Buying Collection (page 9)

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

American Girl French Hat
An American girl tries on a selection of fashionable, broad brimmed hats trimmed with ostrich plumes in a Paris Milliners

Soldier Buying Goods
Phan Rang: a Vietnamese soldier, with an extremely large rifle slung over his back, buys goods from a stall holder

Xmas Shopping / Ties 1924
Three women intent on buying their menfolk ties for Christmas

Hamburg Flowerseller
A flower-seller of Hamburg invites you to buy a bunch

Buy as you Rent / Property
A trade card of the British Homes Assurance Corporation Ltd. who invite you to buy as you rent - secure a house of your own in five easy steps

Kids Buying Crabs
Two little boys buying crabs from an old lady on a stall in Cullercoats, North Shields, north east coast of England

Buying Tree
Selling Christmas trees from door to door

Buying Decorations
Two children buy decorations from a kindly old man with a donkey-cart, on a snowy afternoon

Charing X Station
People entering Charing Cross station, one man buying London Evening Standard on the way in

Dryden / Buying a Car / 122
An elegant couple appraising a new car

Buyers sampling wool at London Docks
Buyers sampling wool at the London Docks

Mr Popple Buying Horse
Mr Popple considers buying a rather wheezy looking horse from the local postman

Pedlar with Wares 1886
The Pedlar: People gather round to see what he has for sale

Street Market 1902
Scene at an open air market: a little boy is thrilled to see a bird escaping from its tiny cage

Fruit and vegetable stall, Brynmawr, Wales
Woman buying fruit and vegetables from a market stall in Brynmawr, Wales

Booking clerk inside a ticket office
Inside the ticket office - the booking clerk serves a passenger, who is paying with a bank note

Victoria / Golden / Prepare
Preparing for Victorias Golden Jubilee: people buying flags and Chinese lanterns

Buying a Cow, Scotland
Buying a cow in Scotland. The animals mouth is inspected

HOUSE SOLD / 1970S
A family of four view their new house which still has the " Sold" sign outside

Rail Ticket Machine / 1928
A man buying a ticket from a ticket machine in an unknown London underground station

Covent Garden 1883
Buying flowers at COVENT GARDEN market

Working Class Dress 1795
An example of working class womens clothing from the late 18th century can be seen in this image of a servant buying fish from a street trader

Buying Stockings
A customer wonders whether to buy some Bear Brand stockings

Buying Clothes Pegs
Buying clothes-pegs and washing-lines from gipsies going from house to house

Cadillac LA Salle 1935
Performance - Prestige - Price - your three reasons for buying a La Salle convertible from Cadillac

Print Collector C18
the Print Collector

American Overcoats 1907
American father wearing a Chesterfield overcoat with velvet collar & fry-front & son in a Varsity overcoat shop for guns. Both wear bowler (Derby) hats

Buying Bananas / Market
Two very smart ladies buy bananas in a market

Horse / Checking Mouth
A man checks a horses teeth before deciding whether to buy it

Chelsea Shopping Centre
Busy scene at Chelsea shopping precinct, London, with a son helping his mother to pull her trolley along, old ladies buying flowers from a stall and Sainsburys store behind

Dr Syntax Sells a Horse
Dr Syntax sells Grizzle: the prospective buyer inspects the horses teeth

Buying Poison
Buying laudanum and arsenic over the counter in a chemists shop

Buying an Ice Cream
A chubby little boy in shorts and sandles, buying an ice cream cornet from a jolly lady!

Chocolate Machine 1930S
Another passenger watches as a man tries to work out how to use an automatic slot machine vending Caleys famous Marching Chocolate, inside a metropolitan railway carriage

Browsing at a Bookstall
Browsing at a bookstall

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