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Manchester - The Royal Exchange Date: circa 1910s
Advertisement for Sun Fire InsuranceAn advertisement for the Sun Fire Office, Threadneedle Street, London, offering insurance against fire damage and other calamities in its 204th year of operation. Date: 1913
Lille, France - Ancient Marketplace and New BelfryLille, France - The Old Exchange (17th century Chamber of Commerce) and New Belfry (designed by architect Mary Louis Cobbler - work on the tower was interupted by the First World War). Date: 1930s
Chicago BankAmerican banks are not like your High Street Barclays : this is Chicagos New Continental and Commercial National Bank which will cost 6 million dollars in 1916. Date: 1916
Petticoat Lane, London - Centre of the MarketPetticoat Lane, London - the centre of the market. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes
Midland BankAn old couple standing outside a modern branch of the Midland Bank, England. Date: 1970
Exchanging Business CardExchanging a business card. Date: 1987
Office Worker 1975A female office worker, sitting at her desk, surrounded by box files and in trays, her typewriter beside her. Date: 1975
1980S PhotocopierA rather primitive looking photocopier! Date: 1980
Stressed SecretaryA stressed-out secretary or typist answers an unpleasant telephone call. Date: 1978
Conference CentreThe exterior of Wembley Conference Centre, Greater London. Date: 1979
London Office WorkersPedestrians, office workers and commuters, using a pedestrian crossing on Oxford Circus, Oxford Street, central London. Date: 1978
Two young clerks in an office pose for their photograph. Date: circa 1930s
Stock Exchange Notes - Bear Party CheckedStock Exchange Notes - " The Bear Party received a sudden check!" A Bear market is a period of the stock market when prices are falling
Ancient ships in a Roman seaportAn ancient Roman ships in a Roman seaport. Mercury, messenger of the gods and god of commerce, oversees proceedings from atop a column in the harbour
Fruit Shop selling Melons, dates and apples - Georgia Date: 1909
TV Studio Typists 1960STwo typists at Southern Television studios. Date: 1960s
Female Office WorkerAn office worker at her messy desk, surrounded by paperwork typewriters and telephones with wires which would make any Health and Safety departments hair stand on end! Date: 1960s
Bank, CopenhagenInside one of Copenhagens leading banks ( sparekassen ) whose majestic architecture reflects the importance of money in the life of the city. Date: 1888
Insurance / LiverpoolThe Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance offices, Liverpool Date: 1858
Clerk AppointedA young man is appointed as clerk, filling the post of his deceased father. Date: 1870
London Clearing HouseThe London CLEARING HOUSE, an institution enabling bankers to adjust their mutual claims for cheques and bills Date: circa 1860
Office SceneNay, sir, that sounds to me like swindling - three Victorian men discuss a business proposition Date: circa 1870
Exchequer / 12th CenturyOfficers receiving & weighing coin at the Exchequer. Date: 1130 - 1174
Manchester Stk ExchangeA crowd of gentlemen at the Manchester Stock Exchange Date: 1955
Commerce / SharesA stockbrokers office during the Railway Mania when people were falling over themselves to buy shares in the new railways in Britain Date: circa 1850
Colquhoun / SilhouettePATRICK COLQUHOUN Police magistrate, scottish merchant and reformer. Founded Glasgow Chamber of Commerce 1783. Date: 1745 - 1820
Bird market in the East End of LondonMen 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
General Store close to a Mining settlement - Australia
Trading houses and twin towers, Colombo, Sri LankaColonial style trading houses and the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in the Fort area of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Selfridges Department Store - LondonSelfridges Department Store - Oxford Street, London, which opened in 1909
The Pool of London and Tower Bridge, London
The Bank of England - Art Nouveau BorderA rather ordinary photograph (apart from the provenance - see below!) of England, but set within a spectacular Art Nouveau border!
Arabian Merchant - promotional cardPromotional postcard for an Algerian merchant selling items from across North Africa and the Middle East. English Spoken !
Monastir, Tunisia, The Grain Market. Buildings showing distinctive French architectural influence
Timbuktu, Mali - The Wood MarketThe Wood Market - Timbuktu, Mali
Tangiers, Morocco - The Grand Market (Souk)Tangiers, Morocco - The Grand Covered Market (Souk)
Bank of England, LondonThe Bank of England, London with much traffic in the foreground in the form of horse buses, wagons and carts and many pedestrians
Lugano - Switzerland - MarketSection of the Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland
The Covered Market at Khenchela, Algeria. A fine example of pseudo-Arab French architecture. Khenchela the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province (Wilaya), in the northeast of Algeria
Carpet Selling - Constantinople BazaarCarpet sellers at the Constantinople Bazaar
Customs official tests imported wineA customs official tests wine from an imported barrel of wine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Poster advertising the Sixth Paris Fair, 1909Poster advertising the Sixth Paris Fair, from 12 to 28 February 1909, at the Grand Palais in the Champs Elysees
Turkish Coin Card - small denominationsTurkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates
Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates
A Careful InvestmentTwo women are being served at a shop counter by a gentleman who is presenting them with items that they may like to purchase
Port of RouenPoster advertising the port of Rouen from the Rouen Chamber of Commerce. The port is full of ships of every description from steamships to tugs
