Veg Collection (#4)

A London Costermonger, 1910
Illustration showing a London costermonger and his boy at their market Fruit and Veg stall, 1910. This image was produced by Frank Reynolds as part of a series entitled: Peculiarly British Types

A Local Covent Garden - Colombo, Ceylon
A Local Covent Garden (!) - Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: 1910s

Winter Vegetables
Mixed winter vegetables : Potatoes, turnips and parsnips. Date: 1980

Man in vegetable garden
A man working in a vegetable garden with rows of large onions. circa 1940s

Record-breaking cauliflower
A gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894

Small girl with prize winning celery
A little girl grins with delight as she is dwarfed by some gigantic celery she is holding, along with a first prize certificate, presumably for said celerys impressive proportions. c.1947

Brittany Veg. Market
A Brittany vegetable market. The women gather in their traditional dress. Date: 1912

Yes! We Have No Bananas. A music sheet cover showing a fruit and vegetable seller who is sorry, but he has no bananas today! He holds out his hands and shrugs in front of his shop. Date: 1920s

Recipe for a midsummer hotpot
Wartime recipe, incorporating a multitude of vegetables along with bacon scaps and cheese

Niagara Peninsula - Peaches for export
Canada - province of Ontario - The Niagara Peninsula - a microclimate, where a wide variety of fruit and vegetables (which could not be grown in any other area of Canada) are grown

The Green-grocerss Shop. A little girl examines the variety of fruit and veg for sale

Campbells Veg Soup
Advert for Campbells canned condensed vegetable soup showing a trio of healthy young children indulging in a pillow fight

Fruit and Veg Stall
A rather serious transaction taking place on the fruit and vegetable stall at Knaresborough Market, Yorkshire, England, where 6d buys 3lbs of onions!

Vegetable Seller, Paris
A working class woman in Paris, selling vegetables from a basket balanced on her head

Fruit and vegetable stall, Brynmawr, Wales
Woman buying fruit and vegetables from a market stall in Brynmawr, Wales

Veg as Human 3 1900
The Vegetable Wedding No.3: the bride and groom, with maids and pages of honour

Veg as Human 5 1900
The Vegetable Wedding No.5: the family

Veg as Human 6 1900
The Vegetable Wedding No.6: the family

Veg as Human 1 1900
The Vegetable Wedding No.1: the musicians and the mayor

Planting Potatoes 1870S
Planting potatoes

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