Peas Collection

Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson
An interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth

First Portrait of King Charles III
Portrait of King Charles III commissioned from artist Alastair Barford by ILN. The portrait was painted in oils by the artist Alastair Barford

Annual and Biannual flowers
A wonderful array of garden flowers in bloom including chrysanthemums, foxgloves (digitalis), hollyhocks, pansies, sweet peas, gladioli, iris, petunias and nasturtiums. Date: 1930

Horse-drawn fish and chips wagon - Cornwall
A horse-drawn hot fish and chips wagon in Cornwall, close to St Austell

Selfridges fancy dress advertisement
Selfridges say that the secret of successful fancy dress is originality. Advertisement for fancy dress costumes from Selfridges department store

Wartime cuisine - fish and chips
Wartime rashioning during the Second World War. A plate of steak and veg is a dream, but at least there is still fish and chips to keep the spirits up and the bellies full! Date: circa early 1940s

FRESH PEAS FOR SALE
Fresh gathered peas, young Hastings: a woman gathers her apron up to hold the peas poured out by a farmer on the back of a cart Date: 1795

Ducks and Green Peas by Miss E Mitchell
" Ducks and Green Peas" by Miss E Mitchell. A girl shells peas while ducklings cluster round her hoping to eat some of the fallers. Date: 1890

Girl Minds Baby 1888
A little girl minds the baby and shells peas at the same time

Hot Peas Saloon, Cattle Market, Burnley, early 1900s

The Pea-Pickers
A painting showing a group of workers picking peas in an expansive open field. Date: circa 1929

Sweet Peas
A beautiful selection of sweet peas from the collection of Mr. J. Unwin, F. R. H. S. Date: circa 1929

Man removing peas from froster in Birds Eye factory
Man removing peas from a froster in Birds Eye factory. The peas have been quick-frozen, ready for storage at sub-zero temperature. Date: circa 1970s

Woman inspecting peas in Birds Eye factory
Woman inspecting peas in a Birds Eye factory before they are quick-frozen. Date: circa 1970s

Sweet peas'. Flowers. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

Vegetables on market stall, Whitechapel, London
Colourful vegetables on a stall in Whitechapel Market, with prices in shillings and pence. Date: circa 1960s

Fruit and veg stall, East End street market, London
Fruit and veg stall in market in Londons East End. Price tickets display pre-decimalisation prices, with D representing the old penny. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, gardener complaining Date: 20th century

Roses and Sweet Peas
Still life of roses and sweet peas in a vase. Artist: HM Livans. Date: circa 1910

Varieties of peas and beans, gousses et graines legumieres. Pisum sativum and Phaseolus vulgaris. Handcoloured steel engraving by Corbie after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Wheat, rye, barley, vetcehs, oats and peas. The Tempest. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London

Cries of Paris - pea seller

CREAMED POTATOES & PEAS CREAMED POTATOES & PEAS
Creamed potatoes and peas, topped off with a poached egg. What could be nicer? Date: 1950s

BAKED ONIONS & TOMATOES BAKED ONIONS & TOMATOES
Baked onions and baked tomatoes, served with cheese and peas, with the option of gravy. Date: 1940s

POACHED EGG & PEAS POACHED EGG & PEAS
The rather unappetising combination of poached egg, mashed potatoes and peas. Date: 1940s

ASPARAGUS SALAD
An intriguing salad combination - asparagus, slices of hard boiled egg and peas. Date: 1940s

EGG AND ONION SALAD
Egg and onion salad: Stuffed (with radishes or mushrooms?) eggs, onion rings, garden peas and sliced tomatoes. Date: 1960s

EXPRESS DAIRY WINDOW
The window display of an Express Dairy which has a range of food such as McVities digestive biscuits, processed peas and sliced peaches. Date: 1960s

Flowers / Larousse 1913
Annuals & Biannuals: hyacinths, tulips, foxgloves; nasturtiums, chrsyanthemums, lily, sweet peas, pansies, marigold, crocus, eschscholzia, begonia. 1913

Comic postcard, fishing strategies Date: 20th century

Pea Tenderometer
Testing the tenderness of peas for canning with a machine called a Tenderometer. A metal blade is forced through a central container and the scale records the measurement. Date: 1950s

Advertisement, Libbys Corned Beef, delicious hot or cold. 1957

Cartoon, Split Pea Soup, Valley Inn, California, USA
Cartoon, Little Known Occupations, Splitting Peas for Split Pea Soup, advertising Andersens Valley Inn, Buellton, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

Studio portrait, young woman with long hair and flowers. Date: circa 1910s

Subumbellate pultanaea, Pultanaea subumbellata. Egg and bacon or bush peas.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Perennial Sweet Pea / Spring vetchling / Bitter vetch / Spring pea / Spring vetch / Spring bitter-vetch flowering wild plant (Lathyrus vernus)

Birthday Cake with Sweet Peas and Apple Blossoms Date: 1936

Cutting the Crop
A farmer in his tractor, cutting a crop of oats and peas, the crop having badly fallen owing to the weight of the pea harvest. Date: early 1950s

Sweet Peas. Wilson, David 1873 - 1934

Advertisement for Ross Foods -- family of three at the table (modelled by D Groves, Andrew Downie and M Baldock). 1959

Advertisement for Batchelors Peas
The Pick of the Crop. Advertisement for Batchelors Peas - " Its the flavour thats in favour". Date: 1930s

Racks full of canned peas on way to labeling room and warehouse, canning factory, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Date 1937 June

Gammon & Pineapple
Gammon, ham, chips and peas, garnished with tomato. Date: 1980s

Peas for Canning
Peas for canning in Britain. A scene at the canning plant, showing shelled peas emerging from the viners, where they are fed into trays before being covered with ice. Date: 1950s

PEA POD
Peas in the pod. Date: 1950s

Pisum sativum (Pea) Pioneer, a vegetable of the Fabaceae family, showing three pods, with the left-hand pod partially open to reveal the peas inside

Her Good Deed by Muriel Dawson
A tiny little girl charmingly dressed in a red dress with a bow in her hair, helps out by podding a large number of freshly picked peas

Flower jewels
Beautiful flower jewellery made from enamel and precious stones, including sweet-peas, lilies, and daisies

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