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Vege Table Collection

Background imageVege Table Collection: Poster: Dig For Victory Now

Poster: Dig For Victory Now
Poster encouraging people to Dig For Victory Now, and enjoy your own vegetables all the year round. 1940s

Background imageVege Table Collection: BALHAM MARKET / 1950 S

BALHAM MARKET / 1950 S
Balham market, showing vegetable stalls

Background imageVege Table Collection: R G Fortt gardening catalogue

R G Fortt gardening catalogue
The colourful front cover of R G Fortts spring gardening catalogue

Background imageVege Table Collection: Frome Market 1930S

Frome Market 1930S
Well-dressed ladies carrying heavy wicker baskets of shopping, next to the fruit and vegetable stall at Frome farmers market, Somerset, England

Background imageVege Table Collection: Covent Garden Porters

Covent Garden Porters
Covent Garden was formerly the convent garden of the abbey of Westminster : it was for many years Londons major fruit and vegetable market. Date: 1924

Background imageVege Table Collection: Lin-Can advertisement, 1953

Lin-Can advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Lin-Can tinned fruits and vegetables manufactured by Lincolnshire Canners of Boston, Lincolnshire, featuring two excitable housewives keen to demonstrate the endless possibilities

Background imageVege Table Collection: The Famous Dolma Maker, Constantinople

The Famous Dolma Maker, Constantinople
A Famous Dolma maker. Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions. The stuffing may or may not include meat

Background imageVege Table Collection: Union Workhouse, Wincanton, Somerset

Union Workhouse, Wincanton, Somerset
The Wincanton Union workhouse, Somerset, with extensive vegetable gardens in front which were cultivated by the workhouse inmates. The workhouse opened in 1838 and was designed by George Wilkinson

Background imageVege Table Collection: Curius Dentatus refusing bribes from Samnites

Curius Dentatus refusing bribes from Samnites
Manius Curius Dentatus, Roman consul and plebeian hero, though living on turnips, refuses bribes from the Samnites. He is noted for ending the Samnite War

Background imageVege Table Collection: Study of plants and flowers. Renaissance art

Study of plants and flowers. Renaissance art. Drawing

Background imageVege Table Collection: Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, Essex

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Bristol Market 1930S

Bristol Market 1930S
A study in light and shade at the fruit and vegetable stall of Bristol Market, England

Background imageVege Table Collection: Caterham Asylum, Surrey

Caterham Asylum, Surrey
Aerial view of the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Caterham in Surrey. The Asylum, with its twin at Leavesden, was established by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to provide care for Londons

Background imageVege Table Collection: Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and v

Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California. Date 1937 Spring

Background imageVege Table Collection: Leningrad Cabbages

Leningrad Cabbages
Picking cabbages from the vegetable patches in front of St Isaacs Cathedral

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetable Market. 15th century. Fresco. ITALY

Vegetable Market. 15th century. Fresco. ITALY

Background imageVege Table Collection: A Japanese vegetable seller and Geisha

A Japanese vegetable seller and Geisha
A Japanese vegetable seller, his wares in many baskets hung on a long yolk, sells to a young geisha woman

Background imageVege Table Collection: Mosul, Iraq - Iraqi man with his giant Cornichon

Mosul, Iraq - Iraqi man with his giant Cornichon
Iraq - Mosul, a man stands proudly with his giant Cornichon (gherkin), weighing a whopping 22 kgs!

Background imageVege Table Collection: Medical plants. Poppy (Papaver somniferum). Engraving

Medical plants. Poppy (Papaver somniferum). Engraving

Background imageVege Table Collection: Tractatus de Pestilencia by M

Tractatus de Pestilencia by M. Albik. Application of vegetable dressings. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Background imageVege Table Collection: water well sweep - Rangoon

water well sweep - Rangoon
Water well sweep - Rangoon - well sweep for commercial vegetable gardens on Kokine Road Date: 1951

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetable farmer - Rangoon

Vegetable farmer - Rangoon - on Kokine Road Date: 1952

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetable bazaar - Rangoon

Vegetable bazaar - Rangoon - Vegetable bazaar Date: 1952

Background imageVege Table Collection: Fruit and Vegetable Seller

Fruit and Vegetable Seller

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetables for Soup

Vegetables for Soup
A pile of fresh vegetables, including cabbage, cauliflower, onions, celery, etc. ready to be made into a pan of vegetable soup. Date: early 1930s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Batchelor & Co advert

