Assistant Collection (#5)

German Post Office
A rather formidable looking well-to-do lady demands service at a German post office. The manager looks displeased and his assistant wisely keeps his head down. Date: circa 1900

Couturier at Work 1927
An overweight couturier in a smoking jacket depicted in the throws of creating a fashion masterpiece. His assistant holds some fringing up against a model for his approval. Date: 1927

Selling a necklace
A jeweller shows a necklace to a potential lady customer 1933

Cartoon, Parisian woman out shopping, WW1
Cartoon showing an elegant Parisian woman in a very tall hat, out shopping for fabrics. She asks for a large amount of material for a new hat, in spite of wartime austerity. Date: 1917

A Dainty Purchase 1930
Both customer and shop assistant seem delighted by this dainty purchase Date: 1930

Shoemaker 1827
A shoe maker makes shoes by hand with the help of a boy assistant. Date: 1827

Industry / Rope 1827
A rope maker reels out newly made rope across his garden with the help of an assistant operating a wheel at the other end. Date: 1827

Edison / Lab / Electric Lite
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Working on electric light in his laboratory Date: 1880

Radio Project / Marconi
Marconi and his assistant supervise the positioning of the antenna aboard the ship Elettra during his 1930 project. Date: 1930

Merchant Checks Goods
A British merchant supervises a stock take of goods while his assistant jots down the details in a ledger with a quill pen. Date: 1827

Mrs. A. B Marshalls showroom for kichen furnishings 1887
Showroom at 32 Mortimer Street, Regent Street, London, with kitchen furniture and French Italian and American goods. Date: 1887

F Foster, Earlsfield Tobacco Stores, Wandsworth, SW London. Date: circa 1920s

F E Rush newsagent, Aybrook Street, Marylebone, London
Woman standing in the doorway of F E Rush newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner, 23 Aybrook Street, Marylebone, London. Date: circa 1930

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1905
Group photo, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1905: Back row: Marrison, Reynolds, Stewart, Jarvis, Brittleton, Crapper. Middle row: Davis (Assistant Trainer), Jameson, Layton, Ruddlesdin

Courtney Duckett antique shop, Crawford Street, London W
Courtney Duckett antique and curio shop, 109 and 110 Crawford Street, Baker Street, Marylebone, London W. circa 1910

R W Herriott, Greengrocer Fruiterer, Marine Parade, Brighton
R W Herriott, Greengrocer and Fruiterer, Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex. circa 1900

Staff of Fowlers, 56 Marylebone Lane, London
Staff of Fowlers fruiterer and florist, 56 Marylebone Lane, London, standing outside the shop. Date: circa 1905

Stationery, Bunt & Sons, Penzance, Cornwall
Stationery, Bunt & Sons, Alverton Street, Penzance, Cornwall, also St Mary s, Scilly Isles, with an advertisement for Miers Box Calf Finest Leather Boots. circa 1900

R T Parkins shop, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA, with Mr Parkin himself, the driver and a female assistant standing in the doorway, shortly before closing time. Date: 1909

The Snake Skin Shoes or the Temptation of Eve
The Snake-Skin Shoes, or, the Temptation of Eve by Pierrot. A young woman in a shoe shop is tempted by a pair of snake skin shoes presented by the somewhat saturnine looking sales assistant

Interior of The Big Curio Store, Tijuana, Mexico. Date: 1928

A Japanese sales assistant stands at a shop counter next to some ties. Date: 1932

Miss Ellen Bilbrough
Ellen Bilbrough, an assistant of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson, went to Canada to run the Marchmont House distribution home at Belleville, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Barnardos - Dame Margarets Home - Washington, Durham
Two women, perhaps the Matron and her assistant, at the gates of Dame Margarets Home, Washington, Durham, one of the homes run by Barnardo s

WW1 - British soldiers canteen
WW1 - A British soldier purchasing a toothbrush from a helper at a canteen. The toothbrush not for use, but "...only for kit inspection." Date: 1915

