Castle Hotel, BakewellNow called the Castle In, the premises is still in business over a century after this photo was taken. Ernest Battersby is standing in the doorway and the man sitting on the steps is named Ted Ellis
Scrooge and Marley GhostScrooge receives a visit from the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner
F G Pearce Ltd, business stationeryF G Pearce Ltd, Ice Cream company of Grant Street Dairy, Radford, Nottingham, business stationery (statement). circa 1930s
Advertisement for linoleum manufacturersAn advertisement for M Nairn & Co, floor cloth and linoleum manufacturers of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, with premises also in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Paris. circa 1883
UK Dairy Show - Feeding the goatsFeeding the prize goats at the UK Dairy Show of 1911, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London - now the Business Design Centre and former venue for the BAPLA Picture Buyers Fair
Thomas Edison / PhonographTHOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor with his Edison Business Phonograph
Western Airways Ltd PosterPoster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare
Bank VaultThe Diebold Safe & Lock Co. Vault at The New Britain Trust Co. Bank Vault
CUTTY SARK CLIPPERChina clipper, though she only made 8 voyages to China before steamships destroyed the clipper business : she then became a wool carrier, then a training ship
Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester
English Electric Canberra B2 WD932English Electric Canberra B2, WD932, was demonstrated at Martin Airport to 20, 000 employees of Martin and their families and civic and business leaders of Maryland and Baltimore. 11 March 1951
Coventry Shopping CentreThe rather stark modern shopping centre in Coventry with shoppers going about their business at British Home Stores or Marks and Spencer; Coventry Cathedral can be seen Date: 1960s
Rush hour at a London tube station, by A. W. WilsonA busy London underground station contasting two platforms, one side has happy holiday makers and the other sober looking business men
Business section, Dubuque, Iowa. The rich live in houses on the cliffs seen in background. Date 1940 Apr
Astoria Column, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, USA. The tower was built in 1926 with financing by the Great Northern Railroad and Vincent Astor
Tobacconist - Treyer and FribourgThe famous (and charming) 18th century tobacco, cigar and snuff shop Treyer and Fribourg at 34 Haymarket, London, SW1. The shop enjoyed the patronage of George III
Saturday shopping by F. C. TwortA busy marketplace scene in a British town during the 1930s. Shoppers mill around various stalls while the pub is open for business. Date: 1935
Two businessmen and different business modelsThe Old Way. The New Way. Two businessmen and different business models and their success or failure. Giving credit or paying cash. Date: 1870
The Savings Bank of Utica, New YorkDiebold Safe and Lock Co. The Savings Bank of Utica. Exterior of the Savings Bank of Utica building, Utica N.Y
Scotlands Industrial SouvenirHay and Robertson, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, Dunfermline - Scotlands Industrial Souvenir 1905. Date: 1905
Richard Cadbury of Cadburys chocolate companyRichard Barrow Cadbury (1835-1899), second son of John Cadbury, founder of Cadburys chocolate company. circa 1890s
Sir Francis Crossley, businessman, philanthropist and MPSir Francis Crossley (1817-1872), 1st Baronet of Halifax, British carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. Date: 1860s
Bakers Delivery Van 1, Malmesbury, Wilts (No livery)Fred and Elsie Boulton; son and daughter of Richard Boulton stood by the bakery delivery van. Fred drove the delivery van and Elsie worked in the bakery
Lloyds Coffee House, London. 1798
General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USAGeneral Electric Company buildings at Schenectady, New York State, USA
Promotional card for the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd - Turkish Company with head office at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey and branches in London, Paris, Constantinople (Istanbul), New York, Cairo
A Game of Football in the Streets of London, c. 1314Illustration of a game of football being played in the streets of London during the 14th century. Football of this time, played without rules in narrow medieval streets
Lusitania MedalThe medal struck in Germany to commemorate the sinking. It reads " Business above all on Cunard Line. The great liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine."
Jesus as a CarpenterJesus helps his father in the carpentry business
Cartoon, Hot Pies! (Disraeli and Foreign Affairs)Cartoon, Hot Pies! Disraeli (Conservative Prime Minister), Salisbury (Foreign Secretary) and two others sit on low stools like schoolboys
Cover design, Dombey and SonCover design, Part XI of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, August 1847, with illustrations by Hablot K Browne. 1847
Catalogue cover, Horncastle & Son, General Furnishing & Builders Ironmongers, The Parade, Bedford Street, Royal Leamington Spa. circa late 19th century
View of 18 Mortimer Street, London, with the offices of E Dubois & Co on the first floor, and Nickolls & Baker, Corn Merchant, below. A bus to Liverpool Street is passing by. Date: 1904
Sir Arthur Helps, Vanity Fair, ApeSir Charles Mark Palmer, 1st Baronet (1822 1907), English shipbuilder born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear (county Durham), England. He founded Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company in 1852
Daimler 15 SaloonAn aristocratic car at a moderate price, the choice of the well-to-do business or professional man. Date: 1936
The British Empire Exhibition - Hong KongPage from The Sphere, reporting on the Hong Kong section of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924, complete with a business quarter
Founding of the Bank of England - proposed by William Paterson, the Bank of England was formed with Sir John Houblon as its first Governor, initially located in Mercers Hall. Date: 1694
de Havilland DH-83 Fox MothHillmans Airways de Havilland Dh-83 Fox Moth Taxiing at Maylands Date: 1934
Recruiting poster - Her Majesty?s Stationery Office, 1970SOLDIERING IS OUR/ BUSINESS... /... AND/ BUSINESS IS GOOD. Colour photolithograph recruiting poster published by Her Majesty?s Stationery Office, 1970 (c)
Cartoon, Henry Irving and F B ChattertonCartoon, Henry Irving (1838-1905), legendary actor-manager, and Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, with a bust of Shakespeare in the background -- Shakespearian Experimenters
Berry Boss & Rudd Wine Merchants Berry Boss & Rudd WineBerry Bros & Rudd Ltd, Britains oldest wine and spirit merchants, trading from the original building which opened in 1698
A horrible business - Butchers shop, 1851Humourous scene from a butchers shop, 1851. Master Butcher: " Did you take old Major Dumbledores ribs to No. 12?" Boy: " Yes
Business-Like by H. M. BatemanEnthusiastic Member: There, see what magnificent scenery we have to play here! Scotch visitor: Tae hell wi the scenery! Whaurs the furrst tee? Date: 1927
Safety Deposit VaultMerchantile Safe Deposit Co. 120 Broadway, c. 1904. Safety deposit vault with mosaic tile floor flanked by banks of safe deposit boxes
Promotional photograph for the IBM 1410A female computer technician sits at an IBM 1410, in a promotional photograph for this business computer system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Watford in 1826The High Street of Watford, Hertfordshire, with a carriage, a coach, a wagon and numerous citizens going about their business
Patriotic poster, Buy British - Britain Always FirstBritain Always First - poster celebrating Britihs achievements in breaking speed records on land, water, air and rail. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis
City gent - rowing boat