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One day, someone should open up a vegan history museum. Until then ...
2025
Earth Crisis "EARTH CRISIS" "FORGIVENESS DENIED" T-shirt, "bootleg", Indonesia (2025)
"EARTH CRISIS" T-shirt, "bootleg" (Indonesia, 2025)
2024
Manila Animal Rights March T-shirt (new), Philippines, 2024.There are different designs - this is the one with the pig. The back print says:
"
Animal liberation
is a movement of and by human animals for nonhuman animals.
Where animals are enslaved, ethically responsible humans
arguably have a duty to liberate them. Answering this call of
conscience and duty, animal rights/liberation groups have
sprouted throughout the world, with the ultimate objective of
freeing captive animals from systems of exploitation and
overcoming speciesist institutions and mindsets.
"
Card "flyer" by a Chinese vegetarian (or vegan) Buddhist group in the Philippines (2004)
Card "flyer" by a Chinese vegetarian (or vegan) Buddhist group in the Philippines (2004)
Paper napkins by a vegan coffee shop called FRNK in Manila, Philippines (2004)
More FRNK paraphernalia: plastic lids with shiney "EAT PLANTS - DRINK FRNK" stickers, FRNK paper coffee cup with lid, ...
... and the lid (all that remains) of a FRNK do(ugh)nut box
More FRNK paraphernalia: plastic lids with shiney "EAT PLANTS - DRINK FRNK" stickers, FRNK paper coffee cup with lid, ...
... and the lid (all that remains) of a FRNK do(ugh)nut box
Animal rights flyer in Tagalog by the group AKLAS (Aksyon Laban sa Spesismo), Manila, Philippines (2024)
DEVA "Vegan MULTIVITAMIN" tablets - these tablets are huge (2024), from the USA, purchased in Germany
N4S T-shirt, Manila, Philippines (2024)
"WILD vibes" T-shirt, Manila, Philippines (2024)
WILD is a vegan food truck and restaurant in Manila.
"MERZBOW" "ANIMAL LIBERATION" "UNTIL EVERY CAGE IS EMPTY" T-shirt (purchased in Germany, 2024)
2023
Paper napkins from the Vegetario food truck in Basel, Switzerland (2023)
Different "VEG 1" supplement containers - probably from around 2017, 2022, and 2023
"END SPECIESISM" T-shirt (Netherlands, 2023)
One of a kind "BUUTAN" T-shirt, Tacloban, Philippines (2023)
Buutan is a vegan restaurant in Tacloban.
2022
Around 2022
Classic remake of the original 90s (~1992) shirt by the band Earth Crisis from Syracuse, New York state (USA).
"Animal Liberation" Note that the background behind the "ANIMAL" print is not white but sparkly silver (glitter). I think, the original one was white, and I think, there are also current ones that are white.
"Unnecessary killing is unjust" "Don't let your outrage for injustice end where your selfishness begins"
2021
2021 vegan cookbook "MAKISAWSAW" from the Philippines (probably also printed in the Philippines). It includes many chefs/authors.
Around 2020
Bourgeois Boheme (also sometimes called BoBo) men's shoes (almost new), the name of which I do not know. I found these on ebay.Bourgeois Boheme is a 100% vegan shoe and fashion company from London, England, founded in 2005. The name comes from the French term. See the Wikipedia article and dictionary entries (la langue francaise, Merriam-Webster - note that this is different from the term "BOBO" in the Collins Dictionary) for more info. "Champagne socialists" reminds me of George Orwell's anti-vegetarian term "salon anarchists".
Original BoBo photos from the depths of the internet.
