Pure Henry Brown Amos & Ernest Bell – a very rare survivor – the only example we have seen in the past 40+ years of collecting these old AR related items. Ernest Bell Library item – League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports Badge – circa 1924 Brass & Blue Vitreous Enamel 25 mm wide … [Read more…]
A grim ‘pro-fur’ item in our Ernest Bell Library. A circa 1870/1880 advertising card. Corde Viridis – thank you so much for the translation – Paul Körner Fur trader Specialty: various skin carpets with or without naturalised heads. Humans are selling the skins of animals, and we are pretty certain that the animals didn’t all die of old … [Read more…]
Infant Industries – E. G. Lutz From – Life Magazine May 14, 1908. An item in our – Ernest Bell Library – please support us / help us to build & preserve our collection. Edwin George (E. G.) Lutz 1868-1946 Not much is known about E. G. Lutz’s life. Was he a plant eater? He … [Read more…]
The Ernest Bell Library’s 1964 copy of Animal Machines. What convinced you to change to vegan? A review of this book, Animal Machines by Ruth Harrison, pictured above, convinced the remarkable vegan pioneer Kathleen Jannaway. Quotes from a 2003 article by Harry Mather and Malcolm Horne, remembering Kathleen Jannaway – http://www.veganviews.org.uk/vv96/vv96jannaway.html In 1964, Kathleen read a review of … [Read more…]
An old postcard in our Ernest Bell Library. Subject: Vegetarian Hotel, Woodridge, N. Y. Publisher: A. S. Landis, Wurstboro, N. Y. Type: Linen Size: 3.5″ x 5.5″ (9 x 14 cm) Date: Undated – circa 1920 Every item in our collection has the power to tell / reveal ‘stories’! With this old postcard, it is ‘stories’ … [Read more…]
Some early examples of vegetarians cooperating – sharing ideas – sharing artwork – helping humans – helping animals. Artwork, metal badges & paper badges (perhaps they were intended to be pinned to garments, or inserted into holders), some of which are in our Ernest Bell Library, some of which are in other collections. The embedded links … [Read more…]