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Vanessa Kimbell is a time-served baker who specialises in gut health and trained in the art of sourdough bread in the Dordogne. A bestselling author, she holds a doctorate in Baking as Lifestyle Medicine and Preventative Health and is a member of BANT. Vanessa combines deep expertise in sourdough with unparalleled knowledge of the science of bread and digestion. At The Sourdough School, she teaches personalised artisan bread tailored to optimise gut health and genetics. Discover healthy bread recipes, tips, and techniques featuring sourdough fermentation, wholegrain benefits, and personalised baking advice—designed to inspire a slower, healthier approach to baking, eating, and sharing bread.

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The History of Bread in images over 500 Years

2 June 2024 by Dr Vanessa Kimbell

Bread Through the Ages: A library of Images

Historical bread images from The Sourdough School library showcasing bread's evolution and cultural significance
Visuals help us understand the symbolic importance of bread and its role in rituals and cultural identity. – The Library at The Sourdough School

Bread has always been more than food; it is woven into the very fabric of human history. At The Sourdough School, I curated an extensive gallery of historical bread images spanning over 500 years that help me understand the history of bread. These are some of the visuals here that I use to teach and they capture the evolution of bread, its cultural significance, and the connection to our health and well-being.

The extensive library has played a key part over the past two decades of forming the foundation for the design of the BALM Protocol.

Bread Through History

Historical bread images from The Sourdough School library showcasing bread's evolution and cultural significance
Visuals help us understand the symbolic importance of bread and its role in rituals and cultural identity. – The Library at The Sourdough School

Bread has always been more than just food; it is woven into the very fabric of human history. At The Sourdough School, I curated an extensive gallery of historical bread images spanning over 500 years. These are some of the visuals here that I use to teach and they capture the evolution of bread, its cultural significance, and the connection to our health and well-being.

The extensive library has played a key part over the past two decades of forming the foundation for the design of the BALM Protocol.

A Personal Connection to Bread’s Story

My fascination with bread history began early in my career. My first wages as a bakery apprentice were spent on an image of bread-making from a Brocante in Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Southwest France. This purchase sparked a lifelong curiosity about bread’s role in shaping agriculture, culture, and health. Over the years, I’ve collected images that highlight how bread has evolved in parallel with humanity, from ancient communal baking practices to the industrial processes that dominate today.

Why Bread History Matters to Health

The timeline of these images and understanding them were key in developing the BALM Framework. The images reveal how technological advancements, farming methods, and milling innovations have impacted bread’s nutritional value and digestibility. Viewing bread through an evolutionary lens offers critical insights into how traditional practices once aligned with nature, supporting health, and how industrialisation has shifted bread-making toward ultra-processed products that often harm our well-being.

  • Agricultural Impact: Changes in farming and milling influenced the diversity of grains and the quality of bread.
  • Cultural Identity: Bread was once deeply local, with regional grains and methods reflecting unique identities.
  • Health Implications: These images remind us of the lost connection between bread and nourishment, a connection The Sourdough School seeks to restore through our BALM Protocol.

It is important to Understanding Bread to look at The Timeline of Bread’s Evolution

These historical images offer a unique perspective on:

  • The Industrial Revolution: How mechanisation transformed baking.
  • Regional Bread Traditions: The diversity of grains and techniques that defined communities.
  • Social and Political Impact: Bread riots and their role in shaping history.
  • Health and Homogenisation: The shift from nourishing bread to ultra-processed foods.

Click on any image to enlarge it and immerse yourself in this journey. Please note: this gallery contains a vast collection and may take a moment to load.

