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
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
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
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.
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
Based in London
Producer
The Pictorial Stationery Co., Ltd.
Collection
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.