Historical Food Preparation

Black and white images capturing food preparation from past decades, featuring hands slicing vegetables and chefs in vintage kitchens.

Prepare dinner salad by slicing fresh vegetables.... carrots, parsley, par-boiled cauliflower, tomatoes, radish. Place in mould. November 06, 1953.

Prepare dinner salad by slicing fresh vegetables.... carrots, parsley, par-boiled cauliflower, tomatoes, radish. Place in mould. November 06, 1953.

Cater Food - General Food. May 09, 1943. (Photo by Commonwealth Department of Information).

Spanish-American couple preparing fruit for canning. Chamisal, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Chamisal, New Mexico , Taos County

In the kitchen .

Anefo photo collection. Koekebakker baked oliebollen. December 29, 1948

Mrs M Hasler cooks breakfast for her invalid husband in their home in Barnes, Surrey, during 1942. 42 year old Mrs M Hasler cooks breakfast for her invalid husband at the stove in the kitchen of their home in Barnes.

Anefo photo collection. Irma Schuhmacher (swimmer freestyle). Irma Schuhmacher-Heijting in the kitchen. February 4, 1952

Making tortillas. Spanish-American home near Taos, New Mexico, Taos County 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Taos, New Mexico , Taos County

The State Railways, SJ R03, detail of the kitchen department.

Food, Omelet , Eggs, Cookery. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of Leiden relieves, mayor sharing herring and bread. October 3, 1955

October 1922 - Photograph of an Attractive Display of Cured Meats in Center Market.

Stamping- Loaves Of Bread Is West Berlin IdeaAt a West Berlin bakery loaves of bread are stamped with the word 'West' before being placed in the ovens. Reason for this is to try and prevent the illegal smuggling of much cheaper bread which is being produced in the communist East sector.The Communists have been using the cheaper bread as a lure to many hard-pressed West Berliners who daily cross the line dividing the city to buy bread at the cheaper price. As a result, many bakers in West Berlin have been hard hit by the fall in sales. April 18, 1951.

Japanese supermarket, 1949.

Why Irish eyes are smiling: food galore in Dublin's Fair city.Peppermint humbugs, toffees, acid drops or chocolates! A well-stocked Dublin sweet shop, where customers can buy whatever they like.Tender, delicious cream-fed veal, spring lamb and beef always in stock: a butcher's shop in Dublin, where cross-channel visitors are invited to buy meat parcels to take home with them.Eggs galore, and all new laid ! A sight to mark the British housewife whoRegretting the lack of dried eggs-sigh enviously.A sight to stir the heart of every Englishman : hams and Morf hams in the arms of a Dublin shop assistant. December 31, 1949. (Photo by The Illustrated London News).

Cooking - Done By Children - Babies & Children. May 09, 1950.

Putting salmon into cans. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Anefo photo collection. Oliebollen bins. December 29, 1952

Kresge's, Worchester, Massachusetts, USA

Preparing feast after locust plague. 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Anefo photo collection. Irma Schuhmacher (swimmer freestyle). Irma Schuhmacher Heijting donates tea. February 4, 1952

A woman cooking on a stove in the kitchen in 1937.

Anefo photo collection. Vegetable cart (Westland series). June 3, 1946

1930s 1940s TWO COUPLES EATING DINING CLUB RESTAURANT LAUGHING

First "Jam For The Million" Depot Sets To Work -- Jars of Raspberries being sealed at the depot today.The first of the thousand " Jam for the Million" depots which are to save our surplus fruit has been opened N Lewes. The Depot will work three days a week until the end of the season preserving an average of 600 Lb. weekly it is expected that over 8,000 Lb. of preserve will be made by October. July 2, 1940. (Photo by Keystone).

Anefo photo collection. Flowerbollen collection in Amsterdam (side food, we flowers). Administration of donated food vouchers. 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Noonday dinner, family style, at restaurant in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The price of this dinner was fifteen cents 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

At the hamburger stand on the Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Vale, Oregon , Malheur County

Vintage Photograph. Cutting steak off round.

Table. Dinner of the Loomis Fruit Association. Loomis, Placer County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Loomis, California , Placer County

Vintage Photograph. Young woman looking at shopping list while picking out apples to place cart full of groceries in supermarket

Activity in kitchen of eating house at auction. San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Nothing like home cooking (EV003075_H)

Anefo photo collection. Cooking competitions in The Hague. May 4, 1961. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Middle classification, vegetable store. January 24, 1966

Putting sealed cans of vegetables which were cooked in a pressure cooker into a cold water bath for quickest cooling 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Grocers. September 1, 1950.

Omelette Making, Mr. and Mrs. C. and Narcisse , Eggs, Cookery, Kitchens. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

A Chinese merchant sailor, who served as chief cook, carves meat in the kitchen of the Chinese sailors' convalescent home in Liverpool, 1943. Ching Foo Po smiles as he carves meat in the kitchen of the Chinese convalescent home in Liverpool. According to the original caption, Ching Foo Po was a chief cook who came to the home after having suffered bad burns during a boiler explosion, but now cooks for the home as part of his convalescence.

bologna, ristorante " pappagallo", 1956

Poll photo collection. Smørrebrød Restaurant Oskar Davidsen. Cooks in a production kitchen prepare large amounts of smørrebrød. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen

Anefo photo collection. Lunch trade show. cooks posing dish. June 12, 1989

Woman in a kitchen peeling potatoes (EV005011_H)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers and women are sit around a dining table. A servant reaches food. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Admiral's Stir -- A helping hand-Commander-in-Chief The Nore, Admiral Sir Henry Moore, assists Leading Fren Helen Plant in stirring the pudding at Chatham, Kent.It was a stirring occasion for the Navy today (Friday) when Admiral Sir Henry Moore, Commander-in-Chief The Nore, held the spoon to stir "the mixture as before" - the mixture was the Christmas pudding at the Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, Kent, for 2,000 men. It contains 300lb of fruit and 20 pints of run. December 17, 1948.

