Hot Potatoes, No. 5 from Familiar Figures of London Series

Hot Potatoes, No. 5 from Familiar Figures of London Series

Hot Potatoes, Street Vendor
London, England,
Victorian Period Food Vendors,
Victorian Period city life,
Picture Postcards 1900-1909
Lithograph Postcards

1 postcard recto and verso.
Man selling potatoes in a street vendor to another man, London, England

Sauber, Robert (1868-1936)

Originally created in 1898 within the “Familiar Figures of London” series of 12 lithographs prints by Robert Sauber.

The Pictorial Stationery Co., Ltd.

Published circa 1906-1909.

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Still image, picture postcard with divided back, 3.5 x 5.5 in

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From the Peacock "pictorette" Post Card Series, Figure 5 features a street vendor selling hot potatoes. They sold their food from mobile tin boxes that had a fire at the bottom to keep the potatoes hot. One account notes that these "baked taties" were "disabled tradesmen and laborers" (Paquat 110). Hot potatoes were sold seasonly during the colder months, from August to April. People would buy these to keep their hands warm.

For more examples of this series see: http://www.mystudios.com/artgallery/R/Robert-Sauber/The-Newsboy,-No.10-from-Familiar-Figures-of-London,-c.1901.html

and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase

For information on Street Sellers, Hot Potatoes see:
The Urge to Splurge: A Social History of Shopping by Laura Byrne Paquat. Published by ECW Press in 2003.

Original Collection passed from Gertrude Kinnear to her sister Luree Jobe to her daughter Eleanor Jobe, who left it to her niece Elizabeth A. Mealy who left it to her granddaughter Caitlin Mealy.

For rights and permissions, please contact Caitlin Mealy, catydids515@gmail.com.

Printed in Bavaria.

Based in London

The Pictorial Stationery Co., Ltd.