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

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Title

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

Subject

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

Description

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

Creator

Sauber, Robert (1868-1936)

Source

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

Publisher

The Pictorial Stationery Co., Ltd.

Date

Published circa 1906-1909.

Format

JPEG

Language

en

Type

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

Identifier

ff5_hot_recto.jpg
ff5_hot_verso.jpg

Abstract

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.

References

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.

Provenance

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.

Rights Holder

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

Publisher Location Item Type Metadata

Location

Printed in Bavaria.

Based in London

Producer

The Pictorial Stationery Co., Ltd.

Files

ff5_hot_recto.jpg
ff5_hot_verso.jpg

Citation

Sauber, Robert (1868-1936), “Hot Potatoes, No. 5 from Familiar Figures of London Series,” Omeka 389, accessed October 3, 2024, https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/389/items/show/542.