Close-up of a young woman's hand cleaning the hardwood floor with a brush

German Geenrosity -- Issued by the German Propaganda Ministry to "Fill Hungry Stomachs", this picture is rather painful. On close inspection one can see the Meagre ration allowed to Russian Peasants in an occupied village. The bread is black and unappetising, and but a few ounces of flour is being carefully weighed out to each. May 3, 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Anniversary a.w. Sijthoffs Publishing Company in Leiden. Dinner. January 4, 1951. Leiden, South Holland

Little Patience (below) she got a long, cool drink. February 1, 1955.;Little Patience (below) she got a long, cool drink.

Members of the W.A.A.F. cooking Date: circa 1941

1940s WOMAN MAKING BREAD AND JELLY GLASSES OF MILK AND AN APPLE IN THE KITCHEN FOR BOY AND GIRL AS AFTER SCHOOL SNACKS

Photographic print of a, World War One, Municipal soup kitchen in Belgium. Dated 1917

Vintage Photograph. Meat Case at First National Stores at Malden Massachusetts.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Australian dietician Sheila Malcolm, here, Hollandia visiting Kepaukoe heads, prepare protein-rich brown bean meal, throttle pit. October 1957. Guinea

Vintage photograph. man in chef uniform cooking in pot

Interior of a grocery store. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Lubricate bread during the four-day of Nijmegen in 1957.

Vintage Photograph. Young boy puts a scoop of spaghetti into his mouth.

Anefo photo collection. Pancakes time race T.G.v. 25th anniversary of the student association Vesta van de Huismoudschool. March 21, 1962

1940S Smiling Women Dressed In A Crisp Outfit And Hat Holding A Glass Of Soda While Sitting At The Counter Of A Soda Fountain Looking At Camera

Photograph of Unused Food in Impounded Ferry Boat at Key West.

Men during a meal eating unknown

Dinner in conjunction with the opening of the Kiruna C - Tuolluvaara track

Young woman sitting on the counter and cooking food in the kitchen (EV005303_H)

Cook in a large kitchen, ca. 1930s, Germany, Europe

Interior of the dairy shop of J.A. v.d. Salmon, Copernicuslaan, The Hague, the Netherlands.

Anefo photo collection. Dinner in "the crown" blue and white. 3 June 1948

Boardleben Milwaukee. At the bar. Hands of bartender while socking a coctail

Jewish market in Mea Shearim, vegetable stands 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Eat gas.

Anefo photo collection. Bennie Muller and Vasovic baking oliebollen for old and new. December 29, 1967

M/S Trelleborg Made table

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Oranjehaven, Englandvaarders Club London. scale salad. 1944. Britain, London

USA, harvested apples and pumpkins, birch tree in background

Students Glen Pywassay, Mose Wausakakomick, Jake Van Rossum Serving Food. 1949 - 1971. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Minneapolis Area Office. (1949 - 9/1999). Photographs

Add try ingredients, then knead with the hands into a smooth dough. December 29, 1952.

Group of teenage boys and teenage girls eating fast food

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Tel Aviv, Celebration of Independence Day. Stall where smoke comes from due to food preparation. January 1, 1964. Israel, Tel Aviv

Food vendor selling fresh pretzels - digital file from original photograph | Library of Congress

Madrid, 1970. Street food sales every Sunday at the Rastro.

Hand taking apples from ice display box

Romaine

Japanese women tending trays of mulberry leaves and silkworms.

Poll photo collection. Pariser Bilder the street life of Paris. Customers at a stall with oranges in the Rue Saint Honoré. 1965. France, Paris

Anefo photo collection. Lunch French guests Dutch BB. June 25, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Lunch Dutch South African Association. December 16, 1948

Greece, Saronic Islands, Spetses, Women Serving Traditional Meal For Feast Of The Spitted Lamb Held On Easter Day.

1930s WOMAN HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN BY STOVE LOOKING AT CAMERA MAKING BREAKFAST COFFEE USING GLASS SIPHON STYLE BREWING SYSTEM

Woman while washing cherries in the canning factory

The united bakery patterns showed a bakery company in operation.

Market stall in Mexico, Anonymous, 1919 photograph Mexico photographic support gelatin silver print stall, booth (~ market) Mexico

Close-up of a roasted turkey on a plate in front of a boy

Rich pastries on display in a Lebanese-Syrian restaurant in New York City. Many immigrants opened small businesses, including restaurants in their ethnic communities. Ca. 1910.

12/31/1962. The Gijón Coffee Bar.

Anefo photo collection. Radar on the "tabinta". The Captain Feast. April 25, 1948

Vintage photograph. Boy behind apple bobbing tank with apple in mouth

Vintage Photograph. Woman shopping cooler at supermarket.

Astor Market - Meat

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