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Palisade Avenue, Englewood, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1930
Lady Outside Gucci ShopA smartly-dressed lady in turban, pearls and gloves, leaves the Gucci shop in Bond Street to step into her waiting Rolls Royce parked outside
The Pantiles, Tunbridge WellsThe Pantiles, an affluent collonaded shopping area of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Queen Anne paid for the area to be paved (with pantiles ) after her son fell over on the Collonade
Frederick Gorringes, London Department StoreThe premises of Frederick Gorringes Ltd. - Buckingham Palace Road, London. A fine Department Store, opened in the early 1900s and closed sometime after 1960
Advert for Louis Vuitton travelling accessories and trunks and Itylus dressmaker, London, 1926 Date: 1926
Marylebone High Street, London. Date: circa 1908
The Shop Assistant who Lost his Temper by H. M. BatemanA shop assistant finally loses the plot after bringing out roll upon roll of material for a demanding customer to choose from. 1929
Rainy Street, ManchesterA typical English street on a rainy shopping day: an elderly couple use the zebra crossing
Bristol 1950SPark Street and University Tower, Bristol, England
Couple kissing outside Carnaby Street boutiqueA couple kissing in front of iconic Carnaby Street boutique, I was Lord Kitcheners Valet. Hanging outside can be seen a variety of mens vintage clothing including a naval peacoat
Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1911
Bethnal Green Market, East LondonShoppers in Bethnal Green Market, East London. Date: circa 1930s
Stevenage New TownThis pedestrianised shopping centre at Stevenage New Town, Hertfordshire, England was the first in England, opened in 1959. It was also the first designated New Town in 1946. Date: July 1966
PONIES SHOPPINGNew Forest ponies " shopping" (much to one womans amazement) at Lymington in Hampshire, England
Fat Geese! by Lawson WoodA cheeky young lad chuckles to himself after placing a sign for fattened geese on the posterior of a rather plump lady who is herself choosing which goose to buy for her Christmas dinner. Date: 1909
Birmingham Bull RingThe old Bull Ring Centre, a notorious symbol of post World War Two modernism, now demolished. Completed in 1964; Britains first multi-storey fully enclosed shopping centre
Opening of Whiteleys department store, 1911Two pictures reporting on the opening of Whiteleys department store in Bayswater, West London in at the end of November 1911
High Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USAHigh Street viewed from City Hall, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. Date: 1923
Coventry Shopping CentreThe rather stark modern shopping centre in Coventry with shoppers going about their business at British Home Stores or Marks and Spencer; Coventry Cathedral can be seen Date: 1960s
Norris Green Estate, LiverpoolA shopping estate built by the Corporation in Norris Green, Liverpool
Coughs & Sneezes PosterHumorous poster issued by the Ministry of Health during the Second World War and featuring a woman sneezing without catching the germs in a handkerchief
Marshall & SnelgroveThe Marshall & Snelgrove department store on Oxford Street, London
Hull Shops 1970SA typical late 20th century pedestrian shopping area. This one is in Hull, Yorkshire, England, on the corner of Parliament Street
Soho, London - rear entrance of NCP, Peter Street W1Soho, London - two people relaxing outside the rear entrance of the NCP car park, Peter Street W1. 1973
The Fishmongers Shop
Harrods ExteriorAn exterior view of Harrods, London Date: circa 1900
Elephant and CastleThe Elephant and Castle shopping centre. Later deemed by many to be yet another ugly example of post World War Two architectural modernism
Saturday shopping by F. C. TwortA busy marketplace scene in a British town during the 1930s. Shoppers mill around various stalls while the pub is open for business. Date: 1935
The Butchers Shop. A young girl in red dress and bonnet looks at the variety of cuts of meat available at the Butchers Shop
Frome Market 1930SWell-dressed ladies carrying heavy wicker baskets of shopping, next to the fruit and vegetable stall at Frome farmers market, Somerset, England
Harlow New TownTwo little girls marvel at Trigon, a modern statue in the shopping mall of Harlow New Town, Essex, England
Birmingham Bull RingA busy scene in the shopping area of the Bull Ring complex, Birmingham, England
Various Medieval ShopsA scene showing various shops (Apothecary, Barber, Tailor, etc.)
A Modern Shopping Precinct - Nicholsons Walk, Maidenhead, Berkshire Date: circa 1980s
Marylebone Lane and police station, LondonMarylebone Lane and police station, on the corner of Wigmore Street, London. Date: circa 1910
Harrods toy department, rocking horses, 1922A uniform display of wooden rocking horses and smaller toy horses on wheels in the Harrods toy department, Christmas 1922. Date: 1922
Old lady, Burford, CotswoldsAn old lady, smartly dressed and wearing a deerstalker cap, look in an antique shop window. She carries a wicker shopping basket. Burford, Oxfordshire, Cotswolds, England
Carnaby Street, 1960sFront cover of a promotional booklet about fashion epicentre of the 1960s, Carnaby Street, London. A model poses in front of the streets various boutiques wearing a Union Jack waistcoat
Aerial view, Bunder Road, Karachi, PakistanAerial view, Bunder Road (now M. A. Jinnah Road), Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan, on a busy day. Date: circa 1950
Midhat Pasha Souq at Damascus Straight Street, SyriaMidhat Pasha Souq inside an arcade at Damascus Straight Street (Street Called Straight; today Midhat Pasha Street) in the historic district of the city, Syria. Date: circa 1940
Brent Cross Centre 1977Brent Cross Shopping Centre, north London. Date: 1977
Boots advertisement, 1913Advertisement for Boots the Chemists from 1913, offering Drugs, Gifts and Your ideals realised. Date: 1913
Old Delhi street sceneA crowded, hot, dusty street in Old Delhi. A vendor stands with a large basket on his head in the centre of the crowd Date: 1987
Street view, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaStreet view from Kamania Gate, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1910s
View of Bull Ring Market, Birmingham, West MidlandsView of the Bull Ring Market, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Date: circa 1905
A pair of rich girls off shopping - passing an Etam Store - their chauffeur follows their progress down the street just to be sure... Date: circa late 1940s
London Life - Fashion pages by Jean Shrimpton, 1965Spread from the short-lived but impossibly cool magazine, London Life, with a column by sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton who regularly wrote about the clothes she liked
Selfridges, London - Confectionery SectionSelfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Confectionery Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909