2014
2014 tes print of "VEGANISMUS" by Christian Koeder (printed in Great Britain)
2013
2013 copy of "Vegan for Her" by Virginia Messina (printed in USA)
2012
2012 copy of "Ab jetzt VEGAN!" cookbook by Gabriele Lendle and Ernst Walter Henrich, MD (printed in Germany)
2011
2011 copy of "Vegan for Life" by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina (printed in USA)
2011 copy of "The Everything Vegan Pregnancy Book" by Reed Mangels, PhD
"SEGUNDA SEM CARNE" "descubra novos sabores" T-shirt, Brazil (2011)
2010
2010 copy of "Virei vegetariano e agora?" (I went vegetarian and what now?) by Eric Slywitch, MD (printed in Brazil)
2010 copy of "TOFU. Vom skurrilen Kampf um ein unscheinbares Weltnahrungsmittel" by Bernd Drosihn (printed in Czech Republic)
"don't test on my friend" T-shirt by www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr from Croatia (2010)
DI EMME "one of a kind" samples for Vegetarian Shoes (made in Italy, purchased in England, 2010)
Vegan Society wallet, England, 2010
Bourgeois Boheme men's Oxford brogue shoes, England (2010)
Bourgeois Boheme men's vegan suede brogue shoes, England (2010)
Novacas, [low-quality] synthetic leather boots (probably made in Portugal, 2010)
Novacas shoes, synthetic leather (probably made in Portugal, 2010)
Novacas shoes, synthetic leather (probably made in Portugal, 2010)
Around 2010
Vegan T-shirt from Brazil "vegano" "pela abolição da escravidão animal" (probably Rio de Janeiro, around 2010)
2009
"LIBERTAÇÃO ANIMAL" sweatshirt by www.vegetarianismo.com.br (2009)
"VEGAN" T-shirts printed by an Argentinian screen printer and his project "Estampa y Ataka" (Santiago de Chile, 2009), located at the time in one of the first vegan café's and probably the first vegan store in Chile.
"vegan" "Welcome To Health" T-shirt, Santiago de Chile (2009)
"LIBERACION ANIMAL" T-shirt, Santiago de Chile (2009)
"VIDA VEGAN" "Ativismo Gastronômico Vegetariano" T-shirt, Brazil (probably Porto Alegre, 2009)
"Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira" T-shirt, Brazil (2009)
2008
2008 copy of "The Raw Revolution Diet" by Cherie Soria, Brenda Davis, and Vesanto Melina (printed in Canada)
Signed by Vesanto Melina at the International Vegetarian Union (IVU) congress in Dresden, Germany, 2008
2007
2007 copy of "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., MD (printed in USA)
"INDIAN VEGAN SOCIETY" "11th INTERNATIONAL VEGAN FESTIVAL" "MURDESHWAR, INDIA" T-shirt, India (2007)
2006
September 2006 copy of "vegan recipes" by Pogo Café, a vegan restaurant in Hackney, East London (England)
Original "made in England" men's office shoes by Vegetarian Shoes from Brighton, England: "Oxford Black" (new; size UK 8, that is size US 9).
A non-leather "leather sole":
Around 2006
Copy from around 2006: "The (all day) breakfast scoffer" recipe booklet by Ronny (printed in the UK, probably)
T-shirt by the Argentinian "vegan straight edge" band Nueva Etica (new ethic), named after the 1995 Earth Crisis song "New ethic". The two crossed hammers are derived from the logo of the New York (straight edge) hardcore band Judge, who originally stole this logo from the punk band Cockney Rejects (from London, England).
"Inquebrantable" "Warriors Crew"
Pogo Café hoodie, London, England (2005)
2005
2005 copy of "Feeding your vegan infant - with confidence" by Sandra Hood (printed in England)
2005 copy ("eleventh printing") of the 1999 classic cookbook "How it all vegan!" by Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer (printed in Canada)
"SECRET SOCIETY OF VEGANS" T-shirt, 2005
"POGO CAFE" "Delicious Vegan Food & Alternative Culture" T-Shirt, London (England, 2005)
"POGO CAFE" and "SECRET SOCIETY OF VEGANS" buttons, London, England (2005)
Around 2005
"THE ANIMALS NEED YOU!" and [cow] buttons (Germany, around 2005)
2004
2004 copy of "Help! My Child Stopped Eating Meat!" by Carol J. Adams (printed in USA)
2004 copy of "Food Allergy Survival Guide" by Vesanto Melina, Jo Stepaniak, and Dina Aronson (printed in USA)
2003
2003 copy of "Plant-Based Nutrition and Health" by Stephen Walsh, PhD (printed in England)
Cinema ticket for vegan actor Woody Harrelson's "raw food vegan environmentalist" documentary movie "Go Further" (Cineplex Odeon Granville, Vancouver [Canada], 3 May 2004)
2003 inofficial print out of "VITAL CREATIONS. An Organic Life Experience" by Chad Sarno (printed in USA, probably)
January 2003 (third edition) copy of "DOCUMENT: A STORY OF HOPE. A collection of vegan recipes and stories from the independent Dublin music scene" (printed in Ireland). This book is by various authors, edited by Lee Casey.
