Veg Collection

Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947

Leek Show winners
Two prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes

Human vegetable figure. circa 1825

Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, Essex
Standing in the vegetable garden of Tudor Cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, a bowler hatted and bearded gentleman proudly displays one of his marrows, while a woman stands on the path. circa 1900

Covent Garden Market, London Date: circa 1907

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

W Heath Robinson - Peeling Potatoes by Gramophone

Views of Golden Lane, London 1872
Views of Golden Lane, near Smithfield Market, in London, 1872. Illustrations (clockwise from top left): The Earls Barrow; Making trimmings for Soup Kitchens; China Yard on Saturday Afternoon; a

Soho, London - Frith Street and Old Compton Street W1
Soho, London - corner of Frith Street and Old Compton Street W1 - Continental Groceries. 1973

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits find a cabbage
A Great Discovery -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits escape from their hutch and find an enticing-looking cabbage. Date: 1912

Victorian Scrap -- Watercress Seller. late 19th century

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

Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century

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

Whitechapel Market, East London
Aerial view of Whitechapel Market in Londons East End. Date: circa 1960s

Poster, Turn Over a New Leaf, eat vegetables daily to enjoy good health. circa 1945

Street traders, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Portuguese fruit and vegetable vendor with donkey, Lisbon, Portugal Date: circa 1895

Fruit and Vegetable Stall
An etching of a simple fruit and veg stall, the goods laid out on a platform outside, with a dark shop window just behind. Two women are browsing nearby. Date: circa 1915

Comic postcard, Turnip, beans and rhubarb Date: 20th century

Market stalls, Town Square, Nuremberg, Germany
Vegetable stalls in the Town Square of Nuremberg, Germany. Date: circa 1930s

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

Allotment studies by G. E. Studdy
No. I. - Back to the land and what it fills like! To tackle food shortages, people were given plots to grow their own vegetables, in this cartoon a man is in agonising back pain

Brighouse, West Yorkshire - Mazdaznan - Harvest Festival
circa 1910s

Menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore
Front cover, menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore, showing a chef and his young assistant in a ramshackle and untidy kitchen. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1930s

Master Libbys Spanish Rice
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Spanish Rice. circa 1950s

Music cover, Citee comme Temoin (called as a witness), words by Marie Vernet, music by Jules Carlez, comic courtroom scene with judges and witness. 19th century

Poster, The effects of over-cooking and keeping hot. Vitamin value, goodness, taste go up in smoke - result is waste. 1945

Advert, Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland
Advert for Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Harvest festival, display of vegetables and flowers. Date: circa 1910

The Amateur Gardeners Dream

Electric cab causing consternation in a Paris street 1899
Electric cab causing consternation in a Paris street. Date: 1899

Cries of Paris - salad seller

Cries of Paris - pea seller

Golden Soil: French methods of Market Gardening for England, showing scenes from the Market Garden at Thatcham, Berkshire. Date: 1908

Couple from Solothurn and girl from Lucerne, Switzerland. Date: late 18th century

Women out shopping in traditional costume, Alsace, France
Women out shopping in traditional costume, including the distinctive winged headdress, Alsace, France. Date: 1922

Man with avocados, Santa Marta, Colombia, South America
Man with avocados for sale, Santa Marta, Colombia, South America. Date: 1922

Market stall at Torremolinos, Costa del Sol, Spain. Date: circa 1960s

Breton onion seller in a Bristol street. Date: circa 1960s

Breton onion seller with straw base for onions
Breton onion seller making the straw base on which the onions are fastened. Date: circa 1960s

Breton onion seller stringing onions in his storehouse in Bristol. Date: circa 1960s

Firemens Farm in the Heart of the City WWII
In the centre of London near St. Giles Cripplegate, firefighter members of the N.F.S. which station was damaged in the air raids in 1940 attend a large plot, consisting of vegetable

Smithfield Market, Manchester
Interior of Smithfield market occupied an area of less than 12.000 square yards. Photograph showing piles of baskets and boxes of vegetables and fruit. Date: 1897

Outdoor market selling fruit and vegetables in Shrewsbury. Date: 1845

The General Election - Free Fooders
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Free Fooders. Candidates at a hustings face the warth of the electorate and also face a barrage of eggs and vegeatbles

Harvest Festival at Charminster School, West Dorset, England - 23rd September 1943 1943

Leeds - market for general produce 1885
Open air market, selling Date: 1885

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