1517 – oats – barley – lyon
1585 – harvest – fertile cresent
1588 – alfred – dividing the loaf – uk
1600 - Making bread - Morroco
1650 – law – corn – uk
1694 – bread – kneading – amsterdam
1724 – bread – france
1740 – Netherlands
1800 – Law – uk
1801 – Law – UK
1801 – Law – UK
1802 – Selling bread in Brittany - France
1813 – Baker – UK
1813 – Baker – UK
1815 – Corn laws – London
1840 – Botanical picture of wheat – UK
1842 – Corn law booklet – UK
1842 – Corn law  – UK
1842 – Corn laws - London
1842 – Corn laws repeal – UK
1843 – Corn law – Dublin
1844 – From harvest to loaf – Czech
1845 – Corn laws – London
1846 – Corn laws – UK
1846 – Baker and the corn laws - UK
1846 – Riot outside a boulangerie – Paris
1850 – Miling machine – UK
1852 – Corn laws – UK
1853 – Bakery – France
1854 – Bread riot in Exeter - UK
1857 – Flour mill – London
1858 – Bread making machine – London
1859 – Military bread making in Aldershot – UK
1859 – Harvest in Brittany – France
1860 – Boadicea – UK
1860 – Bread machine – UK
1860 – Bread making machine – UK
1860 – Gladiators – London
1860 – Miller & brewer – UK
1860 – New Year cake – UK
1863 – Kneading
1865 – Milling machinery – UK
1865 – Wheat – UK
1870 – Botanical picture of common blight
1870 – Harvest – UK
1871 – Christmas pudding – London
1871 – War in Paris
1872 – Children with bread
1872 – Kneading – UK
1872 – London mill fire – UK
1872 – War – UK
1875 – Fertile crescent – Syria
1876 – Christmas pudding – UK
1877 – Selling bread – UK
1879 – Baker – UK
1879 – Children with bread - UK
1879 – Bread during the Zulu war
1879 – Milling corn – UK
1880 – Reaping wheat - UK
1880 – Bread carrier – Paris
1881 – Baking – Greece
1881 – Milling machine – UK
1881 – Salt mines
1882 – Olive harvest
1883 – Miller's daughter – UK
1884 – Oranges – UK
1886 – Advertising Hovis – UK
1886 – Thatching – UK
1888 – Good bread booklet
1888 – Potatoes – Ireland
1889 – Christmas pudding – UK
1889 – Rye bread – Russia
1889 – Baking bread in Aldershot - UK
1890 – Hyde Park bakery plan – UK
1890 – Bread humour
1890 – Bread & soup – Switzerland
1890 – Pompeii bakery - UK
1891 – Harvest cleaners – UK
1892 – bread in war – Russia
1892 – The miller's daughter – UK
1893 – Christmas pudding - UK
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
1894 – Miller's daughter – UK
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
1899 – Labour law - UK
1900 – Bakery – USA
1900 – Selling bread - Cairo, Egypt
1900 – Selling bread - Poland
1900 - Selling bread - Poland
1900 – Harvest – Lincolnshire, UK
1900 – Harvesting - Monitoba, Canada
1900 – Harvesting - Monitoba, Canada
1900 – Pretzels - Germany
1900 – Salt – Carnac, France
1900 – Salt – Syracuse, New York
1900 – Salt – Syracuse, New York
1900 – Sourdough mining – Klondike
1901 – Baking bread- Mexcio
1901 – Baking bread- Mexcio
1901 – Baguette delivery – Paris
1901  – Selling bread in Cracow – Austria-Hungary
1902 – Botanical picture of barley – UK
1902 – Botanical picture of rye , oats, corn, barley, wheat – UK
1902 – Heritage wheat – UK
1902 – Wheat, Oats, Durum, Spelt, Emmer - UK
1902 – Wheat, Oats, Durum, Spelt, Emmer - UK
1903 – Burning mill
1903 – Selling bread – China
1904  – Salt mine - Salzbergwerk, Germany
1904 – St Lucia bread
1904 – Threshing machine - Japan
1904 – Threshing machine - Japan
1905 – Oranges – France
1905 – Wheat harvest - New South Wales
1909 – War – Roumania
1910 – Harvest Cleaners
1914 – Military bread – France
1914 – Rye bread – Russia
1915 – War bread – UK
1917 – Bread rationing – UK
1917 – Military
1917 – Rationing during the war – UK
1919 – Bread – USA
1919 – Famine during Russian war
1919 – Fleischmanns yeast – USA
1919 – Fleischmanns yeast – USA
1920 – 3300bc Eqyptian bread - Egypt
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
1920 – Heritage wheat – Emmer, Rivet, Durum – UK
1920 – Sandwich ideas
1920 – Walnuts – California
1922 – Hot cross buns – USA
1922 – Nun with bread - France
1923 – Scientist - USA
1924 – Woman with bread – USA
1929 – Wheat – USA
1930 – Indianapolis bakery – USA
1930 – Wiltshire harvest – UK
1931 – Wheat harvest – USA
1932 – The bread line – UK
1933 – Mixing – USA
1935 – Woman with bread
1935 – Bread scientist – USA
1936 – Pittsburgh bread bakery – USA
1936 – French fishermen with bread – France
1936 – bread making – Sardinia
1936 – Kneading dough
1937 – London bread competition – UK
1937 – Mixing – USA
1939 – Mixing – USA
1939 – Proving – USA
1940 – Bread cards during the war – France
1940 – Bread during Russian war
1940 – Bread during the war – France
1942 – Military bread - UK
1942 – Military bread - USA
1942 – Wheat harvest – Canada
1943 – Bread scientists – USA
1943 – Bread saw – USA
1946 – Boy with bread – Poland
1947 - War rationing – London
1948 – Baking – China
1948 – Transporting bread – Russia
1948 - yeast and ale – Cornwall
1949 – Bread baker – Quebec, Canada
1949 – Bread competition – London
1950 – Shaping – Paris
1951 – Girl with bread on the Old Kent Road - London
1952 – Bread and Cheese Lane in Hoddeson – Herts, UK
1953 – Girl with bread
1953  – Dough – Virginia, USA
1954 – Flour – Virginia, USA
1956 - Children with bread – Egypt
1956 – Bread – Germany
1958 – Bread on a bicycle – France
1958  – Pretzels – Reading, PA
1959 – Bread judging
1960 – Sunblest – Chorley Wood, UK
1962 – Bread competition – Germany
1962 – Mixing – USA
1965 – Early bread making - Egypt
1970 – Paris strike
1974 – London bakers pay - UK
1974 - New York City strike – USA
1979 – Louis Pasteur – USA
1980 – Alabama bakery – USA
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years

