Buying Collection (page 8)

Music shop, Rentzes, Landskrona Sweden, 1959 Date: 1959

Cloth shop
In the cloth shop. Scene from the Swedish every day life Date: 1850s

Buyin a cap
Buying a new cap. Scene from the Swedish every day life Date: 1850s

British troops in street market at Bailleul, France, WW1
British troops buying geese in a street market at Bailleul, northern France, during the First World War, no doubt for their Christmas dinner. Date: December 1916

View of a street market, Vienna, Austria
View of a street market in Vienna, Austria. There are wooden crates piled up on both sides of the road, and stalls with produce on display. A stallholder on the left is adjusting her sun blind

Clothes shopping, 1935
A group of ladies inspect the contents of a shop window during the January sales. Date: 1935

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

Poster advertising luxury cruises, showing a crew member in white uniform watching as tradespeople approach in boats with locally produced items for sale to the passengers. 20th century

Young lambs to sell -- a salesman in the street offers toy lambs to a group of children. 20th century

Horse Market Denmark
The horsemarket, Copenhagen, (Denmark). Date: 1888

Estate Agent / Sidcup / Kent
The exterior of the shop or office of W G Burgess - House, Estate and Land Agent - in Station Road, Sidcup, Kent Date: 1914

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

People examining lots at an auction
A room full of people examining lots at an auction. Date: 1788

Street market, Brynmawr, Wales
Aerial view of a busy street market in Brynmawr, Wales. Date: 1974

Abercrombie & Fitch, New York
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Sporting Goods, Interiors of Salesroom with Customers. Man trying on a pair of what appear to be riding boots in the Abercrombie & Fitch sales room

The Wrght Biplane, sold by Orville to Ruth Law
The Wright Biplane, sold by Orville to Ruth Law

Bird market in the East End of London
Men standing in the roadway outside a bird market in the East End of London. The birds are on display in numerous cages. This was possibly in Sclater Street, Shoreditch, near Bethnal Green

Butchers stall, East End of London
Women turning over scraps and shreds of beef and mutton at a butchers stall in the East End of London

Women with poultry at an open air market
Four women, young and middle aged, holding poultry at an open air market

Man dressed up to celebrate Dickens Day
A man dressed up in vaguely Victorian gear for Dickens Day, to celebrate the life and work of the novelist Charles Dickens

Aerial view of a market, Kashgar, western China
Aerial view of a busy market in Kashgar, western China

Choosing a car to match your wifes complexion / W Heath Rob
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Round cars for round people / W Heath Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Egypt - buying corn from a donkeys panniers
An Egyptian water seller / carrier buying corn on the cob from a trader with a laden donkey, struggling under some very full basketwork panniers

Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond on Thames
The Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond on Thames, Surrey, at the time when it was up for sale. Towards the end of the 19th century the hotel suffered a gradual decline in business

Carved staircase, Cromwell House, Highgate Hill
The carved staircase in Cromwell House, 104 Highgate Hill, North London. According to tradition, the 17th century mansion was presented by Oliver Cromwell to his eldest daughter Bridget

Scene in a Kashgar market, western China
Scene in a crowded Kashgar market, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

On board HMS Caesar in port in Istanbul
British sailors inspect wares (tourist tat!) bought onboard the British battleship HMS Caesar, in port at Istanbul - searching out that special exotic souvenir to take home to a loved one!

Marketplace in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina with veiled Turkic women buying and selling clothing and textiles

Russian New Year Gifts
RUSSIAN NEW YEAR Buying New Year gifts

The Exchange, New York, 1856
Engraving showing a busy scene in Wall Street at Chilton the auctioneers, with business men, in top hats and striped and checked trousers, buying and selling

Passengers on the deck of a Trans-Atlantic steamer, 1888
Engraving showing passengers on a trans-Atlantic steamship gathered round the capstan on the deck of the ship, 1888. The passengers shown were involved in buying and selling of pool tickets

Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904
Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904

Couple with Car
A couple have a look at the front of a house they are interested in buying

Couple View Back Garden
A couple have a look at the back of a house they are interested in buying

Buying a House 1960S
A happy family stand outside their brand new home, Sold by Hugh Howard of Wimbledon Common, London

Social / Russia / Drink 19C
Buying and selling sbiten (a hot drink) in Dvorstovaya Square, St Petersburg

French Caricature Shop
A French book- and print-shop attracts customers by placing topical caricatures on its door

Billingsgate Brutes
A genre scene, seemingly charming. In reality a young woman at a doorway is intimidated by two stout Billingsgate fishwives into buying their stinking fish

Burney streamlined car
The Burney Streamlined car, with engine placed at the back. The car was a glorious failure, as it was too expensive and unconventional despite the Prince of Wales buying one. Maximum speed was 40mph

Bill for Chestnut Mare
A bill for a chestnut mare, from Andrew Giffen of Glasgow to William Moore Esq of Caldwell

Horses Exported 1555
Swedish horses are exported by ship, to be sold in other countries

Buying Commissions
A satire on the youthfulness of some British Army officers whose fathers buy them a commission. Here a boy- officer is watched over by a nurse who holds his reins

Prospective Customers
Two girls - one rich, the other poor - admire a display of dolls outside a shop, offered at the bargain price of eleven pence and three farthings

Buying a Tie 1898
A young salesman entices a gullible gentleman into buying one of his new range of colourful neckties

AT THE GROCERs 1880
A woman purchases half-a-pound of soap at the grocer s

Buying a Plant
A trader with a donkey-cart sells potted plants in a London street : mama is doubtful, but her daughter enthuses

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