[Display of home-canned food] (LOC)

Peas

Collard greens

Red peppers

Yellow summer squash

Pears

strawberries

look like figs

Cabbage?

beets

Radish maybe?

tomatoes

crab apples?

Possible Apple Butter or Applesauce?

Spinach?

Peas?

Potatoes

Yellow squash

More yellow squash

nope, these are just little beets.

stewed tomatoes, we used to have a bunch of jars of these at my grandparents' house.

"i'm falling.."

oh, wait, noway

probably chickpeas

livers n' gizzards.

aka lizards

pickled eggs! where I grew up, in Waterloo County, Ontario, you buy these from the Mennonite women at the market

Nice!!!

Beans! You want beans? Bean this!

exc

Apple chunks for pie

ÑAM!

super

Or eggs.

wood

[Display of home-canned food] (LOC) by The Library of Congress.

[Display of home-canned food]

[between 1941 and 1945]

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Current, corrected title devised by Library staff from information provided by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008.
Original title from FSA or OWI agency caption: Unidentified stacks of home-canned food.
Photo shows jars of yellow squash, peas, beets, and other vegatables. For notes identifying individual jars, see the copy of the photo in Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179131683/
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945
Home food processing
United States

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Comments

wannabesnapper says:

I wish food today came in glass cans!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Laurabelle says:

I don't have a garden to produce vegetables for canning, but I do can chicken stock or beef stock. Home canning is not as widespread as it used to be, but it's still common enough that my local large drugstore carries canning supplies.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

silkegb says:

Great collection!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

tutu.smith says:

My mom and dad used to stay up very late at night canning food from our garden. This was after a full days work. They used an old pressure cooker to seal the jars. The results were delicious.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Robert Rountree says:

This looks like a normal stack of preserves from my Georgia Grand parents basement shelves in the 1950's (but they had more Peaches and watermelon)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bf53490 says:

I see turnip Greens, beans, peeled and cut up potatoes, the red things look like canned radishes, but never heard of that before? I see beets, green shelled peas, also looks like peeled bellpepper. I guess the canned everything. Its much healthier and no salt to can. If you can obtain fresh veggies and you can freeze some of them, canning is great way to go.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

timberline131 says:

Mindful of the harvest from a Victory Garden I watched my mother work on in Forest Grove, OR, in 1944.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Bliss 55 says:

I still can my own jams and preserves. I also do pickles and relishes occasionally. I grew up watching and helping my mom can fruits and vegetables. My dad also canned, he did salsas and relishes.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

renquedochan says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Things / Cosas / Choses, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

SudsMuffinCanada says:

That's my kind of pantry.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

_Nia_ says:

Looks great!

I wish you could join and share Your wonderful photos in Home&Living!
www.flickr.com/groups/homeandliving/

Thank You!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Cryptiabydagmar says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The frugal kitchen (photo's & recipes), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

BigBean says:

Hi, this photo is being discussed in one of the projects in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

timlewisnm says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called In Jars, Pots and Bowls, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Graela says:

Cool Shot!

seen in In Jars, Pots and Bowls,
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

irishdragongreen says:

This reminds me of my mother we used to live way out in Vermont and she had a huge pantry of canned food she would do every year for the winter months fresh from our garden. Great pic !! SUper Memory
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

samira_fhq says:

nice shot..good idea
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

backfirecptn says:

great shot. i love the subject.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

cltan47 [deleted] says:

best shot
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

{shilpa} says:

lovely display
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

outheatregrad says:

Note the zinc lids, not anything you see being used in canning these days. love it.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

fotonato says:

Beautiful!!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

sombi says:

la alacena mas genial de l mundo.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

mikescottnz says:

We like your picture/art and this good cause and we would be delighted if you either join up with us or post your picture on our new group here on Flick : www.flickr.com/groups/gmo-free/ Home preserving or bottling is becoming a lost custom in NZ.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Nazmun Nahar says:

wonderful colors and beautiful shot!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

artland says:

wonderfulllllllllllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

SOF76 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called La belleza de lo simple, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Claggie says:

I love jars! This picture is great! Congrats on the Explore!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

j ï L j ï L says:

like the idea =)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

houdini127k says:

: )
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Multi_Colorido says:

Vi essa foto no meio das tantas outras dos meus grupos pessoais e também “Explorando” o que tem de bom acontecendo no mundo todo. Sua foto é muito bonita! Parabéns por ela!
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I have seen this picture among many others in my personal groups and also “Exploring” where there is something good happening around the world. Your photo is amazing! Congratulations on it!

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

topquark22 says:

This brings back memories. I remember jars like this in my grandparents' basement. We are of Mennonite heritage in Canada. I still make pickled eggs, and my mother still makes the spiced crabapples. My father's dill pickles are legendary. Thanks for posting this!

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Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lady bird johnson says:

yess... this is great.. i wish i could can things.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

ScreamingInSilence says:

why is everyone calling them cans...
they're jars ¬¬
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lady bird johnson says:

maybe because the process is called canning?? idk thats what everyone says when u are putting tomatoes in a jar to preserve them its canning.

im not sure so if i have anything wrong sorry :)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

ScreamingInSilence says:

maybe it's an american thing... presuming this is american ofcourse
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

lady bird johnson says:

yep.. its totally an american thing.. :)
**well using the word canning**
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

ScreamingInSilence says:

lol fair do's
we call it jarring i should think in ye olde england lol
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Only Four Terms Til I Retire says:

When I used to do this it was called "bottling", in Kilner jars. If bottling is called canning in America then that answers my question of how everyone soldered the cand shut and didn't poison themselves.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

mikescottnz says:

Bottling and/or preserving this process is called in NZ.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Only Four Terms Til I Retire says:

Mikescott, in the UK we use bottling for keeping food intact, as in these jars. Preserving is used for jams and chutneys. And then there's pickling, where you soak the food in brine for 3 0r 4 days and then pack it in vinegar.

The term preserving would work for all three methods, so I don't know why we split them up like this.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Momodoch says:

Awesome colour combo! Great!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Gujjama says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nation Of Domination. (We Rule The Universe), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

gourai-israel says:

super
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

WendyCrushin says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Your Preferred Picture, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

steph.A says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called EN MASSE, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Sussy.A.L. says:

This is a beautiful image!!
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Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

lilikx says:

This is a beautiful image!!
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Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Maureen Bond says:

this is a masterpiece in itself!
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Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

weathermanandsewer says:

@ royal broil-Would those be "green gages" (spelling?) in the jar in the middle at the top? They're a green plum-type of fruit. My mother used to can them. I think crab apples might be smaller than what's showing in the jar, but I could be wrong.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

gourai-israel says:

super image
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

WillJL says:

This is great. No doubt the world would be a better place if more people grew and canned their own foods.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

A Oficina do retalho says:

Hummm, mas que delícia...a foto é linda.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

ohairas says:

Sure wish my pantry looked like this!!!
FAB photo.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Mandakinnnns says:

haha! this TOTALLY reminds me of my grandma's house!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Vilseskogen says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Economic Botany, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Just Back says:

Tremendous photo. Such work!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

odete de paula says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Comer, Rezar & Amar (Eat, Pray & Love), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

pippijewelry says:

I've been canning all summer. Apricot jam, wild plum jam, blueberry jam, and I'm canning pears from my trees right now. :D
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Patrick Q says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Home Canning Jars, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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