A Celebration of Bread’s Diversity

Bread has always been central to human survival and culture. Yet today, we face the homogenisation of bread, where unique grains and traditions have been replaced by mass-produced loaves. These images remind us of bread’s complexity and diversity, urging us to return to its roots.

The nuances captured in these images—art, techniques, and knowledge passed through generations—provide a richer understanding of bread’s heritage. By exploring this gallery, we celebrate bread’s role in agriculture, health, and culture.

Looking Back to Move Forward

Understanding bread’s past helps us navigate its future. These images allow us to reconnect with traditional bread-making practices that honour health, sustainability, and diversity. Whether you are a baker, historian, or health advocate, this gallery offers an invaluable resource for understanding bread’s evolution and its profound impact on our lives.

A Personal Connection to Bread’s Story

My fascination with bread history began early in my career. My first wages as a bakery apprentice were spent on an image of bread-making from a Brocante in Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Southwest France. This purchase sparked a lifelong curiosity about bread’s role in shaping agriculture, culture, and health. Over the years, I’ve collected images that highlight how bread has evolved in parallel with humanity, from ancient communal baking practices to the industrial processes that dominate today.

Why Bread History Matters to Health

The timeline of these images reveals how technological advancements, farming methods, and milling innovations have impacted bread’s nutritional value and digestibility. Viewing bread through an evolutionary lens offers critical insights into how traditional practices once aligned with nature, supporting health, and how industrialisation has shifted bread-making toward ultra-processed products that often harm our well-being.

  • Agricultural Impact: Changes in farming and milling influenced the diversity of grains and the quality of bread.
  • Cultural Identity: Bread was once deeply local, with regional grains and methods reflecting unique identities.
  • Health Implications: These images remind us of the lost connection between bread and nourishment, a connection The Sourdough School seeks to restore through our BALM Protocol.

It is important to Understanding Bread to look at The Timeline of Bread’s Evolution

These historical images offer a unique perspective on:

  • The Industrial Revolution: How mechanisation transformed baking.
  • Regional Bread Traditions: The diversity of grains and techniques that defined communities.
  • Social and Political Impact: Bread riots and their role in shaping history.
  • Health and Homogenisation: The shift from nourishing bread to ultra-processed foods.

Click on any image to enlarge it and immerse yourself in this journey. Please note: this gallery contains a vast collection and may take a moment to load.

