Customers Collection (page 4)

Advert for Aristoc stockings 1936
Thank 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, 1909
A 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 Scene
A Snow-covered, bustling Russian food market from around the middle of the 19th century. Date: circa 1850

customers buying fruit and veg at market
Man and woman buying fruit and veg at market stall Date: 1930s

Fashion parade in Philadelphia, 1910
Photograph 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

Istanbul, Turkey - Water Seller and his customers Date: circa 1908

A pawnbroker in Shanghai does business with his customers

London Oyster Stall 1861
The 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, Yorkshire
The 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 Cruikshank
These 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 Store
The 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 Barbers
Arab barbers shaving their Turkish customers in the open air in a suburb of Antioch, Turkey. Date: 1930s

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

Grocer and juveniles, 1857
A Manchester grocer deals brusquely with some juvenile customers on New Years Day Date: 1857

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

Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Gunshots in a Tavern
Customers in a tavern in Fourmies, France, duck for cover as gun shots are fired inside the building

Success: Or the Ever Diminishing Dancefloor by Leslie Butler
Humorous illustration by Leslie Butler showing an unfeasibly crowded, popular restaurant, with tables crowded together and waiters struggling to reach customers between the very few gaps

America. The Chinese in San Francisco. A street scrivener or
Street scene with Chinese in traditional dress, one man seated with a wide brimmed hat and pigtail, writing letters for his customers

Reading Outside Shop
A bookseller stands in his shop doorway while customers leaf through his volumes of quality books outside the shop

An automatic milkman
Photograph from 1909 showing a penny-in-the-slot milk-machine. The machine enabled shop owners to close at reasonable hours, and for customers to buy milk at any hour of the day or night

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

Cotton - Cloth Hall
The finished product awaiting despatch to customers round the globe, at the Cloth Hall, Leeds

Dutch Street Market C17
Customers and traders at a busy Dutch street market

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

Leningrad Dept. Store
Customers examine goods over the counter in the military goods section of a Leningrad department store

Chat in a Village Store
A shopkeeper chats to one of his customers in a village store

Village Shop Post Office
Customers are served by a young woman at the village store

Bierkeller Waitress 1901
Waitress in a German bierkeller brings tankards of foaming ale to her customers

Wegdwood & Byerley / 1809
Customers browsing in Wedgwood & Byerleys shop in York Street, St James Square, London

Mannequins of Fashion
Mannequins display the latest fashions before a group of potential customers, while the vendeuse points out the features of the new style

At the Chemist / 1870
Unwell customers wait for the pharmacist to measure them out their medicine in this chemists shop

Butcher & Customers
A moustachioed butcher in a red striped shirt serves three rather unattractive ladies who crowd around the cuts of meat

Manet Waitress W / Beer
La servante de bocks A Parisian waitress brings glasses of beer to seated customers at the theatre

SHOEMAKERs SHOP 1875
A shoemaker and shoe repairers shop and workshop, with two well-heeled lady customers admiring a display of shoes and boots

Grocers Interior
The interior of an Edwardian grocery - John Williams well-stocked establishment offers seats to his customers while they place their orders

Selling Books, 16th Cent
In a western European town, a travelling bookseller offers treasures from his donkey cart to scholarly customers

Underground Ticketoffice
A railway clerk, with a pencil tucked behind his ear, serves a customer in the ticket office of an unknown London underground station

Barbers / Rowlandson
Customers mill around and tie up horses before going into a barbers shop in Alresford, Hampshire

Toy Stall / French Market
Toy seller in a Paris street at New Year. She has some very enthusiastic customers

Selling Fish / Brittany
A man weighs fish on some scales set up on the pavement in Brittany, France, while a crowd of potential customers gathers round

London Street Cooper
Any work for the cooper?; a London cooper looks for customers

Working Class Dress 1798
Clothing worn by a young, working class woman (a milkmaid) and a young boy and girl who are her customers, at the end of the eighteenth century

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