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Food Preparation Collection

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Two Mashona tribeswomen pounding maize and millet, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1936. Artist: Wide World Photos

Two Mashona tribeswomen pounding maize and millet, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1936. Artist: Wide World Photos
Two Mashona tribeswomen pounding maize and millet, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Teaching army cooks, Pratt Institute, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Teaching army cooks, Pratt Institute, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Teaching army cooks, Pratt Institute, 1917. Shows men at stove with large pots, woman at table with bowls during a cooking course at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still life, mid-to-late 17th century. Creator: Jan van Kessel II

Still life, mid-to-late 17th century. Creator: Jan van Kessel II
Still life, mid-to-late 17th century

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Mme. Ober, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Mme. Ober, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Mme. Ober, 1914. Shows American opera singer Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885-1971) in a kitchen. Arndt-Ober performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City between 1913 and 1917

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Cut melons, c1931. Creator: Frances Hodgkins

Cut melons, c1931. Creator: Frances Hodgkins
Cut melons, c1931

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Pestle and Mortar, Pitcher and Copper Cauldron, 1728. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin

Still Life with Pestle and Mortar, Pitcher and Copper Cauldron, 1728. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
Still Life with Pestle and Mortar, Pitcher and Copper Cauldron, 1728

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life With Cat and Fish, 1728. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin

Still Life With Cat and Fish, 1728. Creator: Jean-Simeon Chardin
Still Life With Cat and Fish, 1728

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Soldiers making stew at a prisoner of war camp at Do¨beritz (now Dallgow-Do¨beritz), Germany during World War I

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Woman teaching men how to cook for the U.S. Army at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast, between 1914 and 1918. German? butchers cutting up a sheep on the front lines, North Sea Coast, during World War I

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915

Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers seated on ground, with man at a camp fire in the foreground during World War I

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Men cooking bread in mobile ovens near Ypres, Belgium during World War I

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British at Etaples, Feb. 1915 (date created or published later). British soldiers at E´taples, France during World War I

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A horse-drawn German field kitchen at Compie`gne, France

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Men cooking on wagons for French soldiers during World War I

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Habitants de la Guyane Fabricant le Rocou, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Habitants de la Guyane Fabricant le Rocou, c1797
Costumes de Differents Pays, Habitants de la Guyane Fabricant le Rocou, c1797

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Kitchenmaid, c16th century. Creator: Pieter Pietersz. the elder

Kitchenmaid, c16th century. Creator: Pieter Pietersz. the elder
Kitchenmaid, c16th century

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Celery, 1865. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Still Life with Celery, 1865. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Celery, 1865. On the tabletop partly covered by a white cloth, there are three heads of celery, some parsley, several garlic bulbs, and various utensils including a knife

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Women in a Kitchen, late 18th century. Creator: Per Hillestrom

Women in a Kitchen, late 18th century. Creator: Per Hillestrom
Women in a Kitchen, late 18th century

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Young Boy Peeling a Pear, mid 19th century. Creator: Edouard Manet

Young Boy Peeling a Pear, mid 19th century. Creator: Edouard Manet
Young Boy Peeling a Pear, mid 19th century

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: A Cook in a Red Apron in the Inn at Vaugirard, 1862. Creator: Leon Bonvin

A Cook in a Red Apron in the Inn at Vaugirard, 1862. Creator: Leon Bonvin
A Cook in a Red Apron in the Inn at Vaugirard, 1862. A cook wearing a vermilion apron is chopping a large cabbage. Commonplace vegetables are strewn in front of her, including turnips, leeks

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Fish, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin

Still Life with Fish, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Fish, 1864

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Kitchen Still Life with a Carp and Shellfish, unknown date. Creator: Unknown

Kitchen Still Life with a Carp and Shellfish, unknown date. Creator: Unknown
Kitchen Still Life with a Carp and Shellfish, unknown date

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Preparing Raw Fish, 18th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro

Preparing Raw Fish, 18th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Preparing Raw Fish, 18th century

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Girl sitting on a stool, 1838-1899. Creator: Joseph de Groot

Girl sitting on a stool, 1838-1899. Creator: Joseph de Groot
Girl sitting on a stool, a coffee grinder on her lap. 1838-1899

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: First Cooking of the New Year, early 19th century. Creator: Katsura Mitsunaga

First Cooking of the New Year, early 19th century. Creator: Katsura Mitsunaga
First Cooking of the New Year, early 19th century

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Interior of a Cottage in Scheveningen, 1887. Creator: Willem Adriaan Alexander Liernur

Interior of a Cottage in Scheveningen, 1887. Creator: Willem Adriaan Alexander Liernur
Interior of a Cottage in Scheveningen, 1887

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Kitchen Scene, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the background, 1569. Creator: Unknown

