People as vegetables: Weird old trade cards from the 1800s showing men & women literally made from veggies - Click Americana

Trade cards were common in the 1800s, and often showed offbeat images that existed to build brand buzz. Here's a strange set depicting people as vegetables.

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Trade Card Place Scrapbook - Vegetable People

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Colleen Zacharias – Winnipeg Free Press

Ancient Egyptian culture during the 18th Dynasty

People as vegetables: Weird old trade cards from the 1800s showing

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There's an appetite for 'veggie people

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