Batchelor & Co advert
Batchelor & Company Marrowfat peas Date: 1909

Background imageVege Table Collection: Flower or vegetable in a flowerpot

Flower or vegetable in a flowerpot. Date between 1790 and 1840

Background imageVege Table Collection: A street, Venice, Italy

A street, Venice, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageVege Table Collection: Thompsons vegetable cattle powder For diseases of horses, c

Thompsons vegetable cattle powder For diseases of horses, cattle, hogs & sheep. Print shows a horse, cow, pig, and a sheep in a farm yard. Date c1868 June 13

Background imageVege Table Collection: McAlisters all-healing vegetable ointment

McAlisters all-healing vegetable ointment

Background imageVege Table Collection: Fish and vegetable market, Konigsberg, East Prussia, Germany

Fish and vegetable market, Konigsberg, East Prussia, Germany (i.e. Kaliningrad, Russia). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageVege Table Collection: Chase Bros and Woodward. Flower & vegetable seeds

Chase Bros and Woodward. Flower & vegetable seeds. Chase Bros and Woodward. Flower & vegetable seeds

Background imageVege Table Collection: Fish & vegetable meals will save wheat, meat & fats for our

Fish & vegetable meals will save wheat, meat & fats for our soldiers and allies. Poster shows an arrangement of fish and vegetables. Date between 1914 and 1918

Background imageVege Table Collection: The family of Peter V. Andrews, Portuguese

The family of Peter V. Andrews, Portuguese. They run a small seven-acre vegetable farm near Falmouth, Massachusetts. Just got the first cow they ever had, of which they are very proud. Mr

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetable vendor, Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Vegetable vendor, Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Date 1939 Jan

Background imageVege Table Collection: Port Arthur - Varieties of Chinese Vegetables

Port Arthur - Varieties of Chinese Vegetables
Japanese card depicting three varieties of Chinese cabbage and other vegetables (possibly beetroot) - at Port Arthur. A panoramic view of Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian)

Background imageVege Table Collection: German vegetable market stall

German vegetable market stall - Munich. 2010

Background imageVege Table Collection: Italian Vegetable Stall

Italian Vegetable Stall
A fruit and vegetable stall on an Italian market. Date: 1950s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Little fat goblin stealing cabbages

Little fat goblin stealing cabbages
A little fat goblin stealing cabbages, much to the distress of the farmer. first published 1879

Background imageVege Table Collection: New Zealand Back Garden

New Zealand Back Garden
This back garden vegetable patch is typical of many at the rear of the average New Zealand home. Date: 1950s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetable / Marrow

Vegetable / Marrow
A fine specimen of a marrow! Date: 1960s

Background imageVege Table Collection: BEETROOT

BEETROOT
Avons Early variety of beetroot. Date: 1969

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetable Vendor - Bombay, India

Vegetable Vendor - Bombay, India
Vegetable Vendor - Mumbai (Bombay), India Date: circa 1930s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Entrance to the market - Corfu, Greece

Entrance to the market - Corfu, Greece Date: circa 1910s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Man in vegetable garden

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Growing rhubarb

Growing rhubarb
A lady gardener pictured with an impressive harvest of rhubarb. The fruit bushes behind her look healthy too. c.1945

Background imageVege Table Collection: Record-breaking cauliflower

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Small girl with prize winning celery

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well

Poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well
Wartime poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well. Prevention is better than cure. 1940s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Poster, Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables

Poster, Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables
Wartime poster, Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables and Keep Fit. 1940s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Sierra Leone - Vegetable Market

Sierra Leone - Vegetable Market
Sierra Leone protectorate - Vegetable Market Date: circa 1905

Background imageVege Table Collection: Danish Veggie Market

Danish Veggie Market
Housewives and servants at the fruit and vegetable market on a rainy day in Copenhagen. Date: 1888

Background imageVege Table Collection: Digging the Garden

Digging the Garden
An old man digs over the vegetable patch of his walled garden. Date: 1930s

Background imageVege Table Collection: Wesson Salad Oil Advert

Wesson Salad Oil Advert
Wesson Oil for salads and cooking - pure delicious vegetable fat Date: 1920

Background imageVege Table Collection: Advert / Margarine 1915

Advert / Margarine 1915
Steensens Vegetaria vegetable margarine Date: 1915

Background imageVege Table Collection: Brittany Veg. Market

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Campbells Soup Ad

Campbells Soup Ad
Campbells vegetable soup Date: 1924

Background imageVege Table Collection: People working in a vegetable garden

People working in a vegetable garden
People working in a neatly laid out vegetable garden in 18th century France. Date: circa 1760

Background imageVege Table Collection: Daucus Carota Sativus (Carrot) with leaves attached

Daucus Carota Sativus (Carrot) with leaves attached
Daucus Carota Sativus (Carrot), a root vegetable of the Apiaceae family, with the green leaves still attached

Background imageVege Table Collection: Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Sunrise

Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato) Sunrise, a red fruit (often regarded as a vegetable) of the Solanaceae family, seen here growing and ripening on the stalk

Background imageVege Table Collection: Allium Cepa (Onion) Ailsa Craig

Allium Cepa (Onion) Ailsa Craig of the Alliaceae family, a giant show vegetable with a mild flavour. Seen here in close-up, with golden, straw-coloured skin

Background imageVege Table Collection: Solanum Tuberosum (Potato) Great Scot

Solanum Tuberosum (Potato) Great Scot, a vegetable of the Solanaceae family. Seen here in close-up with the skin still on, sitting on a bed of green parsley

Background imageVege Table Collection: Pisum sativum (Pea) Pioneer

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Brassica Oleracea Gemmifera (Brussels Sprouts)

Brassica Oleracea Gemmifera (Brussels Sprouts), a vegetable of the Brassicaceae family, seen here still attached to the stalk

Background imageVege Table Collection: Recipe for a midsummer hotpot

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Vegetable grounds, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk

Vegetable grounds, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys tending the vegetable grounds at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Background imageVege Table Collection: Old gipsy woman eating cabbage

Old gipsy woman eating cabbage
An old gipsy woman standing in a field, eating cabbage. In her hair can be seen grips and curlers

Background imageVege Table Collection: Her Good Deed by Muriel Dawson

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire

Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire
Monks at work in the gardens at the Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire. Many hands make light work

Background imageVege Table Collection: Street market at Matiari, West Bengal, India

Street market at Matiari, West Bengal, India
A street market selling fruit and vegetables at Matiari, a village in West Bengal, India

Background imageVege Table Collection: Cutting cauliflowers near St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Cutting cauliflowers near St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Three men in Cornwall cutting cauliflowers in the traditional manner and loading them onto a tractor, with St Michaels Mount in the background

Background imageVege Table Collection: Cutting green vegetables near St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Cutting green vegetables near St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Three men in Cornwall cutting green vegetables in a field, with St Michaels Mount in the background. (2 of 2)

Background imageVege Table Collection: Market garden produce

Market garden produce
A selection of market vegetables including artichokes, displayed in baskets in front of greenhouses and vegetable plots

Background imageVege Table Collection: Market Traders - Covent Garden

Market Traders - Covent Garden
Market Traders with their carts and crates and boxes of fruit and vegetables. Covent Garden, Central London

Background imageVege Table Collection: Lugano - Switzerland - Market

Lugano - Switzerland - Market
Section of the Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland

Background imageVege Table Collection: A selection of kitchen sundries

A selection of kitchen sundries
A selection of kitchen equipment including kettles, flour sifters, towel airers, vegetable racks and meat safes

Background imageVege Table Collection: Tunisian Street Scene - Sfax

Tunisian Street Scene - Sfax
The Native Quarter - Sfax, Tunisia. A general street scene

Background imageVege Table Collection: Japanese vegetable birds, White City

Japanese vegetable birds, White City
A display of Japanese vegetable birds at White City, west London, probably as part of the Japan British Exhibition which ran from May until October 1910

Background imageVege Table Collection: Arab Merchants - Old market in Cairo

Arab Merchants - Old market in Cairo
Arab merchants in the Old Market, Cairo, set within a stylised border, drawing on the designs of temple architecture from the Old Kingdom Temples of Middle Egypt (Karnak?)

Background imageVege Table Collection: The Man Who Stole the Prize Marrow by H. M. Bateman

The Man Who Stole the Prize Marrow by H. M. Bateman
Humorous scene showing the interior of a tent at an agricultural show, with plants, vegetables and flowers arranged on trestle tables for judging, while a cheeky chap decides to abscond with a huge

Background imageVege Table Collection: Izmir, Turkey - Vegetable Market

Izmir, Turkey - Vegetable Market
A Vegetable Market with vegetable sellers at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Background imageVege Table Collection: The Green-grocerss Shop

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

Background imageVege Table Collection: Children Eating Soup

Children Eating Soup
Two children, neatly dressed, and with napkins around their necks tuck in enthusiastically to a steaming bowl of Campbells vegetable soup

Background imageVege Table Collection: Campbells Veg Soup

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



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