Assistant Collection (page 7)

Edwin C Burts fine shoes. New York
Edwin C. Burts fine shoes. New York. Date c1874

A Slippery Customer by W. S. Hutton 1927
Young woman being very indecisive on what shoes to buy, while the shop assistant is on her hands and knees exhausted. Date: 1927

Scouting and Sea Scout leaders, London

Woman trying on a Beautiful Pair of shoes
A Beautiful Pair. Woman trying on a Beautiful Pair of shoes in a shoeshop with a shop assistant Date: 1871

Royal wedding 1893 - buying trousseau materials
Buying materials for the wedding trousseau of Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953) for her marriage to George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936)

Romania - Bakers Assistant
A studio photograph of young Bakers Assistant with a basket of breads and pastries balanced on his head Date: 1903

Measuring coffee
Two girls measure coffee at the Dutch Coffee Shop, Landskrona, Sweden 1910. Date: 1910

Dry Cleaning
A young woman leaves a garment with a helpful shop assistant with a bouffant hairdo, behind the counter of a dry cleaning shop. Date: 1960s

Cat in Hat Shop
A doggy shop assistant helping a catty customer to select a new bonnet. Date: early 1930s

Studying Liquid Flow
Scientific Assistant G. Dimmick, studying liquid flow down surfaces, in connection with the S.G.H.W. reactor programme, Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment. Date: 1960s

Scenes in a dress shop
Scenes in an elegant dress shop, with assistants showing various items of clothing to their clients. 1924

Two ladies in outfits by Bernard. On the left, a dress in white crepe de chine with a frill at the hem. On the right, a three-piece outfit in pale pink crepe with red and silver geometrical designs

Admiral Eduard von Capelle, German naval officer
Admiral (formerly Captain) Eduard von Capelle (1855-1931), German naval officer, assistant to Admiral von Tirpitz whom he succeeded in 1916. Date: early 20th century

South Arabian Boy Scouts Association AGM
Officials standing to speak on the panel of the Annual General Meeting of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. Left to right are Rao Sahib Muthaua M.B.E

Lief Akerlof & Beaver Scouts
Lief Akerlof, assistants & beaver scouts. circa 1980s

Putting on a corset - with assistance
A lady requires some assistance in the tightening of the laces of her corset. The rather caustic caption reads: " Reducing the Surplus" !! Date: circa 1905

Knife-Thrower Assistant
The knife-throwers assistant Date: 1928

Buying Gloves / 1895
A shop assistant flirts with a lady who has come in to buy gloves Date: 1895

Sales assistants outside a dress shop
A group of well-presented young women - presumably sales assistants - stand in front of the windows of a dressmakers and outfitters shop

Cairo, Egypt - Sweet seller
A sweet seller in Cairo, Egypt. He uses a small set of hand scales to measure out a quantity of some delectable confectionary

Seller of little chickens
A Bohemian Gypsy lady chicken seller, specialising in little chickens. Pictures with her young male assistant

Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, watches his assistant practising an acrobatic trick handstand on a chair surrounded by dumbells

Turkish Wrestler (3 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, throwing knives. One knife is painted on the backdrop is if in mid-air! A series of cards (3 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

Newsagent & Much More - Oxford
Sawyers Newsagent, Stationer, Confectioner and Tobacconist in Oxford. A magnificent photographic postcard showing a General Store on an Oxford street selling pretty much anything you can imagine

Magician Mr Philippe, the Chinese Physicis
Undated print of lithograph of magician Mr Philippe, the " Chinese Physicist" (Physicien Chinois) with Scottish assistant, Domingo, behind him. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxi)"

Eleanor Lansing Thomas, social secretary to US Secretary of
Eleanor Lansing Thomas, social secretary to Mr John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State in 1954 pictured going through press cuttings

Izmir, Turkey - Travelling ironmonger
A travelling itinerant ironmonger with his young assistant and some of his wares at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Prince Leopold, 1872
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) photographed in 1872. Leopold was the fourth son and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Prince Leopolds engagement
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria

Robert E. Peary on the Roosevelt, 1909
Photograph showing Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), the Arctic explorer, on the bridge of the Roosevelt, 1909. Peary is seen in the fur clothing he used during his expedition to the North Pole

Circus Acrobat / Garnier
In a fine display of balance, a gentleman rides a penny farthing while his assistant performs a handstand on the handlebars

Gran pop Gets his Fly-Papers Ready
Gran pop Gets His Fly-papers ready orang utan and his monkey assistant making sticky flytraps

Housewife Shopping 1950S
A shop assistant wraps up a loaf of bread as a pretty young woman in a fetching hat points out which type of sausages she wants at the counter of a delicatessen

Uniforms for assistant nurses
Pictured on the left, a single-breasted dark green serge suit, on the right a dark green overcoat. Uniforms designed for state enrolled assistant nurses

Interrogating Witness
A Chinese official questions a witness, held on her knees by an assistant, while a scribe records her testimony

Eel Pie Shop
A well-dressed businessman, walking near Temple Bar, Strand, London, is overtaken by a craving for an eel-pie - or is it the comely shop assistant who attracts him ?

Fabric Shop Assistant
A shop assistant behind a counter folds a length of flower patterned fabric she has just cut from a roll of cloth

Costume / Shoe Shop
Two elegant, society ladies wearing fur stoles, hats & gloves patronise a shoe shop where the more practically garbed shop assistant sees to their every whim

Boy at Tailors Shop
A young boy in a sailor blouse is measured for a new outfit. His mother, in a fox fur stole, looks on. Tailors sit cross legged on a table while another cuts cloth

Trying on Shoes / Photo
A rather glamorous lady wearing gloves, seamed stockings and fur-trimmed coat tries on a pair of shoes with the help of an assistant while her companion smokes

Houdini Exposes Trick
Houdini demonstrates how with the help of an assistant, a skilful medium can exchange a blank slate for a marked one in mid-seance

Shop Assistant 1883
A shop-girl

Hindostan Woman
A woman of Hindostan. She is either an assistant in a jewelers shop, showing off the goods, or she is doing an elaborate dance which involves jewelry... Date: 1722

Back to the Grindstone
A grinder and his assistant sharpening knives or other tools on a grindstone

Jt Arnold Bootmakers
Mr J T Arnold, bootmaker, stands outside his shop with his assistant : he sells laces and polish, repairs boots and shoes and makes boots to order. Location unknown

Fashionable Frenchwoman visits her couturier
A fashionable Frenchwoman visits her couturier

A Farrier at work, Worcestershire
A Farrier at work, fitting a shoe to a large working horse, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Paris Street Magician
A Parisian street magician entertains the crowd, performing a trick with a member of the audience, or his assistant, and a large baton

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