Kitchen Scene, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the background, 1569. Creator: Unknown
Kitchen Scene, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the background, 1569

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: The Well-stocked Kitchen, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the Background, 1566

The Well-stocked Kitchen, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the Background, 1566. It is not the profusion of vegetables, fruit, meat

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: A Housewife in an inner Courtyard Cleaning Fish, 1639-1649. Creator: Hendrik Potuyl

A Housewife in an inner Courtyard Cleaning Fish, 1639-1649. Creator: Hendrik Potuyl
A Housewife in an inner Courtyard Cleaning Fish, 1639-1649

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Chickens and Eggs, 1640-1660. Creator: Giovanni Battista Recco

Still Life with Chickens and Eggs, 1640-1660. Creator: Giovanni Battista Recco
Still Life with Chickens and Eggs, 1640-1660

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life, 1666-1700. Creator: Georg Hainz

Still Life, 1666-1700. Creator: Georg Hainz
Still Life, 1666-1700

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Nautilus Cup, 1648-1688. Creator: Frans Sant-Acker

Still Life with Nautilus Cup, 1648-1688. Creator: Frans Sant-Acker
Still Life with Nautilus Cup, 1648-1688

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Butchering a Pig, 1648. Creator: Jan Victors

Butchering a Pig, 1648. Creator: Jan Victors
Butchering a Pig, 1648

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Peasant Interior, c.1830-c.1860. Creator: James de Rijk

Peasant Interior, c.1830-c.1860. Creator: James de Rijk
Peasant Interior, c.1830-c.1860

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still life, 1842. Creator: Elisabeth Iosetta Hoopstad

Still life, 1842. Creator: Elisabeth Iosetta Hoopstad
Still life, 1842

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with a Haddock and Gurnard, 1640-1662. Creator: Jan Vonck

Still Life with a Haddock and Gurnard, 1640-1662. Creator: Jan Vonck
Still Life with a Haddock and Gurnard, 1640-1662

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Fish and Fruit, 1652. Creator: Harmen Steenwijck

Still Life with Fish and Fruit, 1652. Creator: Harmen Steenwijck
Still Life with Fish and Fruit, 1652

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Earthenware Jar, Fish and Fruit, 1652. Creator: Harmen Steenwijck

Still Life with Earthenware Jar, Fish and Fruit, 1652. Creator: Harmen Steenwijck
Still Life with Earthenware Jar, Fish and Fruit, 1652. Other Title(s): Still Life with Earthenware Jar, Fish and Fruit

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Hare, Heron and other Birds, 1630-1652. Creator: Elias Vonck

Still Life with Hare, Heron and other Birds, 1630-1652. Creator: Elias Vonck
Still Life with Hare, Heron and other Birds, 1630-1652

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Dead Hare and Partridges, 1717. Creator: Dirk Valkenburg

Still Life with Dead Hare and Partridges, 1717. Creator: Dirk Valkenburg
Still Life with Dead Hare and Partridges, 1717

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Fish, Sea Food and Flowers, c.1612-c.1615. Creator: Clara Peeters

Still Life with Fish, Sea Food and Flowers, c.1612-c.1615. Creator: Clara Peeters
Still Life with Fish, Sea Food and Flowers, c.1612-c.1615

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Fish blubber, unknown date. Creator: Anon

Fish blubber, unknown date. Creator: Anon
Fish blubber, unknown date

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: The Housewife, 1800-1811. Creator: Abraham van Strij

The Housewife, 1800-1811. Creator: Abraham van Strij
The Housewife, 1800-1811

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: The Slaughtered Ox, 1635-1655. Creator: Abraham van den Hecken

The Slaughtered Ox, 1635-1655. Creator: Abraham van den Hecken
The Slaughtered Ox, 1635-1655

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and a Porcelain Bowl, 1660-1679. Creator: Abraham Mignon

Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and a Porcelain Bowl, 1660-1679. Creator: Abraham Mignon
Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and a Porcelain Bowl, 1660-1679

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Birds and Implements of the Hunt, 1684. Creator: William Gowe Ferguson

Still Life with Birds and Implements of the Hunt, 1684. Creator: William Gowe Ferguson
Still Life with Birds and Implements of the Hunt, 1684

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Fowl, 1658. Creator: Willem van Aelst

Still Life with Fowl, 1658. Creator: Willem van Aelst
Still Life with Fowl, 1658. Other Title(s): Still life with Poultry

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Fish, 1638. Creator: Willem Ormea

Still Life with Fish, 1638. Creator: Willem Ormea
Still Life with Fish, 1638

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still life with fish, c.1630-c.1659. Creator: Pieter de Putter

Still life with fish, c.1630-c.1659. Creator: Pieter de Putter
Still life with fish, c.1630-c.1659