Philip Rose
Sir Philip Rose, 1st Baronet (1816 1883) was the son of William Rose, an Assistant Surgeon in the British Indian Army. Caption: Lord Beaconsfields friend. Date: 1881

Alupka (Vorontsov) Palace, Crimea, Ukraine
Courtyard of the Alupka (Vorontsov) Palace, Crimea, Ukraine (then in Russia). It was built between 1828 and 1848 as a summer residence for Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov

Royal tour: Prince Edward of Wales in Hamilton, Bermuda, 1931
Prince Edward of Wales (future Edward VIII) shown as he arrived in Hamilton, Bermuda, coming from the dock to the carriage, accompanied by F.G Roundthwaite, Superintendent of the Mid-Ocean Golf Club

Burmese delegation visiting LFB HQ
A Burmese parliamentary delegation visiting LFB Headquarters, 29 May 1957. Showing the LFB Assistant Chief Officer explaining the equipment in use in the Brigade to members of the delegation

Three women staff officers, London HQ, WW2
Three women staff officers in AFS London uniform, 10 November 1941. They were appointed to London headquarters to work in the recruitment and employment of women in the National Fire Service

Florist and food shop in Henley-on-Thames. A proud owner with his assistant stand outside the shop whilst at the side of the road his delivery service vehicle (!) stands at the ready

Brigadier-General J B Wroughton, CMG
BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. B. WROUGHTON, CMG. Assistant Adjutant-General to the Adjutant-General, British Armies in France. Captain Lester Howard Sacr鬠 Essex Regiment

F H Hodgkinson, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
F H Hodgkinson, Assistant District Commissioner, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa

J McLarnon, Norwood Scout Troop, South Africa
J McLarnon, Assistant Scoutmaster, Norwood Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa

H W Nicholas, 1st Rosebank Scout Troop, South Africa
H W Nicholas, Assistant Scoutmaster, 1st Rosebank Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa

H C Lawrence, Malvern Scout Troop
H C Lawrence, Assistant Scoutmaster, Malvern Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa

G Weeks, Assistant Scoutmaster, South Africa

G von Ahlefeldt, Pretoria Scout Troop, South Africa
G von Ahlefeldt, Assistant Scoutmaster, Pretoria Scout Troop, South Africa

C G Andreka, 3rd Krugersdorp Scout Troop, South Africa
C G Andreka, Assistant Scoutmaster, 3rd Krugersdorp Scout Troop, South Africa

B Mitchell, YMCA Scout Troop
B Mitchell, Assistant Scoutmaster, YMCA Scout Troop, South Africa

M Adendorff, Pretoria Scout Troop, South Africa
M Adendorff, Assistant Scoutmaster, Pretoria Scout Troop, South Africa

By George! by Nellie C. George, WW1 silhouette humour
The Customer: Have you got anything topical in the way of curtains? The Shop Assistant: Certainly Madam, Here is one of our new Kaiser curtains; all ready to hang

The Needless Question, predominance of khaki, WW1
The Customer: Will the colour run? The Assistant: Oh, no, Madam; its a khaki shade. A lovely reverse silhouette image from the First World War showing a woman at a drapery shop

APM inspecting men, Western Front, France, WW1
An APM (Assistant Provost Marshal) inspecting his men before going on duty, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

APM with mounted police, Western Front, France, WW1
An APM (Assistant Provost Marshal) giving orders to mounted police just behind the line on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Met Police centenary celebrations, Buckingham Palace
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) and senior police officers including Lord Byng (Commissioner of Police)

William Wallace, Soldier
WILLIAM WALLACE - Scottish soldier, formerly a hussar but no longer one. He doesn t look the belligerent type, anyway, and will do better as a drapers assistant. Date: circa 1821

Vincenzio T Amagni
VINCENZIO TAMAGNI known as VINCENZIO SI SAN GEMINIANO Italian artist, assistant of Raffaele Date: 1492 - 1530?

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