Saint Anthony Noel
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, The Temptation of Good Saint Anthony Noel (surrounded by enticing Christmas food, including geese, a turkey and a pudding). (5 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Label, Sirop-Luxe Noisette
French Drinks Bottle Label, Sirop-Luxe Noisette, a syrup made of sugar, honey and hazelnuts

WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedo
WW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed, for whom everything was " too much bally trouble" or " too much fag." They were

A family husking Kola nuts in Nigeria, Africa. The caffeine-containing fruit of the tree is used as a flavoring ingredient in beverages

Birds Nest and Rose Cake Date: 1935

Wheel of Tart Slices Date: 1935

Ice Cream Parfaits Date: 1935

Domed Cakes and Tarts Date: 1935

Fancy Dessert Biscuits Date: 1935

NUT AND PINEAPPLE SALAD
Nut and pineapple salad: Cut the tops off and scoop out some fresh tomatoes. Make a mixture of shredded pineapple and baked brazil nuts and fill the tomatoes with it. Date: 1930s

GATHERING NUTS (IN MAY?)
Some elegant ladies and children gather nuts from the tree and put them into baskets. Date: 1883

HOT CHESTNUTS FOR SALE
A vendor of hot chestnuts; a smartly dressed woman and a chimney sweep boy are among his customers, while in the background an organ grinder and monkey also look for trade Date: circa 1920

ADVERT / GRAPE NUTS 1913
Grape Nuts - made of wheat and barley, good for children Date: 1913

BUY A BILL OF THE PLAY
Buy a bill of the play ! a street trader offers programmes, fruit and nuts outside Drury Lane theatre, London Date: circa 1800

SELLING PLAYBILLS
Buy a bill of the play ! a street trader offers programmes, fruit and nuts outside Drury Lane theatre, London Date: circa 1800

The Acorn Harvest at Chingford, Epping Forest
Acorns being harvested in Epping Forest, near Chingford in 1904. The acorns were collected and sold at 6d. a bushel, and were chiefly bought for feeding to pigs. Date: 1904

Two men constructing an Anderson shelter in a back garden at the start of the Second World War. Date: circa 1939

Greetings card in the shape of an almond, open to reveal a rabbit. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a walnut. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a walnut, open to reveal a kitten. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

Handmade New Year card in the shape of nuts, which opens to reveal a seasonal greeting. Date: circa 1890s

Handmade Christmas card in the shape of nuts, which opens to reveal a seasonal greeting. Date: circa 1890s

Street Vendor selling Nuts to Gentleman with a Simian Visage
Street Vendor cheekily offering the sale of some nuts to a diminutive Gentleman with a distinctive Simian visage!! Date: 1899

Nuts in May by Charles Robinson
Illustration of children playing a party game called Nuts in May. We can see six children playing together all dressed in their party clothes. Date: 1906

Charleys Aunt by Brandon Thomas. Much the same design as the previous item, but in black and white, with a border of flowers. Top of the flyer reads Under the direction of the Author

A Christmas tree for the birds
Hung with coconuts, brazil nuts, chains of monkey nuts and suet: a Christmas tree for wild birds, as suggested by Mrs. Howard Pease of Otterburn Tower, Northumberland. December 1922

Picking palm kernels, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912

Old Maid card game - I Like Nuts. circa 1950s

Occupations 1882 - young woman selling walnuts
Occupations 1882 - young woman selling ten a penny walnuts. 1882

Mottos - New Year - lantern slide with A Happy New Year surrounded by wreath of holly, nuts and berries. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

Greetings card in the shape of a food grater containing nuts. Date: circa 1890s

Man with champagne on a movable Christmas card. circa 1890s

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