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Buying Collection (page 3)

Background imageBuying Collection: Buying produce from a stall in a German village market selling chickens and eggs

Buying produce from a stall in a German village market selling chickens and eggs. Date: 1916

Background imageBuying Collection: A long queue to buy railway tickets - and an opportunity for casual flirtation

A long queue to buy railway tickets - and an opportunity for casual flirtation ! Date: 1872

Background imageBuying Collection: Buying Team Souvenirs Date: 1948

Buying Team Souvenirs Date: 1948

Background imageBuying Collection: Buying Travel Insurance Date: 1950

Buying Travel Insurance Date: 1950

Background imageBuying Collection: WW2 - English schoolboys buy vegetables from school garden

WW2 - English schoolboys buy vegetables from school garden
WW2 - English schoolboys buying vegetables from the school garden. Date: circa 1941

Background imageBuying Collection: Hats through the ages

Hats through the ages
A page of various womens and mens hats through the centuries. Date: 1930

Background imageBuying Collection: Poultry show at the Crystal Palace 1870

Poultry show at the Crystal Palace 1870
Poultry show at the Crystal Palace, at the same time as the cattle show was being held at Islington. There was above 1100 pens of fowls, besides turkeys, ducks, geese and pheasants

Background imageBuying Collection: Leeds - market for general produce 1885

Leeds - market for general produce 1885
Open air market, selling Date: 1885

Background imageBuying Collection: Hop market in Borough 1729

Hop market in Borough 1729
Hop market in Borough. Date: 1729

Background imageBuying Collection: At the drapers shop 1887

At the drapers shop 1887
Two women choosing some material to be made into the latest fashionable dress. Date: 1887

Background imageBuying Collection: INDIAN BAZaR 1930S

INDIAN BAZaR 1930S
Indian shopkeepers in the bazaars frequently squat on the ground behind their wares. The business of buying and selling takes time as both sides haggle for hours. Date: 1930s

Background imageBuying Collection: DANISH BREADSELLER

DANISH BREADSELLER
A man buying Smorrebrod, for breakfast, a famous bread often sold at sandwich bars in Denmark. Date: 1920s

Background imageBuying Collection: Human hair market in Alsace 1871

Human hair market in Alsace 1871
Human hair market in Alsace, France. Date: 1871

Background imageBuying Collection: Dealer in bric-a-brac, Montmartre, Paris, France

Dealer in bric-a-brac, Montmartre, Paris, France
A dealer in junk and bric-a-brac (referred to as the Prime Minister of Death) in Montmartre, Paris. Date: 1905

Background imageBuying Collection: SOCIAL / HORSE SALE C1790

SOCIAL / HORSE SALE C1790
A horse sale at a country inn, The George, at Crawley in Sussex Date: circa 1790

Background imageBuying Collection: WOMAN BUYS KNITTED TOP

WOMAN BUYS KNITTED TOP
A shop assistant behind a counter gives a customer some advice about buying knitted tops. Date: early 1960s

Background imageBuying Collection: TATTERSALLS / HORSE C1820

TATTERSALLS / HORSE C1820
Tattersalls, London: Tom taking Jerrys advice when buying a horse Date: circa 1820

Background imageBuying Collection: Isabeys Exhibition Rooms 1820

Isabeys Exhibition Rooms 1820
Fashionable ladies and gentlemen, and even a lucky little girl, mill around Monsieur Isabeys Exhibition Rooms at 61 Pall Mall, idly chatting & admiring the art. Date: 1820

Background imageBuying Collection: CIGARETTE COUNTER / 1915

CIGARETTE COUNTER / 1915
An advertisement for De Reszke cigarettes: a gentleman has his cigarette lit for him at the tobacconists counter Date: 1915

Background imageBuying Collection: COVENT GARDEN IN THE SPRING 1867

COVENT GARDEN IN THE SPRING 1867
Covent Garden in the Spring - Londoners flock to buy fresh flowers; a manservant in livery waits while his mistress makes her choice Date: 1867

Background imageBuying Collection: Leadenhall Market at Christmas 1884

Leadenhall Market at Christmas 1884
Leadenhall Market at Christmas time, 1884. Date: 1884

Background imageBuying Collection: VIEWING A HOUSE / SOLD

VIEWING A HOUSE / SOLD
A family of four view their new house which still has the Sold sign outside. Date: 1970s

