Remembering Many Unnamed Horses & Los Angeles based Animal Activists. With many notes added – for folk who want to dig a little deeper into anti-vivisection history / animal rights history / vegan history. ~ A THR investigation has found that, unbeknownst to the public, these incidents on Hollywood’s most prominent productions are but two of the troubling cases of animal injury and death that directly call into question the 136-year-old Washington,…
Very funny (silly) indeed! Postmarked 1934. Père “Judognon” understood the importance of self-promotion for restaurant owners & business owners. There was no HappyCow in the 1930s to help restaurateurs to get ‘bums on seats’. We cannot trace the restaurant now – if anyone has any information about it, please share it with us. We are sure that some folk had ‘uplifting meals’ there in the 1930s! Très drôle en effet!…
“Vegetative” – an adjective – meaning – “relating to vegetation or plant life” Here we share, for the first time on the Internet, an 1849 letter. From the Reverend William Metcalfe to Joel Shew. Writing to propose that there be an American Vegetarian Society. The original of the letter is in our Ernest Bell Library. ~ And now, Mr. Editor, may I be permitted to ask you, and the friends…
(Update 3 August 2014) Notes on French vegan history. Click the links to go to the original pages which are in French! Notes sur l’histoire française végétalien. Cliquez sur les liens pour accéder aux pages d’origine sont en français! ‘Bascon’ – a vegan – nudist – communist / anarchist – commune in Essômes-sur-Marne – near – Chateau-Thierry – France – between 1911 to 1931. & ‘Foyer’, located 40 rue Mathis (19th…
Finding amazing creations / art such as this ~ 105 years old postcard gives us a real ‘buzz’. 100+ years ago truly great people were enthusiastically working / networking for animals – spreading the vegan message – opposing vivisection & much more. More about this postcard below! All of the books, magazines, leaflets, postcards etc. mentioned & pictured in this blog post are being preserved in the Ernest Bell Library,…
Some June 2014 acquisitions at the – Ernest Bell Library. . All are pre-1910. . ……yes – they are part of a larger collection which we are now cataloging. . Play – ‘Spot the Differences’ . Those on the left were painted & then printed in Argentina for – Sociedad Protectora de Animales Sarmiento – Estd. 1902. . Those on the right were painted & then printed in France for – Société Protectrice des…
Let us seriously consider: – How to balance animal rights and animal welfare? First a quote from a 2014 book which I am very fond of – ~ I ask myself continuously how to balance the utopian vision of animal rights with the pragmatic politics of animal welfare. For the sake of the animals, I always take the side of rights over welfare; however, there are times, particularly in the political arena, when welfare…
Vegans have been actively campaigning against vivisectors since ~ the 1870s. Today, here in Hong Kong, we had a table covered in anti-vivisection pamphlets. The earliest that we were referring to was one by Ernest Bell from 1889. As we were working, we realized that Google could not find many of our favorite quotes – also many misquotes are available through Search. So, in this post, we are transcribing approx.…
We love eccentric vegetarian folk! Here is a post remembering E. L. Pratt, John Maxwell & Symon Gould – 3 very focused US & British veg-evangelizers – active in the 1930s, 1940s & 1950s. Wonderfully extreme! They each exhibited / practiced full-on veg-enthusiasm. Plus we will share 3 related circa 1947 Cinderella stamps promoting vegetarianism. They are being lovingly cared for in the Ernest Bell Library. …… “Many meat-eating persons…
“Think of me as pleading with the Vivisectors for the dear dogs I love so well.” – Edith Cole (1861? – 1927) The photo is by – Mons Sala Arbus, Reading. M(argaret Solom)ons & Sala Arbus, 40 Friar Street, Reading. – opticians & photographers. To-date we have discovered almost nothing else about these photographers – but they sound ‘interesting’. Sala Arbus. London Gazette. No link whatsoever found to the rather more famous photographer Allan Arbus (or to Diane Arbus! The Ernest Bell…
Animals’ Rights Considered in relation to social progress – with a bibliographical appendix by Henry S. Salt. Published 1892 by G. Bell in London, New York . This is one of the most handled & most admired items in our Ernest Bell Library. ——— A contemporary review of the book Animals’ Rights The Times, October 27, 1892 Books of the Week ~ While the subject of vivisection is so…
Reflecting on ugly humans wearing silk, wool etc. ~ How proud we are, how fond to shew our clothes, and call them rich and new, when the poor sheep and silkworms wore that very clothing long before! The tulip and the butterfly appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. ~ Isaac Watts circa 1700 A little reminder…
THE COUNTRY HOME – front cover of the issue from – SEPTEMBER 1935 There is a somewhat bizarre ‘vegetarian’ article on p42 – see below. 3D vegetable art by Carl V. Burger (1888-1967) – an artist and writer of children’s books about animals and natural history. Wiki – Archive – More of Carl’s work – Pinterest A fun item in our Ernest Bell Library collection. Above are images of the front cover…