Food Preservation Collection

Siebe and Harrisons patent ice-making machine, 1862. This machine was patented by James Harrison in Australia in 1859, and the design was then improved by Augustus Siebe & Co of London in 1861

Canning plant where peas are principal project, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee
Canning plant where peas are principal project, Milton-Freewater, Oregon. [Sign: Rogers Canning Co.]

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

Carting the Ice, 1861. Mr Charles ice-stores, Lindsey House, Chelsea, London. Print from The Illustrated London News, (1861)

Filling and soldering cans of food, France, c1870. Canning as a method of food preservation originated in the first half of the 19th century

Ha, Ha! You Must Learn to Love Me, 1873. Cartoon from Punch London 1873, telling the British public that they must learn to love canned meat from Australia

Nicolas Francois Appert (1749-1841), French chef and inventor, c1870. Appert devised a method of preserving food, first in glass bottles that had been sealed with wax and immersed in boiling water

General view of kitchen at Richie & McCalls Cannery, Houndsditch, London, 1852. From The Illustrated London News, 31 January 1852

Kitchen of a food cannery, c1870

Steam-powered ice elevator, Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. An elevator for raising blocks of ice from the river level into insulated storehouses where they would be stored for summer use

Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888. Artist: Amedee Forestier
Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888

Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river, Canada, using a steam-powered saw, 1894. In the background on the right are insulated sheds used to store the ice for use in the summer

Ice gathering on the Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. Horse-drawn cutters used to cut blocks of ice. In the background are insulated warehouses for storing ice for summer use

Storing ice in insulated sheds at Charless Ice Store, Chelsea, London, 1861. In cold weather the London poor collected ice for which they were paid between 12p and 70p per cart of 2 hundredweight

London ice carts, 1850. In cold weather the London poor collected ice for which they were paid between 12p and 70p per cart of 2 hundredweight, depending on the severity of the weather

Trade card for the Fairbank Canning Company, Chicago, Illinois, c1890. Advertisement for Lion Brand corned beef. In the background, cattle are entering an abattoir and canning factory

Trade card for tinned Frankfurters produced by Heinrich Bauer of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, c1895
Obverse of trade card for tinned Frankfurters produced by Heinrich Bauer of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, c1895

Refrigeration: sectional view of an ice house. It consists of a pit dug and lined with brick, which is a poor conductor of heat, and roofed with thatch for the same reason

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