Potato Collection

Poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle
Ministry of Agriculture poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle, they can destroy our potato crops. circa late 1930s

Womens Land Army in action, 1939
Land Girls following a tractor drawn potato digger, gathering produce before it can be affected by frost. Date: 1939

Raleigh / Potatoes / Ireland
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator supervising the first planting of potatoes in Ireland

A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Manure
A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Special Potato Manure - George Hadfield & Co. Ltd. (Established 1820) - Bone, fertilizer & Vitriol Works, Liverpool. Date: circa 1910s

Potato harvest, Rafta Farm, St Levan, Cornwall
Mother and daughter (Pamela and Sandra Semmens) working on the potato harvest at Rafta Farm, St Levan, near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: 1970s

Potato Clamp
Men storing potatoes, covering clamps of them with straw on a farm in Surrey, England

Human vegetable figure. circa 1825

Gathering Seaweed at Le Hocq, Jersey, Channel Islands - the principle growing agent for the famed Jersey Royal Potatoes, although used less these days. Date: circa 1910s

Potato, Solanum tuberosum
From Icones Plantarum medicinalium secundum systema Linni digestarum, 1788-1812 by Joseph Jacob Von Plenck

Lifting Potatoes
Potato lifting using horses and plough, near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

Aa Parmentier / P Journal
ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN PARMENTIER Centenary celebration of the man who introduced the potato to France

Woman and vegetable stall, East End of London
Woman selling vegetables from a stall in a market in Londons East End. The prices are in old currency, with D for penny. Date: circa 1950s

Convolvulus and Ipomaea species
American convolvulus, Convolvulus sepium americanus, kidney-leaved convolvulus, C. reniformis, bryony-leaved convolvulus, C

Edible tubers and fruit, tubercules alimentaires. Earth almond, Cyperus esculentus, peanut or groundnut, Arachis hypogaea, mashua, Tropaeolum tuberosum, potato bean, Apios tuberosa, and tuberous pea

Potato digging machines Moorhead Minnesota USA early 1900s

A baked potato seller, Victorian period

Shipping potatoes from Jersey, early 1900s

Rationing
An illustration depicting a crowd of people of all ages, some carrying babies, a daunting statue of a warrior stands in the background

Advert, Dig for Victory Now! Ministry of Agriculture, WW2 Date: 1942

Giant potato, Ipomoea mauritiana (Batatas paniculata). Chromolithograph by P. Stroobant from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

Chinese yam or cinnamon-vine, Dioscorea polystachya, Dioscorea batatas, Igname de Chine, Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Potato vine or jasmine-leaved bittersweet, Solanum jasminoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Chilean potato tree, Solanum crispum
Chilean potato tree or crimped-leaved solanum, Solanum crispum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register

Wild potato vine, Ipomoea pandurata
Wild potato vine, manroot Ipomoea pandurata (Fiddle-leaved bindweed, Convolvulus panduratus). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1817

Silver maple and potato
Silver maple, Acer saccharinum 1, and potato, Solanum tuberosum 2, tubers a, b, c. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Cassava and sweet potato
Cassava or manioc, Manihot esculenta 1, and sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

W Griffin, High Street, Aston, Birmingham
Premises of W Griffin, High Street, Aston, Birmingham, potato merchant, fishmonger and fruit merchant, fitted with three Kinnear patent steel rolling shutters

The Amateur Gardeners Dream

Cottage Life, mother peeling potatoes. mid-19th century

A hot potato seller
Hot potatoes. A hot potato salesman plying his trade on a London street. Date: 1885

Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & Co
Selection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887

DRESSED VEGETABLES
Stuffed tomatoes - Vegetable Marrow a la creme - Spinach - Potato Croquettes - Haricot Beans - Tossed Mushrooms - Wafer Potatoes - New Carrots and White Sauce. Bon appetit! Date: circa 1900

TWO TOMATO DISHES For carnivores - Bacon and tomatoes For vegetarians - Potato and tomato salad Date: circa 1930

Potato masher and fruit press 1888
Useful kitchen utensil for potato masher and fruit pressing. Date: 1888

Baked potato seller 1870
The baked potato man selling hot potatoes on a wintry day. Date: 1870

Farm tools. Wooden spade and wodden potato hoe. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

Potato and jam tart with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Card game, The Streets of London - Baked Potato Seller. circa 1880

Giant potato, Barnesville, Minnesota, USA
A giant potato at Barnesville, Minnesota, USA, a big potato-growing area. An annual potato festival is held there. Date: circa 1910

Ministry of Food poster, WW2, advertising various information leaflets, recipes, etc. Date: 1940s

WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the War
Sorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941

WW2 - London Auxiliary Ambulance Service Driver on the farm
WW2 - British Home front, October 1941 - Mrs John Steel, daughter of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, British Pathologist, lends her hand to the war effort

The Potato Eaters
GOGH, Vincent van (1853-1890). The Potato Eaters. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas

Label design, Don t Cry Sweet Potatoes
Label design, Don t Cry Louisiana Commercial Sweet Potatoes. early 20th century

Label design, Ken Kat Sweet Potatoes
Label design, Ken Kat Louisiana Porto Rican Sweet Potatoes. early 20th century

Label design, Pure Winner Sweet Potatoes
Label design, Pure Winner Louisiana Porto Rican Sweet Potatoes. early 20th century

Label design, Vitamin Yams, Sweet Potatoes. early 20th century

Potato Baskets, Gawleys Gate, Loch Neagh
Potato Baskets, Gawleys Gate, L. Neagh - a view of a man beside a large stack of potato baskets made. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Lough Neagh). Date: circa early 1900s

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