Sellers Gallery

The new coffee tavern at Bradford

Interior and exterior views of the new coffee tavern in Bradford, inaugurated by W. E Forster, M.P in 1879. The Coffee Tavern movement was a Victorian effort to get people out of pubs. Proposed by the Bradford councillor, alderman and magistrate, Frederick Priestman, the tavern was opened at the junction of Westgate, Ivegate and Kirkgate and was an immediate commercial success serving food as well as coffee. Within a few years there were 28 branches in the Bradford district but with over 400 licensed beer sellers in the area, how much of a sobering effect they had on the local population is debatable.

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Market at Az Zubayr, Iraq

Market at Az Zubayr is a city in and the capital of Al-Zubair District, part of the Basra Governorate of Iraq. The city is just south of Basra. The name can also refer to the old Emirate of Zubair. Date: circa 1910s

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La Boheme - Puccini - Act II - Toy Seller and Children

La Boheme by G. Giacosa and L. Illica with music by Giacomo Puccini - a scene from the premiere performance showing the original stage props in action. Act 2 in the Latin Quarter - A great crowd, including children, has gathered with street sellers announcing their wares - Rodolfo buys Mimi a bonnet from a vendor, while Colline buys a coat and Schaunard a horn (pictured). Parisians gossip with friends and bargain with the vendors; the children of the streets clamor to see the wares of Parpignol, the toy seller (pictured) Date: 1896

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection