Vegetables Collection (page 5)

c. 1880s Italy - Italy, probably Sicily street vendors, boys
c.1880s Italy - southern Italy, probably Sicily street vendor with his wares - boy selling vegetables

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

Street market in Dakar, Senegal
Lively street market of mostly women offering their goods in Dakar, the capitol of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1930

Crosse and Blackwells Mixed Pickles advertisement
Advertisement for Crosse and Blackwells Mixed vegetable pickles, perfect with joints or mince. 1930

Soho, London - Peter Street W1, corner of Berwick Street and Market, showing a Wimpy Bar and Fratelli Camisa delicatessen. 1973

Stavanger Market Square (Torget) - Norway
Stavanger Market Square (Torget), Norway. A market scene at the port square in Stavanger, with fruit and vegetables trading from carts and trucks. Date: circa 1930s

Fletts Happy Families - Miss V. G. Sauce
Fletts Happy Families - Miss V.G. Sauce - Always Good To Meat. circa 1930s

Friar Juan Sanchez Cotan (1560-1627). Spanish painter. Still
Baroque art. Seventeenth century. Friar Juan Sanchez Cotan (1560-1627). Spanish painter. Still Life with thistle and carrots. Fine Arts Museum. Granada. Andalusia. Spain

Mossbank Industrial School, Glasgow
A view of the Industrial School for Boys, Mossbank, Glasgow. Extensive plots of vegetables were cultivated by the inmates. Date: circa 1924

Children by a kitchen hearth
Two children and a dog pictured gazing at the burning embers of a fire in a kitchen inglenook. Other kitchen furniture and equipment include an armchair, bellows and a basket of vegetables

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

Vintage radish seed packet
A radish seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Vintage tomato seed packet
A tomato seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York Date: c. 1910

Boy scouts at Jamboree, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Boy scouts enjoying an outdoor activity at a Jamboree in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 1952

BERENTZ, Christian. Vegetables and Fruits
Vegetables and Fruits. 16th c.I - XVIII. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Galleria Nazionale d Arte Antica (National Gallery of Ancient Art)

How to start an allotment during WW1
Diagram in The Sphere advising readers how to start work on a raw piece of ground in order to create an allotment. The Food Production Department was keen to get around 500

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

Street scene with fruit seller, Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Settle Union Workhouse, Giggleswick, West Yorkshire
A view of the Settle Union Workhouse at Giggleswick. Vegetables are being grown on the land in front of the building. Date: Date unknown

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

Native fruits of Ghana displayed on a table
Two sweet young Ghanaian boys stand next to a table heaving under the weight of Native fruit and vegetables of the country. Date: circa 1910s

Kuwait - Fruit Seller Date: circa 1910s

Porters carrying vegetables - Madeira, Portugal
Poster depicting two Porters carrying vegetables down to the harbour for export - Madeira, Portugal Date: 1937

Haemanthus incarnatus. Illustration from William Herbert, Amaryllidaceae. Preceded by An attempt to arrange the monocotyledonous orders

Victorian costermonger and his cart
A Victorian costermonger and his cart, stacked up with baskets full of produce, photographed on a street of terraced Georgian houses. Date: 4 February 1893

Shopping in Ilford / 1950S
Ladies in hats and coats shop in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex; the greengrocers shop has a fine display of fruit and vegetables outside in crates, prices in shillings

Advertisement for Alsace, France
French railways advertisement for Alsace, France. 1946

Street vendor with fruit and vegetables, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Street vendor carrying pingo baskets containing fruit and vegetables, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Japan - Drying Daikon Radishes. Date: circa 1910s

Label design, Deer Mark Sweet Potatoes
Label design, Deer Mark Louisiana Porto Rican Sweet Potatoes. early 20th century

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, Oscar Yams
Label design, Oscar Louisiana Porto Rican Yams. circa early 20th century

People at a market in Stavanger, Norway, buying fruit and vegetables. Date: circa 1910s

Natural History Museum, WW1 farm
War transformation in Cromwell Road: growing agricultural produce at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London

At a vegetable party - a salad fancy dress
Delightful idea for a fancy dress costume. Why not go as a salad, complete with salad serving spoon and fork? Date: 1903

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

Label design, Safe Hit Texas Vegetables. early 20th century

Label design, Kings Cadets Asparagus
Label design, Kings Cadets California Green Asparagus. early 20th century

Royal WW1 allotment visit, 1918: Queen Mary and piglet
King George V(1865-1936)and Queen Mary(1867-1953) inspecting small allotments in south London, 1918. Queen Mary looks delighted to be presented with a piglet from a wicker basket. Date: 1918

Victorian Scrap -- Coster. late 19th century

Cricket - The Lost Ball. circa early 20th century

Table display -- shellfish with wine, vegetables and fruit. 19th century

Table display -- boars head with vegetables. 19th century

WW2 - Land Girls working the land. Date: circa 1943

Omani woman in the market in Oman
Oman. Omani woman selling vegetables in the market. Man wearing tradition clothes. Date: 1976

Things I Should Like To See I by Bateman. A profiteering greengrocer obliged to buy his household vegetables at an exorbitant price from another shop

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