Background imageBuying Collection: TERRACED HOUSES FOR SALE

TERRACED HOUSES FOR SALE
An impressive row of grand Georgian terraced houses and flats for sale during the 1980s housing boom. Date: 1980s

Background imageBuying Collection: MARCHANDE DE MODES

MARCHANDE DE MODES
A marchande de Modes in 18th century Paris Date: circa 1760

Background imageBuying Collection: XMAS SHOPPING

XMAS SHOPPING
She does the buying, he does the carrying... Date: 1899

Background imageBuying Collection: Paris Quai - Buying Pictures

Paris Quai - Buying Pictures
An elegant woman looks at loose prints on the Paris quais. Date: circa 1896

Background imageBuying Collection: BOOKSHOP 1850

BOOKSHOP 1850
Weve calld in, Mr Deen, to look out of your stock a pretty book... Date: circa 1850

Background imageBuying Collection: PICTURE SALE / EXAMINING

PICTURE SALE / EXAMINING
Examining a picture with a magnifying glass - the next pleasing picture was Solomons judgement, where a Centinel held a fine babe oer the pavement. Date: 1821

Background imageBuying Collection: Saturday market - Cruikshank

Saturday market - Cruikshank
Saturday marketing - buying meat and vegetables Date: circa 1849

Background imageBuying Collection: Selling cats in China 1835

Selling cats in China 1835
Selling cats in China. Date: circa 1835

Background imageBuying Collection: BUYING THE GOOSE

BUYING THE GOOSE
A shrewd housewife feels whether the goose is plump enough for the family Christmas dinner Date: 1909

Background imageBuying Collection: Metropolitan Cattle Market, Copenhagen Fields, London 1868

Metropolitan Cattle Market, Copenhagen Fields, London 1868
Busy live cattle market in Copenhagen Fields. Date: 1868

Background imageBuying Collection: KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH

KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
Prospectors buying stores at Victoria, British Columbia, before setting out for the Klondike Date: 1898

Background imageBuying Collection: Buying the Ring

Buying the Ring
Young couple buy ring from attentive jeweler. Date: about 1840

Background imageBuying Collection: Metropolitan poultry market 1884

Metropolitan poultry market 1884
Saturday night in the Metropolitan poultry market. Date: 1884

Background imageBuying Collection: Book sale at Sothebys auction house, London

Book sale at Sothebys auction house, London
A book sale taking place at Sothebys auction house, London. Mr Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), the German-born British bookseller and collector, is seated just in front of the auctioneers desk

Background imageBuying Collection: A sale of art works at Christies, London

A sale of art works at Christies, London
A sale of art works at Christies in London. Date: 1888

Background imageBuying Collection: Lenten season in Paris: The Fish-market 1875

Lenten season in Paris: The Fish-market 1875
Lent has not yet prescribed effect upon the dietary arrangements of many families. This circumstance which of course tells rather against the butcher and in favour of the fishmonger. Date: 1875

Background imageBuying Collection: Floating bread market, Kashmir

Floating bread market, Kashmir
Dawn light at the floating bread market on Lake Dal, near Srinagar, Kashmir Date: 1986

Background imageBuying Collection: Kissy Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Kissy Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912

Background imageBuying Collection: Kermel Market in Dakar, Senegal

Kermel Market in Dakar, Senegal
Traders at Kermel Market in Dakar, the capital of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1920

Background imageBuying Collection: House clearance auction in a garden

House clearance auction in a garden, with items on tables, an auctioneer with a baton and a porter in an apron. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBuying Collection: Scene at Salisbury Railway Station

Scene at Salisbury Railway Station
Scene on the platform at Salisbury Railway Station, with a steam train just about to depart. Date: September 1932

Background imageBuying Collection: Tourist and textile salesman in Egypt

Tourist and textile salesman in Egypt
A tourist in Egypt is shown some textile samples by an itinerant salesman. Date: early 20th century

Background imageBuying Collection: Street market, Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa

Street market, Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1910

Background imageBuying Collection: Louis Wain Daddy Cat - shopping with Mummy Cat

Louis Wain Daddy Cat - shopping with Mummy Cat. circa 1910s

Background imageBuying Collection: Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14 th century. Medieval handbook of heal

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14 th century. Medieval handbook of heal
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Man offering turnips. Miniature. Fol. 51 r

Background imageBuying Collection: Children buying ice cream on a Balham street, SW London

Children buying ice cream on a Balham street, SW London
Children buying ice cream from an ice cream van on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1967



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