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16Thc DentistA barber surgeon treats a patient in the open air
C16 CHEMISTs SHOPMEDICINES WHILE YOU WAIT: a druggist of the 16th century prepares a medicament, pounding the ingredients with pestle and mortar while two customers wait with their dog. Date: circa 1570
Alfrison Cross 1939ALFRISTON The stone market cross infront of the old smugglers house
Antwerp ExhibitionA selection of handmade laces are shown by a local manufacturer at the Antwerp Exhibition, (Exposition Internationale Coloniale), Belgium
January Sales 1980SPeople queueing outside Hamleys toy shop and the sportswear shop next door, during the January sales, central London
Jewelers Shop RaidedTwo thieves break into a jewelers shop by making a hole in the ceiling, catching the debris in an umbrella, and using a ladder to get in and out
England / LenhamA corner of the old and picturesque Market Square at Lenham, Kent, England, with its quaint old shop fronts
Futuristic fast food stops on the Channel crossingA futuristic scene showing fast food stops for aeroplane pilots on the Channel crossing
Comic postcard, accident with bacon slicer Date: 20th century
The Jumble Shop Restaurant in Greenwich Village, NYCThe Jumble Shop Restaurant, 28 West 8th Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA Date: 1950
Jamaica Road, North Bermondsey, London. Date: circa 1930s
District of Adum in the town of Kumasi, Kingdom of Ashanti (Ghana), early 19th century. Woman selling goods, weaving fabric on a loom, tending a stall
John Irwin grocers, Pensby Road, Heswall, MerseysideJohn Irwin Sons & Co Ltd, cash grocers, Pensby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, with delivery van and staff posing in a group outside. Date: circa 1920
Birminghams Bull Ring Centre - 1960scirca 1910s
John Menzies Newsagents Shop - Stand, Railway Station, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, England. Date: 1950s
Old Six Chimneys, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, a country residence built around 1520 with six gables and chimneys. The Crown and Anchor Hotel is on the left. Date: circa early 1900s
MacWilliam brotheres shop in the Isle of WhithornMacWilliam brothers shop on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. The crooked wooden building has now been demolished Date: 1994
Old Shops on Cripplegate, London, including H B Bentley, Tie and Scarf Manufacturers - McBlain Newton Co - Bakers for the Aerated Bread Company and (in the distance) the Somerset Pub
Peeling Potatoes - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe, LancashireA young girl peeling a large tub Potatoes in the rear yard of a Fish & Chip Shop at Morecambe, Lancashire. Date: circa 1901
Washing Potatoes - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe, LancashireThe proprietor/owner washes Potatoes in a rotary hand-cranked washer prior to peeling at the rear yard of a Fish & Chip Shop at Morecambe, Lancashire. Date: circa 1901
Young girl preparing chips - Fish & Chip Shop, MorecambeA young girl (likely the daughter of the shop owner) prepares chips at a Fish & Chip Shop in Morecambe Lancashire. Note the wonderful chipper machine on the counter
Ironbridge, Shropshire - View up Church Hill to St Luke sIronbridge, Shropshire - View up Church Hill to St Lukes Church from the junction of Coalport Road with the High Street. Today extensively re-built. Date: circa 1930
Arab Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1906
Acacia Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Postcard published by Moloo Brothers & Co Ltd. Curios and Carpet Dealers of Dar-es-Salaam, the premises of whom we can see in this shot
Robert Raikes House - an historic 16th century timber-framed town house at 36-38 Southgate Street, Gloucester. Date: circa 1907
Comic postcard, Couple at an underwear counter - real silk undies Date: 20th century
Victor Value supermarket, LondonA Victor Value supermarket in London with shoppers. Date: circa 1950s
Tesco Stores Ltd, The Modern GrocersTesco in its infancy: Tesco Stores Ltd, The Modern Grocers. Date: circa 1950s
Shoppers at Hamleys toy shop, Regent Street, LondonShoppers examine the toys in the window of Hamleys toy shop in Regent Street, London. Date: circa 1930s
Hardware shop in Islington, London with very extensive stock. Proprietor stands at door. Date: circa 1950s
Fried fish shop run by Polly Nathan in Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) in the East End of London. Mrs Nathan was apparently the aunt of a South African millionaire who had offered to pay her enough
Bentalls Department Store - Kingston-upon-Thames, circa 1946. Date: circa 1946
Antique and curio shop for tourists in Cairo, Egypt. Vintage 19th century photograph
English gentleman in hunting pinks having his portrait painted, 19th century. Ruddle the artist smoking a pipe while painting Bragg seated on a saddle stand. Mr. Braggs equestrian portrait
Little Women - Meg buying silk for a new dressLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Meg buying silk for a new dress, far beyond her household budget, encouraged by her friend Sallie. 1880
Antwerp, Belgium - 81 Place de Meir - Ganterie (Glove Shop)Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium - 81 Place de Meir - Maison van Steenkiste Ganterie (Glove Shop) - the royal crest signifies they had some VERY high-end clients! Date: circa 1909
Shopgirls playing the game of a little bird told meA mistress of a clothes shop and her staff playing a game of a little bird told me. The women wear bonnets, aprons, and black dresses
Quackenbush Store, Paterson, New Jersey, USAQuackenbush Store, Main Street, Paterson, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1908
Marriage certificate issued at Gretna Green, Scotland, dated 28 February 1920, between Michael Joseph Wyne of London and Marguerite Marchmont of Mount Florida, Glasgow. Date: 1920
Wallpapers and Decorations, John Gilkes, BrightonAdvertising poster, Wallpapers and Decorations, John Gilkes & Sons, North Street, Brighton. circa 1920
Riders in St. MortizA scene in the Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz in 1927 showing riders in smart riding habits, stopping by a cafÚáÀith their horses
Advert, W Rosenberg & Co, Fine Art Dealers, LiverpoolAdvert, W Rosenberg & Co, Fine Art Dealers, Lime Street, Liverpool. circa 1915
Cartoon, Business as Usual, by Rodo Pissarro, WW1Cartoon, Business as Usual during the alterations of the Map of Europe, watercolour by Rodo Pissarro, First World War. Showing a London greengrocer standing defiantly outside his shop. circa 1915
Arthur Lasenby Liberty and co-directors in trial studioSir Arthur Lasenby Liberty and co-directors in the trial studio. He was the founder of Liberty & Co in London. circa 1900
Golden Gate Cafe Restaurant, Funchal, MadeiraStreet scene with Golden Gate Cafe Restaurant, Funchal, Madeira. Date: circa 1920
High Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. circa 1900s
Oak Knoll Lodge, Big Bear Lake, California, USA, in the snow. Date: circa 1920s
Fatal fire at HMV record store, Oxford Street, LondonFatal fire at the HMV record store, Oxford Street, London, 27 December 1937, showing firefighters in action with hoses at night. Date: 1937