Cocoa Collection

Horse drawn vehicles and barrows in Borough High Street, London, 1904
Horse drawn vehicles, barrows and shop fronts, 309-317 Borough High Street, London, 1904. Men and boys wait with barrows and horse-drawn carts

V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais - tu nous embetes avec to coco, nous n'en voulons plus'. Woman: Get your hot cocoa!'

Cacao, 1783. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cacao, 1783. Theobroma cacao; cocoa fruit, leaf and fruit with broken skin so that the cocoa beans are visible

A Bocan, or Cocoa-Drying House in Granada, 1857. Creator: Percy
A Bocan, or Cocoa-Drying House in Granada, 1857....building used for...drying and preparing the coffee and cocoa...[It] has a platform or terrace extending its whole length on that side most exposed

View on a Cocoa Plantation in the Island of Granada, 1857. Creator: Unknown
View on a Cocoa Plantation in the Island of Granada, 1857....a very flourishing estate in the Island of Granada...situated on the side of a lofty mountain, in the parish of St, John

'Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

'Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
'Fry's Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

'Cadbury's Cocoa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
'Cadbury's Cocoa, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Cadbury's Cocoa, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Cadbury's Cocoa, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

'Cadbury's Cocoa, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Cadbury's Cocoa, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Chocolate mill, 1886. Illustration from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, by Charles Tomlinson, Volume I, (Jamess Virtue, London, 1886)

Frys Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Frys Pure Concentrated Cocoa, 1890

Cadburys Cocoa, Strength and Staying Power, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Cadburys Cocoa, Strength and Staying Power, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Drink Cadburys Cocoa, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Drink Cadburys Cocoa, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

The Eccentric Growth of Cocoa Pods, Dominica, British West Indies, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The Eccentric Growth of Cocoa Pods, Dominica, B.W.I. c1930s. Dominica was once a major producer of cocoa beans, trees grew abundantly in the tropical climate and cocoa was a huge industry

Sir H. Sloane, (1660-1753), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sir H. Sloane, (1660-1753), 1830. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) Irish physician, naturalist and collector whose donations founded the British Museum

Cocoa Fresh from the Pods, Dominica, B. W. I. 1893. Creator: Keystone View Company
Cocoa Fresh from the Pods, Dominica, B.W.I. 1893. Cocoa harvest in Dominica, formerly a part of the British West Indies. Stereocard by Keystone View Company

Drying Cacao, Trinidad, B. W. I. early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Drying Cacao, Trinidad, B.W.I. (British West Indies), early 20th century. Cacao, or cocoa, has contributed to the socio-economic development of Trinidad and Tobago for over 200 years

Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad, early 20th century. Workers processing cocoa beans. Cacao, or cocoa, has contributed to the socio-economic development of Trinidad and Tobago for over 200 years

Gathering Cocoa, Trinidad, B. W. I. early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Gathering Cocoa, Trinidad, B.W.I. (British West Indies), early 20th century. Workers with a pile of cocoa beans on a plantation during the colonial period

Cocoa in full bearing, Trinidad and Tobago, c1914. Creator: Unknown
Cocoa in full bearing, Trinidad and Tobago, c1914. Indo-Trinidadian man and small boy, the man has a machete for cutting down the cocoa pods

The Polar Partys Sledging Ration (Pemmican, biscuits, butter, cocoa, sugar and tea), 1911, (1913). Sledging ration for one man for one day

How the boys appreciate it!, 1940. From I m A Firegirl, booklet on the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), in Tucks Better Little Book series

Collection of cocoa in the month of December, engraving of 1890

Native spreading cocoa beans to dry at sun, drawing, 1914

Native picking up cocoa capsules, drawing, 1914

Native picking up berries of the cocoa tree, drawing 1914

Opening cocoa pods, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, c1900s. Artist: Strong
Opening cocoa pods, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, c1900s. Published by Davidson & Todd Ltd (Trinidad). (Colorised black and white print)

Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Cocoa production in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Posters, c1916. Artist: F Gregory Brown
Posters, c1916. From The Studio Volume 80. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1920]

Advertisement for Cadburys Cocoa, 1890. A print from The Graphic, 5 July 1890

Advertising page from the Yuletide, Christmas annual, 1887

Drying cocoa, Trinidad, c1900s

The Prospector, 1908-1909. Artist: Jan Hendrik Scheltema
The Prospector, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1908-1909)

Cocoa tree, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Cocoa tree, Jamaica, c1905. Cocoa or cacao tree with pods from which chocolate is made. Illustration from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (England, c1905)

The chocolate nut tree, 1886. Pod of the Cacao tree, from which cocoa and chocolate are made. Illustration from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining

Collecting cocoa, Venezuela, 1892. From Cocoa: All About It by Historicus. (London, 1892)

Production of cocoa, 16th century. A cocoa bush shaded by a larger type of tree and cocoa beans lying in the sun to dry. In the left foreground a native is making a fire by means of the blister method

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