1517 – oats – barley – lyon
1585 – harvest – fertile cresent
1588 – alfred – dividing the loaf – uk
1600 - Making bread - Morroco
1650 – law – corn – uk
1694 – bread – kneading – amsterdam
1724 – bread – france
1740 – Netherlands
1800 – Law – uk
1801 – Law – UK
1801 – Law – UK
1802 – Selling bread in Brittany - France
1813 – Baker – UK
1813 – Baker – UK
1815 – Corn laws – London
1840 – Botanical picture of wheat – UK
1842 – Corn law booklet – UK
1842 – Corn law  – UK
1842 – Corn laws - London
1842 – Corn laws repeal – UK
1843 – Corn law – Dublin
1844 – From harvest to loaf – Czech
1845 – Corn laws – London
1846 – Corn laws – UK
1846 – Baker and the corn laws - UK
1846 – Riot outside a boulangerie – Paris
1850 – Miling machine – UK
1852 – Corn laws – UK
1853 – Bakery – France
1854 – Bread riot in Exeter - UK
1857 – Flour mill – London
1858 – Bread making machine – London
1859 – Military bread making in Aldershot – UK
1859 – Harvest in Brittany – France
1860 – Boadicea – UK
1860 – Bread machine – UK
1860 – Bread making machine – UK
1860 – Gladiators – London
1860 – Miller & brewer – UK
1860 – New Year cake – UK
1863 – Kneading
1865 – Milling machinery – UK
1865 – Wheat – UK
1870 – Botanical picture of common blight
1870 – Harvest – UK
1871 – Christmas pudding – London
1871 – War in Paris
1872 – Children with bread
1872 – Kneading – UK
1872 – London mill fire – UK
1872 – War – UK
1875 – Fertile crescent – Syria
1876 – Christmas pudding – UK
1877 – Selling bread – UK
1879 – Baker – UK
1879 – Children with bread - UK
1879 – Bread during the Zulu war
1879 – Milling corn – UK
1880 – Reaping wheat - UK
1880 – Bread carrier – Paris
1881 – Baking – Greece
1881 – Milling machine – UK
1881 – Salt mines
1882 – Olive harvest
1883 – Miller's daughter – UK
1884 – Oranges – UK
1886 – Advertising Hovis – UK
1886 – Thatching – UK
1888 – Good bread booklet
1888 – Potatoes – Ireland
1889 – Christmas pudding – UK
1889 – Rye bread – Russia
1889 – Baking bread in Aldershot - UK
1890 – Hyde Park bakery plan – UK
1890 – Bread humour
1890 – Bread & soup – Switzerland
1890 – Pompeii bakery - UK
1891 – Harvest cleaners – UK
1892 – bread in war – Russia
1892 – The miller's daughter – UK
1893 – Christmas pudding - UK
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
1894 – Miller's daughter – UK
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
1899 – Labour law - UK
1900 – Bakery – USA
1900 – Selling bread - Cairo, Egypt
1900 – Selling bread - Poland
1900 - Selling bread - Poland
1900 – Harvest – Lincolnshire, UK
1900 – Harvesting - Monitoba, Canada
1900 – Harvesting - Monitoba, Canada
1900 – Pretzels - Germany
1900 – Salt – Carnac, France
1900 – Salt – Syracuse, New York
1900 – Salt – Syracuse, New York
1900 – Sourdough mining – Klondike
1901 – Baking bread- Mexcio
1901 – Baking bread- Mexcio
1901 – Baguette delivery – Paris
1901  – Selling bread in Cracow – Austria-Hungary
1902 – Botanical picture of barley – UK
1902 – Botanical picture of rye , oats, corn, barley, wheat – UK
1902 – Heritage wheat – UK
1902 – Wheat, Oats, Durum, Spelt, Emmer - UK
1902 – Wheat, Oats, Durum, Spelt, Emmer - UK
1903 – Burning mill
1903 – Selling bread – China
1904  – Salt mine - Salzbergwerk, Germany
1904 – St Lucia bread
1904 – Threshing machine - Japan
1904 – Threshing machine - Japan
1905 – Oranges – France
1905 – Wheat harvest - New South Wales
1909 – War – Roumania
1910 – Harvest Cleaners
1914 – Military bread – France
1914 – Rye bread – Russia
1915 – War bread – UK
1917 – Bread rationing – UK
1917 – Military
1917 – Rationing during the war – UK
1919 – Bread – USA
1919 – Famine during Russian war
1919 – Fleischmanns yeast – USA
1919 – Fleischmanns yeast – USA
1920 – 3300bc Eqyptian bread - Egypt
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years
1920 – Heritage wheat – Emmer, Rivet, Durum – UK
1920 – Sandwich ideas
1920 – Walnuts – California
1922 – Hot cross buns – USA
1922 – Nun with bread - France
1923 – Scientist - USA
1924 – Woman with bread – USA
1929 – Wheat – USA
1930 – Indianapolis bakery – USA
1930 – Wiltshire harvest – UK
1931 – Wheat harvest – USA
1932 – The bread line – UK
1933 – Mixing – USA
1935 – Woman with bread
1935 – Bread scientist – USA
1936 – Pittsburgh bread bakery – USA
1936 – French fishermen with bread – France
1936 – bread making – Sardinia
1936 – Kneading dough
1937 – London bread competition – UK
1937 – Mixing – USA
1939 – Mixing – USA
1939 – Proving – USA
1940 – Bread cards during the war – France
1940 – Bread during Russian war
1940 – Bread during the war – France
1942 – Military bread - UK
1942 – Military bread - USA
1942 – Wheat harvest – Canada
1943 – Bread scientists – USA
1943 – Bread saw – USA
1946 – Boy with bread – Poland
1947 - War rationing – London
1948 – Baking – China
1948 – Transporting bread – Russia
1948 - yeast and ale – Cornwall
1949 – Bread baker – Quebec, Canada
1949 – Bread competition – London
1950 – Shaping – Paris
1951 – Girl with bread on the Old Kent Road - London
1952 – Bread and Cheese Lane in Hoddeson – Herts, UK
1953 – Girl with bread
1953  – Dough – Virginia, USA
1954 – Flour – Virginia, USA
1956 - Children with bread – Egypt
1956 – Bread – Germany
1958 – Bread on a bicycle – France
1958  – Pretzels – Reading, PA
1959 – Bread judging
1960 – Sunblest – Chorley Wood, UK
1962 – Bread competition – Germany
1962 – Mixing – USA
1965 – Early bread making - Egypt
1970 – Paris strike
1974 – London bakers pay - UK
1974 - New York City strike – USA
1979 – Louis Pasteur – USA
1980 – Alabama bakery – USA
The History of Bread in images over 500 Years

