From the May 1893 issue of Henry S. Clubb’s magazine Food, Home and Garden. To be worn by vegetarians at the World’s Fair: Columbian Exposition in 1893. Glorifying Christopher Columbus / Cristoforo Colombo! ……. Wiki – The World’s Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World’s Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as The Chicago World’s Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world’s fair held in Chicago in 1893…
Some early examples of vegetarians cooperating – sharing ideas – sharing artwork – helping humans – helping animals. Artwork, metal badges & paper badges (perhaps they were intended to be pinned to garments, or inserted into holders), some of which are in our Ernest Bell Library, some of which are in other collections. The embedded links will allow you to ‘dig deeper’. We do not know the identity of the artists…
These were produced in London. The London Vegetarian Society was the ‘most vegan’ group in the UK at this time. Henry S. Salt & Ernest Bell were writing about 100% vegetable diets. A ‘vegan’ recipe book was published in London in 1910 – No Animal Food And Nutrition And Diet With Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon A battered & bruised little item in our Ernest Bell Library. Almost as rare…
………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Update Sunday 21 September 2014 – information received from Judith Brown Hancock. ~ Lawrence Ambrose Hayter’s birth was registered in Islington in the second quarter of 1893. The 1911 Census has him at “Sweet Briar”, Pixmore Way, Letchworth. His occupation is given as draughtsman (printer’s engraving). His father was Arthur William Hayter, his mother Edith Rose Hayter. Mr Hayter Snr was an organ builder. ~ ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. L. A.…
These wonderful vegetarian-themed children’s story books have survived for 99 years – but their original owners were less fortunate. Title: Stories from the...…