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Vegan Simple Lifers In France Circa 1905

“I lead a very simple and frugal life, that is to say that I absolutely only eat vegetables. I wear the simplest possible clothes, no hat. I walk barefoot and I live in the greatest possible harmony with my ideas about Nature.” – Marius CAYOL – Vegan & Simple-Lifer – writing circa 1910 All of the original items, which we share in this post,  are being cared for in our…

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General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Raw Vegans, Nature Boys, Early Hippies

  “I look crazy but I’m not. And the funny thing is that other people don’t look crazy but they are.” – eden ahbez    Postcards of Gustaf Nagel – circa 1915 A taster of some of our Ernest Bell Library items – celebrating mavericks – many were raw vegans. Wandervogel – or Naturmenschen were a group of late 19th and early 20th century Germany and Swiss “Natural Men”, who wore…

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