A Celebration of Bread’s Diversity

Bread has always been central to human survival and culture. Yet today, we face the homogenisation of bread, where unique grains and traditions have been replaced by mass-produced loaves. These images remind us of bread’s complexity and diversity, urging us to return to its roots.

The nuances captured in these images—art, techniques, and knowledge passed through generations—provide a richer understanding of bread’s heritage. By exploring this gallery, we celebrate bread’s role in agriculture, health, and culture.

Looking Back to Move Forward

Understanding bread’s past helps us navigate its future. These images allow us to reconnect with traditional bread-making practices that honour health, sustainability, and diversity. Whether you are a baker, historian, or health advocate, this gallery offers an invaluable resource for understanding bread’s evolution and its profound impact on our lives.

All reasonable care is taken when writing about health aspects of bread, but the information it contains is not intended to take the place of treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. You must seek professional advice if you are in any doubt about any medical condition. Any application of the ideas and information contained on this website is at the reader's sole discretion and risk.

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Dr. Vanessa Kimbell is a leading expert in nutrition and the digestibility of bread. Her doctorate focuses on Baking as Lifestyle Medicine and preventative health, specialising in personalising bread for gut health and genetics. She is the Course Director at The Sourdough School, a world-renowned centre of research and education in bread, the gut microbiome, and the impact of bread on health, based in Northamptonshire. She is currently writing her 6th book and is a best-selling international author.

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One of the biggest issues around using a plastic lame to score sourdough, of course, is that eventually the blade will become blunt and the lame could end up in landfill.  So several years ago I talked to my dear friend EJ about developing a lame with a replaceable blade. And he came up with this very beautiful hand carved wooden lame.

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The current food system is broken at multiple levels, from the pesticides used in our soils to the emulsifiers and additives adulterating industrially-processed foods. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the bread we eat.  The figures reported by the UK Flour Millers say that bread is bought by a staggering “99.8% of British households” and that “the equivalent of nearly 11 million loaves are sold each day. Approximately 60-70% of the bread we eat is white and sandwiches are thought to account for 50% of overall bread consumption. Average bread purchases are the equivalent of 60.3 loaves per person per year.” 

Most bread sold is made by modern processing methods that strip heart-healthy whole grains of their nutrient contents, resulting in low-fibre bread with a high glycemic index. Over time, white processed bread can increase a person’s risk of insulin resistance alongside other lifestyle diseases.

We’re on a mission to revolutionise the bread making process at every level – from soil to slice. The rules governing this are laid out in our Baking As Lifestyle Medicine protocol. 

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