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with a Fish, 1647. Creator: Pieter Claesz

Still Life with a Fish, 1647. Creator: Pieter Claesz
Still Life with a Fish, 1647

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Kitchen Scene, 1560-1565. Creator: Pieter Aertsen

Kitchen Scene, 1560-1565. Creator: Pieter Aertsen
Kitchen Scene, 1560-1565

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Still Life with Pig's Head, Pig's Knuckles and Sausage, 1600-1650. Creator: Monogrammist JVR

Still Life with Pig's Head, Pig's Knuckles and Sausage, 1600-1650. Creator: Monogrammist JVR
Still Life with Pig's Head, Pig's Knuckles and Sausage, 1600-1650

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Winnowing wheat, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Winnowing wheat, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Winnowing wheat, c1905. Tewa woman winnowing wheat in front of pueblo building

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Preparing salmon-Wishram, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Preparing salmon-Wishram, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Preparing salmon-Wishram, c1910. Tlakluit Indian woman, sitting on ground, placing salmon fillets on wood plank, woven reed mat in background, Washington State

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Cleaning wheat-San Juan, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Cleaning wheat-San Juan, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cleaning wheat-San Juan, c1905. Two Tewa people processing wheat outside pueblo structure, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Jerking meat-Flathead, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Jerking meat-Flathead, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Jerking meat-Flathead, c1910. Four Salish women sitting on ground preparing meat

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: The piki maker-Hopi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The piki maker-Hopi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The piki maker-Hopi, c1906. Hopi woman making bread inside pueblo

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Working with a flour millstone, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Working with a flour millstone, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Working with a flour millstone, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Universal Porcelain Range, Advertising From The Saturday Evening Post, ca 1920-1925

Universal Porcelain Range, Advertising From The Saturday Evening Post, ca 1920-1925. Private Collection

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Kitchen Advertising From The Saturday Evening Post, ca 1920-1925. Creator: Anonymous

Kitchen Advertising From The Saturday Evening Post, ca 1920-1925. Creator: Anonymous
Kitchen Advertising From The Saturday Evening Post, ca 1920-1925. Private Collection

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Westinghouse Electric Company, Advertising From The Saturday Evening Post, ca 1920-1925

Westinghouse Electric Company, Advertising From The Saturday Evening Post, ca 1920-1925. Private Collection

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Six Bladed Food Chopper, 1939. Creator: Thomas Dooley

Six Bladed Food Chopper, 1939. Creator: Thomas Dooley
Six Bladed Food Chopper, 1939

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Sausage Grinder, c. 1937. Creator: Edward L Loper

Sausage Grinder, c. 1937. Creator: Edward L Loper
Sausage Grinder, c. 1937

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Fruit Slicer, c. 1938. Creator: Edward L Loper

Fruit Slicer, c. 1938. Creator: Edward L Loper
Fruit Slicer, c. 1938

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Native American Woman in Camp with Racks of Drying Meat, 1880s-90s. Creator: Unknown

Native American Woman in Camp with Racks of Drying Meat, 1880s-90s. Creator: Unknown
Native American Woman in Camp with Racks of Drying Meat, 1880s-90s

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: A Kitchen, ca. 1643. Creator: Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh

A Kitchen, ca. 1643. Creator: Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh
A Kitchen, ca. 1643

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Butter churning, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Butter churning, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Butter churning, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Butchering a sheep on the Front Line, c. 1914-18

Butchering a sheep on the Front Line, c. 1914-18 (b/w photo)

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Aerated Bread Machine, 1866

Aerated Bread Machine, 1866

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: A woman grinding corn, c2650 BC (1936)

A woman grinding corn, c2650 BC (1936). Limestone statuette. Found in the collection of the Agyptisches Museum. Plate taken from The Art of Ancient Egypt, published by the Phaidon Press (Vienna, 1936)

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Village life, India, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Village life, India, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Village life, India, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Indian women grinding corn between two round stones, Delhi, India, 1900s. Artist: Rose Stereographs

Indian women grinding corn between two round stones, Delhi, India, 1900s. Artist: Rose Stereographs
Indian women grinding corn between two round stones, Delhi, India, 1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: The kitchen at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, 1867

The kitchen at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, 1867. From The Illustrated London News (28 December 1867)

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Reform Club. The Kitchen, c1841. Artist: William Radclyffe

Reform Club. The Kitchen, c1841. Artist: William Radclyffe
Reform Club. The Kitchen, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Background imageFood Preparation Collection: Women grinding at the mill, Palestine, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Women grinding at the mill, Palestine, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Women grinding at the mill, Palestine, 1900. Stereoscopic slide (detail). From a series called Travelling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope, by Jesse Hurlbut


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