Department Collection (page 9)

Hartleys Jam Works, Aintree, Merseyside - Box-making Dept
Hartleys Jam Works, Aintree, Merseyside - The Box-making Department, capable of making 3000 boxes daily! The boxes being manufactured here are for exporting to America where they term the jars as

Buswiller, Alsace, France - Ancient Farmstead and well
Buswiller (German: Busweiler) - a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France - An ancient alsacian homestead / farm courtyard. Date: circa 1905

Salisbury, Wiltshire - Market Square. Date: circa 1920

Young lad in sailor suit with pet dog and model ship
St. Quentin, France (Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France) - smart young lad in spotless sailor suit, posing outside the elegant front door to his home with his pet dog

Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien, Loiret, France
Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Date: 1910s

Granville, Normandy, France - Hotel Houllegatte
Granville - Manche department and region of Normandy in north-western France - superb photograph of the Hotel Houllegatte on Rue du Docteur Letourneur and facing onto (now) Place General de Gaulle

The River Loire and Chateau at Ambois - Loire Valley, France
The River Loire and Chateau at Amboise - Loire Valley, France. Date: circa 1920s

Granville, Normandy, France
Granville - Manche department and region of Normandy in north-western France - The Beach. Date: circa 1910s

The Chateau at Rigny-Usse - Loire Valley, France
The rather spectacular Chateau d Usse at Rigny-Usse - Loire Valley, France. Date: circa 1920s

The Port and Harbour, Nice, France. Date: circa 1901

Dole, France - Birthplace of Louis Pasteur
Dole, a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comte region in eastern France - the Birthplace of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French biologist

Longwy, France - The Main Street
Longwy - a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France - The Main Street. Date: circa 1903

St Raphael, France - Le Grand Casino
Le Grand Casino - St Raphael - a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur region in southeastern France. Date: circa 1930s

Shirokiya Department Store, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1930s

Seafront at Nice with view of the Palais de la Jetee
Seafront at Nice, France with view of the Palais de la Jetee. Date: 1899

Le Faou - La Place - Les Halles
Le Faouet, Brittany, France - La Place - Les Halles (Covered Market) - sadly no longer standing (although the rest of the buildings are unchanged to this day). Date: circa 1902

Wounded French Soldiers - Saintes, France
WW1 - Wounded French Soldiers at Saintes - a commune and historic town in southwestern France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Date: 1914

Times Square, New York City, NY, USA Date: circa 1947

Foix, L Ariege, France, Bridge Quarter, Church and Castle. Date: circa 1907

Paimpol, France - An Old House. Paimpol is a commune in the Cotes-d Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France Date: circa 1909

Boston Store, Chicago, USA Date: 1913

Tech Department - fifth floor (front) No. 4 Hamilton Place
What was to become the Tech Department on the fifth floor (front side) at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1960. Date: 1960

Kendal Milne & Co. Manchester - Department Store
Kendal Milne & Co. Deansgate, Manchester - Department Store. Card advertising the Winter Sale (Monday 4th January to Saturday 16th January). Date: 1904

Sub Machine Gun, Thompson, . 45 In M1928A1
Thompson M1928A1. 45 in sub machine gun, 1940 (c); manufactured by the Auto-Ordnance Corporation, USA; breech stamped with British War Department ownership

Simon Arzt store in Port Said, Egypt
Simon Arzt store, a department store led by tobacco producer and retailer Simon Arzt, next to a Thomas Cook & Son office at the Rue du Commerce (Shopping street) in Port Said, Egypt. Date: 1930s

Bunneys Ltd. Department Store - Church Street, Liverpool
Bunneys Ltd. Department Store - on the corner of Church Street and Whitechapel, Liverpool Date: 1911

Dickins and Jones advertisement, 1950s fashion
Advertisement for department store, Dickins and Jones of Regent Street, London, featuring a model wearing a black velvet coat with Dolman sleeves and collar. Date: 1950

Map of the French Department of Deux-Sevres - No. 79
Map of the French Department of Deux-Sevres - No.79, featuring inset illustrations of Niort Castle and Town Hall, the Chateau de la Guyonnierre and a portrait of Henri du Vergier

Trade catalogue for lamp stands and shades 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of Edwardian telescopic floor lamp stands and shades. Date: 1911

Perfume department, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London
Perfume department, Selfridge s, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1910

View of Queens Road (Queensway), Bayswater, London
View of Queens Road (now Queensway), Bayswater, West London, with Whiteleys department store in the distance. circa 1920

Jubilee decorations, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London W1
Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London W1, decorated for the 1935 Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935

Reading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd - Oxford Road
Reading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd at 6-34 Oxford Road - The store was opened in 1903, and was known as the Crystal Palace of Reading because of its 2000 feet of plate glass windows

Cheque from the Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Bank, Father Christmas House, 1 Yuletide, Greenland, from Colin Cruttenden in the Print Department, decorated with holly and a pudding. Date: 1983

Cambridge Street India Rubber Works, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Showing the Losing Department of the Month Regarding Health & Safety Date: 1930s

Gorringes Department Store, Buckingham Palace Road, London
Gorringes Department Store, Buckingham Palace Road, County of London, England. Showing the Ladies Hairdressing Department Date: 1910s

Tour des Marques - Chateau at Chenonceau, France
The Chateau de Chenonceau is a French chateau near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire departement of the Loire Valley in France

Barbizon, France - Bas-Breau Hotel
Barbizon in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France - Former home of Jean Baptiste Georges Gassies (French painter 1829-1919) and Charles-Emile Jacque (French painter 18131894)

Uruguay - Montevideo Fire Department and their engine Date: circa 1908

Blitz in London -- Oxford Street after an air raid, WW2
Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a nights bombing on Central London and the West End, 18 September 1940. The John Lewis department store (left) was destroyed

Blitz in London -- Chiesmans, Lewisham High Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a firefighter, wearing an oilskin coat, damping down the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack on Chiesmans depository in Lewisham High Street, SE13

Selfridges decorated for the 1937 Coronation
Selfridges department store in Oxford Street, London decorated for the Coronation of King George VI in May 1937. The store displayed a sculptured pageant of English history

Selfridges, London - Perfumery
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Perfumery Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Selfridges, London - Millinery Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Millinery Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Dickens and Jones Department Store, London
Photograph showing the exterior of the Dickens and Jones department store in Regent Street, London, 1921. This building, designed by Henry Turner and Sons, was still being completed

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