2002
2002 reprint (original from 2000) of "THE CAKE SCOFFER" by Ronny (printed in the UK, quite surely)
2002 copy of "The salad scoffer" by Ronny (printed in the UK, quite surely)
2002 copy of "A Vegan Taste of the Middle East" by Linda Majzlik (printed in England)
2001
2001 copy of "Die vegane Küche" (fourth edition) by Ingrid Newkirk/PeTA (printed in Germany)
2001 copy of "Das tierfreundliche Kochbuch. Hin zur Natur" by "Gabriele Stiftung" (printed in Germany)
2000
2000 copy of "Becoming Vegan" by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina (printed in USA - although not explicitly stated in the book)
Around 2000
This large vegan button from Finland is from around 2000 (no later than 2001). It says "käyn rehuilla", which means something like "I eat grass" or "I live on forage".
1999
1999 copy of "the new vegan" cookbook by Amanda Grant (printed in Great Britain - maybe Wales)
Plamil rice pudding tin (can) from 1999
"ANIMAL LIBERATION" "BY THE ALF" T-shirt, Germany (around 1998)
"SMASH THE KENTUCKY CHICKEN MURDERERS" button - purchased in London (England) in 1997
1998
1998 copy of "Easy Vegan Cooking" cookbook by Leah Leneman (printed in Great Britain [England])
Around 1998
"THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM YOU BEING VEGAN" sweatshirt, Germany (around 1998)
"ANIMAL LIBERATION" "BY THE ALF" T-shirt, Germany (around 1998)
1997
ALF button, London (England, 1997)
1997 copy of "Kochen und backen mit Tofu" (Cooking and baking with tofu) by Alexander Nabben (printed in Germany)
1997 copy of "Viva Vegan fix und knackig" vegan recipe book by Birgit Bartsch (printed in Germany)
Animal rights benefit cassette sampler of hardcore punk bands: "BENEFIZ-TAPE zugunsten kriminalisierter TierrechtlerInnen" (around 1998)
1996
1996 copy of "Vollwert-Eis selbstgemacht - ohne tierisches Eiweiß" by Nick Nossem (printed in Germany)
1996 copy of "Die leichte Tofu Küche" recipe booklet by Kerstin Fahrig (printed in Germany). Note: This is not a vegan cookbook, but an ovo-vegetarian one. However, it was purchased from Vegan Shop & Versand in Frankfurt, one of the earliest vegan retail stores and mailorders in Europe (and the world) - they started in 1994.
1989
1989 copy of "The Single Vegan" by Leah Leneman (printed in Great Britain [England])
1985
1985 copy of "Eva Batt's VEGAN COOKERY" by Eva Batt (printed in Great Britain [England])
1982
First Germany edition from 1982, "Soja total. Das vegetarische Kochbuch der Tennessee-Farm", of this 1975 coobook from the USA. The author is Louise Hagler and the original title is "The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook". Note: This cookbook is not 100% vegan as a few recipes contain honey.
1978
1978 (revised edition) copy of this 1975 cookbook "The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook". Edited by Louise Hagler. Note: This cookbook is not 100% vegan as a few recipes contain honey.
1948
"AIDS TO A VEGAN DIET for CHILDREN" by Kathleen V. Mayo (printed in England).
This may also be from 1951, but it seems more likely that it is from 1948. The address given in the booklet is: The Vegan Society, Rydal Lodge, Ambleside, Westmorland. This address is not found in the Spring and Autumn 1951 issues of The Vegan (it seems there were no Summer of Winter issues in 1951). However, you can see this address (Rydal Lodge) on the cover of all four 1948 issues of The Vegan (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter). The address is also found in all four 1949 issues and all three 1950 issues (there was no Winter issue, it seems) of The Vegan. Rydal Lodge was the address of G. Allan Henderson - that is, the Hendersons (G. Allan Henderson and Fay K. Henderson).
