Business Collection (page 2)

A horrible business - Butchers shop, 1851
Humourous 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. Bateman
Enthusiastic Member: There, see what magnificent scenery we have to play here! Scotch visitor: Tae hell wi the scenery! Whaurs the furrst tee? Date: 1927

Daimler 15 Saloon
An aristocratic car at a moderate price, the choice of the well-to-do business or professional man. Date: 1936

Safety Deposit Vault
Merchantile 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 1410
A female computer technician sits at an IBM 1410, in a promotional photograph for this business computer system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Watford in 1826
The High Street of Watford, Hertfordshire, with a carriage, a coach, a wagon and numerous citizens going about their business

The British Empire Exhibition - Hong Kong
Page 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

Patriotic poster, Buy British - Britain Always First
Britain 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

Apples Label

Woman On the Phone Date: 1916

Rumford Falls, Maine, USA - A Business Block, housing The Everett K. Day Company and G. A. Peabody Company. This card was produced in Austria

Great Western Tea Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Cocktail Girls 1929
A trio of attractive young bar girls rustle up cocktails in shakers, wearing what may fairly be described as revealing outfits; its all good for business

Bram Stoker, novelist and theatre manager
Bram Stoker, novelist and short story writer, best known for the gothic novel Dracula (1897). He was also theatre manager for Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London

Two Youthful Chinese Businessmen in Singapore sharing a glass of imported Bordeaux. The gentleman on the right has placed his boater hat on the small table

Moscow Underground
A business man commuter, about to board an underground train, which has just arrived on the platform of a Rococo style tube station, Moscow, Russia. Date: late 1960s

Pasadena, California
Aerial view of business district, Pasadena, California, America

Sir Eric Geddes
Sir Eric Campbell-Geddes GCB, GBE, PC (26 September 1875 - 22 June 1937), British businessman and Conservative politician

Traders doing business at the Coal Exchange, London, 1890
Illustration showing a group of top-hatted traders doing business at the desks of the London Coal Exchange, 1890

Stringed instrument maker in his workshop
A stringed instrument manufacturer in his workshop, testing the strings of a double bass

An early typing pool
From the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women

Auctioneer on a Christmas and New Year card, with a lot of financial puns in the verse. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, The Macmillion (Andrew Carnegie)
Cartoon, The Macmillion -- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist

Advertisement for Hoods Sarsaparilla Date: 1896

Comic postcard, Woman travelling in Paris - a helpful Frenchman Date: 20th century

Fratelli della Misericordia, brothers of Mercy, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Fratelli della Misericordia, brothers of Mercy, catholic fraternity estblished in Italy in the 19th century to take care of the sick

Fried fish shop run by Polly Nathan in Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) in the East End of London. Mrs Nathan was apparently the aunt of a South African millionaire who had offered to pay her enough

Art Metal factory, Jamestown, New York, USA
Aerial view of the Art Metal factory, Jamestown, New York, USA - The Worlds Largest Makers of Steel Office Equipment. Date: 1926

Advert, William F Wholey Company, New York City, USA
Advert, The William F Wholey Company Inc, 11 East 36, New York City, USA -- office planning, interior architecture, decoration and furniture -- Created by Men who know Business. Date: 1931

Advert, King & Taylor Ltd, Godalming, Surrey, luxury coachwork. 1950

Sun Buildings, Spooners Corner, Plymouth, showing Farrows Bank Ltd and other premises. circa 1910s

Cartoon, Business as Usual, by Rodo Pissarro, WW1
Cartoon, Business as Usual during the alterations of the Map of Europe, watercolour by Rodo Pissarro, First World War. Showing a London greengrocer standing defiantly outside his shop. circa 1915

Arthur Lasenby Liberty and co-directors in trial studio
Sir Arthur Lasenby Liberty and co-directors in the trial studio. He was the founder of Liberty & Co in London. circa 1900

Hauling Produce Date: 1950

Hand Grips Pliers Date: 1947

Sarsaparilla Ad Date: 1895

Two men talk in the street in Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia
Two men wearing business suits and traditional chechia hats, talk in the street in Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia. Date: 1987

de Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide
Bea de Havilland Dh-89A Dragon Rapide Biplane Airliner Parked on Snow Date: 1940s

Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London
Shepherds Market, Mayfair, London. G Ruggeri Restaurant (now Le Dondin Blanc). A Street girl (prostitute) standing on the corner of Trebeck Street and Shepherd Market Date: 1950s

Chinese workers of a British business, Shanghai, China, early 1900s

WW2 - Mr Bunting At War
An illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's book, Mr Bunting At War, written by Robert Greenwood. The image portrays the title character, dressed in a business suit, walking down a street

Victoria Quay, (Loading Steamers) - Guinness's Brewery, Dublin, Ireland. Date: circa 1910s

Tsar Nicholas II attending a meeting of the Imperial Council
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II attending a meeting of the Imperial Council (Council of the Empire). Date: circa 1910

Importance of Punctuality, Victorian morality print Date: circa 1850

Bookseller and Author Date: early 19th century

Pether's Sign Makers, 58-60 Banner Street, London EC - entrance to premises Date: 1903

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