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Powdering a Wig C18A French coiffeur powders his customers new wig. The customer is wearing a protective mask with eye holes cut out !
Antoines RestaurantCustomers sit outside Antoines Restaurant, 40 Charlotte Street, Soho, London, and a waitress takes an order
Singing saloon in the East End of LondonThe crowded singing saloon (pub) in Ratcliffe Highway, in the Limehouse area of the East End of London
Barbers Shop in the street in EgyptCustomer at a barbers shop in a street corner in Egypt. Date: circa 1910s
Tea in the Treetops, Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, ScotlandTea in the Treetops Restaurant, Empire Exhibition, at the base of Taits Tower, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1938
Scene in a Toy Shop. circa 1820
London Trade Card - Masefields Paper Hanging and Papier Mache Manufactory in the Strand. 18th century
London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, textilesLondon Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, at the Sun in St Pauls Churchyard, importing and selling cambrics, lawn, macklin, English lace and edging, wholesale and retail. 18th century
Hotel Bill - Catering for All Types. circa late 18th century
Scene in a saddlery workshop, with four workmen and a client. 19th century
Meat market, GhardaiaCustomers and merchants exchange money and goods at the meat market in Ghardaia. Animal carcasses line the walls and a young merchant boy looks straight into the lens of the camera. Date: circa 1910s
Merchant selling melons and watermelons, GhardaiaCustomers look at the stall of a merchant selling melons and watermelons on a street in Ghardaia. Date: circa 1910s
Italian Lakes - Wood Market - Stacks of wood, customers. Part of Box 184 Boswell Collection - Italian Lakes. Date: circa 1900
Coffee Stand, Central Railroad, MexicoPeasants running a coffee stand at a railway station on the Mexican Central Railroad wait for customers. Date: circa 1895
Flower Market, ParisA bustling scene of commercial activity as customers purchase flowers and pot plants at the Marche aux Fleurs, Paris. Date: 1903
Tango in a Night ClubA couple display gleaming teeth as they perform the tango to the admiring customers at the bar. Date: circa 1914
Thomas Guy / Bookshop / DixoTHOMAS GUY English bookdealer as a young apprentice in his bookshop; he went on to found Guys Hospital, London, in 1722 Date: 1645? - 1724
Barberesses / 1890Barberesses tend their customers. Date: 1890
Modelling Gown 1930STwo potential customers watch a mannequin model a gown with a gored skirt, pointed panels forming a yoke on the hips, a loosely tied narrow sash & a marabou trimmed cape. Date: early 1930s
Selling hot soup on a Russian streetA woman selling hot soup on a snowy street in Russia, with four customers gathered around. Date: circa 1920
Poulterers shop, Holborn Hill 1845Displayed poultry hung outside in Holborn Hill for customers to buy for their Christmas dinner. Date: 1845
British visitors in a cafe, ParisThe British in Paris after the defeat of Napoleon: English visitors patronise a French cafe. circa 1815
Vegetable Shop, NaplesTwo women sitting in the sun waiting for customers outside their vegetable shop in Naples. Date: 1904
Flower market on the Quai Dessaix, Paris.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825
Publican and customers outside pub, with a Bass Brewery carPublican and customers outside a pub, some seated in a car sporting a model of a bottle of Bass Beer on the bonnet (likely a promotion car for the Brewery). Date: circa late 1900s
Six people and a dog outside a cafe, FranceSix people and a dog outside the Cafe du Bel-Air, France. Date: circa 1910s
Main Lobby of a large bank, New Orleans, USAView of the Main Lobby of the Hibernia Bank & Trust Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: circa 1940s
Ice cream vendor at time of 1911 CoronationIce cream vendor in a London street at the time of the 1911 Coronation, with portraits of King George V and Queen Mary painted on his cart and customers gathered round. Date: 1911
Merry-Go-Round Cafe, San Francisco, California, USAScene inside the Merry-Go-Round Cafe, O Farrell Street, San Francisco, California, USA. The food is selected from a long revolving table. Date: circa 1930s
Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Confectioner shopPalma, Mallorca, Spain. Entrance to the confectioners shop Forn Des Teatre, alongside customers. Date: 2013
Ministry of Information War Photograph bureauCustomers inspecting picture albums at a new bureau for the sale of official war photographs opened by the Ministry of Information at Coventry Street by John Buchan in October 1918. Date: 1918
Men at a street cafe, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
Crystal Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Date: 1889
Advert for Aristoc stockings 1936Thank you for these few words. Why are Aristoc such a success? Scores of reasons. Because says one, " I find them so reliable". Because they fit round the ankle without any wrinkles"
Write to Harrods for it, 1909A page from a 1909 Harrods mail order catalogue, advising country customers of the availability of goods listed in the catalogue and carriage costs. Date: 1909
Russian Market SceneA Snow-covered, bustling Russian food market from around the middle of the 19th century. Date: circa 1850
customers buying fruit and veg at marketMan and woman buying fruit and veg at market stall Date: 1930s
Fashion parade in Philadelphia, 1910Photograph showing models displaying the latest gowns, before prospective customers. This show took place in the Egyptain Hall, Wanamakers Store, Philadelphia, 1910. Date: 1910
A decorative box seller and three geisha customers - Japan Date: circa 1906
Thessaloniki - Ladies of the Vardar Quarter await customers. Date: circa 1910s
A pawnbroker in Shanghai does business with his customers
London Oyster Stall 1861The first day of oysters in the streets of London - enthusiastic customers keep the traders busy opening shells Date: 1861
William Tobias 80 Grattan St. Brooklyn -12 yrs old. Boy was starting for the subway to sell papers on trains until 6 AM Cause termorrer dey haint no school and I kin sleep all day
Coloured Cloth Hall, Leeds, YorkshireThe Coloured Cloth Hall at Leeds in Yorkshire. Large bales of coloured cloth are arranged in piles with the producers negotiating prices with customers. Date: 1844
Customers from The Gin-Shop by CruikshankThese are the Customers, youthful and old, That drink the strong drinks which are sold night and day At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay. Illustration no
Siegel Department StoreThe Siegel, Cooper store on State and Van Buren streets, Chicago, is one of the worlds largest - accommodating 10000+ customers an hour and employing 2500 staff. Date: 1916
Travelling Barbers at Work - Mersin Date: circa 1909
Arab BarbersArab barbers shaving their Turkish customers in the open air in a suburb of Antioch, Turkey. Date: 1930s