Shelves Collection (page 4)

John Richard Green
JOHN RICHARD GREEN English historian : his multi- volume Short History of the English People is a valued resource on our shelves. Date: 1837 - 1883

Louis Figuier - 3
LOUIS FIGUIER Prolific French author of works of popular science - we have dozens of his wonderful books on our shelves, covering science, industry & much more. Date: 1819 - 1894

Well-Stocked Pantry
A well-stocked pantry, full of cake tins, biscuits, tea, sugar, custard, semolina, breakfast cereals and lemon pie filling, etc. Date: 1960s

Barnabys Shelves
Shelves of box files, arranged in subject order at Barnabys Picture Library. Date: 1980s

Accounts Department
A mature accountant wearing spectacles goes through her ledger, pinpointing any discrepancies. Date: 1960s

Barnabys Box Files
An employee of Barnabys Picture Library shows a visitor his way around the collection. The prints are kept in boxes on shelves, which you can see here. Date: 1960s

Rw Emerson / Home / Library
RALPH WALDO EMERSON American writers library at his home in Concord, Massachusetts Date: 1803 - 1882

Thomas Edison / Ilz / Librar
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor in his library Date: 1847 - 1931

Disraeli / Grocer / Shop
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy as Our Grocer, reassuring Mrs Britannia that Derby, Disraeli & Co can be trusted to give good value for money Date: 22 February 1868

Library of H. G. Wells
Architect Frank Wells, son of the famous author H.G. Wells, reading in the library of his fathers home at Chiltern Court, London. Burmese figures support the book shelves. Date: 1930s

Wernher Reading Room, Bedford College for Women, London
Wernher Reading Room, Bedford College for Women, Regents Park, London. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Wooton Cabinet 1884
The Desk of the Age, hundred-and-ten compartments all under one lock and key. Date: 1884

Library in Park Abbey, Heverlee, Belgium
Library in Park Abbey, Heverlee, near Leuven, Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Wine Room, Pierres Restaurant, New York City, USA
Wine Room, Pierres Restaurant, East 53rd Street, New York City, USA, offering French cuisine. circa 1950s

Man with book, Close-up Photography, Manchester
A man has to remove his glasses to peruse a book entitled Close-up Photography in a Manchester bookshop. Date: circa 1981

Cartoon, Time for a drink, WW1
Cartoon, Time for a drink. A French soldier sits on the back of a chair with his feet on the seat to drink at a bar. The two soldiers with him tell the owner not to be shocked by his behaviour

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

Four soldiers playing darts in an army hut. Date: circa 1940s

Toddler helping out in the kitchen
A toddler helping out in the kitchen with the pots and pans. Date: circa 1960s

River Taz with sand-shelves, old river beds & islands. Taiga-forest and marshes. Aerial, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Charles Roach Smiths collection of London antiquities in his house in Liverpool Street, City of London, purchased for the British Museum

German army medic or quartermaster, WW1
German army medic or quartermaster sitting at a table with items set out on shelves, and cutout images of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince. Date: circa 1914

LFB Merryweather fire engine with stored hoses

Scouts in library at Baden Powell House, London
Boy scouts in the library at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Date: circa 1960s

Scene inside a bread store, Western Front, WW1
Scene inside a bread store, with loaves stacked on shelves ready to go up the line to British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Corpus Christi College Library, Oxford
The interior of Corpus Christi College library, Oxford. Contrary to the information printed on this postcard, the college was founded in 1517

A Leningrad Bakery - 1925
An early 20th century Leningrad Bakery, its shelves heavily laden with an intriguing assortment of breads including the usual the downright unusual. Date: 1925

Soldier at Tidworth, Wiltshire
A soldier sitting in a room at the army village of Tidworth, Wiltshire. Date: 1915

Cover design, Library List, showing an elderly man and a young woman in a library, selecting books

Clothing - Air Raid Victims - Queen Elizabeth & Lady Reading
Inspecting a clothes distribution scheme for Air Raid victims (which have arrived in Britain from New Zealand) - a visit by Queen Elizabeth & Eva Violet Isaacs (neaMond), Marchioness of Reading

Two doves and a pigeon on a shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Specimen jars containing crustaceans
Shelves of specimen jars containg crustaceans

Library at The Natural History Museum at Tring
Library at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Mother and daughter in a shop
A mother and her daughter study the food shelves in a shop, deciding what to buy. c. 1910

Emersons study showing shelves of books, fireplace and desk. Date c1888

Library in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales
Colour sketch of the Library in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Pams Bakers shop staff, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Pictured inside their High Street bakers shop are the staff of Pams Bakers at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1953

International Stores, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Interior view of The International Stores at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, showing biscuit containers (Mitre Biscuits) in front of the counter, and stacks of tins and packets on shelves behind. 1963

A man reads a book in a shop
A man reads a book in a bookshop, with many strange-looking busts in the background. 1925

Canteen, Marylebone Police Station, London
The police canteen at Marylebone Police Station, London, showing food, refreshments and remedies lined up on lace-edged shelves. (2 of 2) Date: 1920s

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)
Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s

The Library, House of Commons, London
View inside the Library, House of Commons, London. Date: circa 1910s

Archive service at Paris Peace Conference
Gendarme officers in the archive service of the Paris Peace Conference which followed the end of the First World War. It was their job to classify three tons of documents. Date: circa 1919

The Library, House of Lords, London
View inside the Library, House of Lords, London. Date: circa 1910s

Abstract design with various shapes
An abstract design with various shapes, including an empty set of shelves and a red brick wall floating in the air

Friendly Village Shop
A friendly village shop in Colebourne, a village in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1953

Camerawork at Birmingham
A photographer sets up her equipment to do some shooting at Birmingham University, UK. Date: circa 1950s

Charing X Road Bookshop
E. Josephs second-hand bookshop, 48A Charing Cross Road, one of several bookshops which used to be a familiar sight in central London, but now gradually disappearing. Date: 1960s

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