Cake Shop Collection

Cake of St Paul's Cathedral, London (b/w photo)
8627085 Cake of St Paul's Cathedral, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cake of St Paul's Cathedral, London)

A 16th century baker's shop. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs
1000927 A 16th century baker's shop. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.; Private Collection.

George F Burton, cake maker (b/w photo)
8627079 George F Burton, cake maker (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George F Burton, cake maker)

Food and Beerage. Sieve removing the bran from the flour. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de
3434799 Food and Beerage. Sieve removing the bran from the flour. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Food and Beerage)

Food and Beverage. A bakery. (engraving)
3434798 Food and Beverage. A bakery. (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Food and Beverage. A bakery.); Photo © CCI.

Food and Beverage. Sectionplan of the Mills of Corbeil (Paris). Engraving in
3434796 Food and Beverage. Sectionplan of the Mills of Corbeil (Paris). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part)

Food and Beverage. Watermill in the 19th cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434795 Food and Beverage. Watermill in the 19th cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Food and Beverage)

Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434791 Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Profession Alphabet: Baker, beg of 20th century (illustration)
DUV4215293 Profession Alphabet: Baker, beg of 20th century (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unknown illustrator); Photo © Duvallon.

Duties to the neighbour: Justice and Charity. Engraving in " The unique book of morality and civic instruction
DUV4212774 Duties to the neighbour: Justice and Charity. Engraving in " The unique book of morality and civic instruction

headquarters of the Bakers Federation in France in 1866 (photo)
1802163 headquarters of the Bakers Federation in France in 1866 (photo); © Estate of Gerald Bloncourt. All Rights Reserved 2024.

Foto S.S. Java Arrow, Dry Dock, New York 1929
953836 Foto S.S. Java Arrow, Dry Dock, New York 1929 by Unknown photographer, (19th-20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

Letter P: Patissier - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216455 Letter P: Patissier - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220431 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter B: baker, boat, baionette, balloon, boat, air balloon. Unbreakable abecedary on canvas c.1900 (print)
DUV4216362 Letter B: baker, boat, baionette, balloon, boat, air balloon. Unbreakable abecedary on canvas c.1900 (print); 27x23.5 cm; (add.info.: Letter B: baker, boat, baionette, balloon, boat)

Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age
THT4429461 Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The art of making bread in the Stone Age.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023.

Biscuits in the middle age, c.1910 (print)
7293340 Biscuits in the middle age, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Food and beverage. The echaudes, biscuits in France in the Middle Age)

Franco-Canadian woman baking bread in an open-air oven, Quebec, French Canada circa 1900. Coloring engraving
NWI4883060 Franco-Canadian woman baking bread in an open-air oven, Quebec, French Canada circa 1900. Coloring engraving.; (add.info.: Franco-Canadian woman baking bread in an open-air oven, Quebec)

Bakery of the Roman Empire: Bakers at work in Ancient Rome. Colouring engraving of the 19th century
NWI4860777 Bakery of the Roman Empire: Bakers at work in Ancient Rome. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Bakery of the Roman Empire: Bakers at work in Ancient Rome)

Food delivery, c.1900 (print)
7293406 Food delivery, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: Food and beverage. A food delivery boy. Illustration, France, ca 1900.); Photo: © Archives Charmet.

A maid, c.1860 (print)
7293398 A maid, c.1860 (print); (add.info.: Society. Economy. Young maid shop for her employer, at the bakery shop. Imagery, Epinal, France, ca 1860.); Photo: © Archives Charmet.

Tunisia, Sfax: Arab Quarter. Tunisian by bicycle, bread dealer. Animated view, 1900
LUX4765928 Tunisia, Sfax: Arab Quarter. Tunisian by bicycle, bread dealer. Animated view, 1900; (add.info.: Tunisia, Sfax: Arab Quarter. Tunisian by bicycle, bread dealer)

Letter: M (pot). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920)
DUV4203820 Letter: M (pot). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920). Offered by "La Samaritaine de Nancy"

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205592 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter B Baker baking bread in his oven)

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205587 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Greens, the original Brighton Sponge Mixture, illustration from My Magazine (Arthur Mee), c.1920-30 (colour litho)
3551984 Greens, the original Brighton Sponge Mixture, illustration from My Magazine (Arthur Mee), c.1920-30 (colour litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: My Magazine (Arthur Mee) circa (1920-1930)).

Roman Empire: discovered an antique bread oven during an archeological excavation in the ruins of Pompei (Italy)
NWI4953139 Roman Empire: discovered an antique bread oven during an archeological excavation in the ruins of Pompei (Italy) in the 1880s

Bread manufacturing: Boland kneading - engraving of "La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux, 1880
PCT4257407 Bread manufacturing: Boland kneading - engraving of "La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux, 1880.; (add.info.: Bread manufacturing)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: a mitron in apron poses with its bread
LUX4774503 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: a mitron in apron poses with its bread and brush in the courtyard of a bakery, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Tunisia, Sfax: a Maghrebin couple and two bakers pose in front of an oven, 1900
LUX4789039 Tunisia, Sfax: a Maghrebin couple and two bakers pose in front of an oven, 1900; (add.info.: Tunisia, Sfax: a Maghrebin couple and two bakers pose in front of an oven)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Advertising photography of a baker with different breads, 1900
LUX4716541 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Advertising photography of a baker with different breads, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

The discovery of a bakery during an excavation in Pompeii
3740629 The discovery of a bakery during an excavation in Pompeii; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the discovery of a bakery during an excavation in Pompeii)

Un patissier, A pastry cook (colour engraving)
3434153 Un patissier, A pastry cook (colour engraving); (add.info.: Imagerie, France, vers 1830. Coll. part. Food and Beverage. A pastry cook. Imagery, France, ca 1830.); Photo © CCI.

Roman bakery (engraving)
8635721 Roman bakery (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman bakery. Illustration from Rom)

A farmers market
5616480 A farmers market; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a farmers market where customers could buy freshly baked bread. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1854); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Food in the Middle Ages: The Baker. Drawing by Jost Amman (1539-1591). Engraving 1878
JAB4121424 Food in the Middle Ages: The Baker. Drawing by Jost Amman (1539-1591). Engraving 1878; (add.info.: Food in the Middle Ages: The Baker. Drawing by Jost Amman (1539-1591)

France, A baker poses with two country bread and his brush, 1880
LUX4730503 France, A baker poses with two country bread and his brush, 1880; (add.info.: France, A baker poses with two country bread and his brush, 1880); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Greece, Chania, CR: bakery front with different breads: chopsticks, crowns and square bread - Numerous customers
LUX4764712 Greece, Chania, CR: bakery front with different breads: chopsticks, crowns and square bread - Numerous customers, scale and child with chechia

Letters A Farmer; B Boulanger; C Charron (makes carts and ploughs); D Distiller (brandies, liquors, perfumes)
DUV4211418 Letters A Farmer; B Boulanger; C Charron (makes carts and ploughs); D Distiller (brandies, liquors, perfumes). Engraving in "An instructive alphabet of arts and crafts"

Savoy Hotel, London: A batch of bread (b/w photo)
8634667 Savoy Hotel, London: A batch of bread (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A batch of bread)

Foto S.S. Algonquin, Clyde Steamship Co.,Schornstein
953823 Foto S.S. Algonquin, Clyde Steamship Co.,Schornstein by Unknown photographer, (19th-20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

Foto S.S. Java Arrow, Dry Dock, New York 1929
953837 Foto S.S. Java Arrow, Dry Dock, New York 1929 by Unknown photographer, (19th-20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

Bread cooking in a village, c.1904 (print)
7293285 Bread cooking in a village, c.1904 (print); (add.info.: Food and beverage. Bread cooking in a rustic oven. illustration by F. W. Voigt, Germany, ca 1904.); Photo: © Archives Charmet.

Middle Ages: York bakers, England around 1590. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4893103 Middle Ages: York bakers, England around 1590. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Middle Ages: York bakers, England around 1590)

Arab bakers in bread oven, Cairo, Egypt, 1880s. 19th century coloring engraving
NWI4881881 Arab bakers in bread oven, Cairo, Egypt, 1880s. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info.: Arab bakers in bread oven, Cairo, Egypt, 1880s)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Saint Jean district, medieval building with carved stone 18th
LUX4793601 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Saint Jean district, medieval building with carved stone 18th, 1907 - shops: bakery J Viret repair of umbrellas and umbrellas; (add.info.: France)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a mitron baker placed on the back of a bakery
LUX4760589 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a mitron baker placed on the back of a bakery, next to the bakery with bread mould and coal shovel, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a bakery goes on a tour in a hippomobile car, 1900
LUX4760544 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a bakery goes on a tour in a hippomobile car, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a bakery goes on a tour in a hippomobile car

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Step into a world of sweet indulgence at the charming cake shop. The aroma of freshly baked treats fills the air as the skilled baker tends to his oven, transporting us back to a bygone era captured in a chromo from 1900. This particular cake shop is nestled in the picturesque town of Honfleur, Normandy, France, where its patisserie shop window display entices passersby with tantalizing delights. Traveling further east to Vienna, Austria, we find ourselves at Cafe Central, where an exquisite cake display awaits our eager eyes. Central Europe's love affair with pastries is on full display here as each creation showcases the artistry and craftsmanship that defines Viennese desserts. In another corner of Vienna lies a pastry shop that captivates visitors with its delectable offerings. From creamy tortes to delicate petits fours, this cake display tempts even the most disciplined sweet tooth. Meanwhile, in Paris circa 1893, Rue du Four comes alive with bustling activity as customers flock to various shops including one dedicated solely to cakes. The vibrant watercolor on paper transports us back in time and gives us a glimpse into daily life during this period. As we explore different facets of baking history worldwide, we come across Pessa'h celebrations - Jewish Passover festivities complete with traditional unleavened cakes symbolizing freedom and renewal. Not all stories told within bakery walls are filled with sweetness though; some reveal darker tales such as "A terrible marital crime. " This color lithograph reminds us that even amidst confectionery bliss lurks human tragedy and turmoil. Shifting gears once more brings us to Richmond during the Civil War era when bread riots erupted due to scarcity and high prices. A lithograph captures this historical moment while reminding us how essential bakeries were for sustenance during challenging times. Delving deeper into history takes us back thousands of years ago when ancient Egyptians depicted scenes of bread making and baking on their walls.