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Old Mr Winter in the snow on a Christmas cardOld Mr Winter with his shopping in the snow on a Christmas card. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1880s
Comic postcard, Mother and son in department store Date: 20th century
Cats in a dress shop on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Clock tower, Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Clock tower and lighthouse, Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910
Indian sweetmeat stall, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaIndian sweetmeat stall, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1930s
China Bazaar Road, Madras, Tamil Nadu, IndiaChina Bazaar Road, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910
Kulri Bazaar, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, IndiaKulri Bazaar, Mussoorie hill station, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1905
Victoria Street, Lagos, Nigeria, West AfricaVictoria Street, with live fowl baskets, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: circa 1910
Abercorn Street, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)Abercorn Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1920
The Mall, Lahore, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1914
Shopping street, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910
Market and Broadway, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaStreet market in the foreground with Broadway leading into the distance, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910s
Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth sFranklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939
Hamleys Christmas presents advertisement, 1929Full page advertisement for Hamleys toy shop featuring a number of ideas for Christmas 1929 including a bunny nightie and hot water bottle case
Boulevard du Commerce in Conakry, GuineaBoulevard du Commerce (shopping street) in Conakry, the capitol of Guinea (then French Guinea) on the west coast of Africa. Date: circa 1920
Prince Farouk Street in Port Said, EgyptPrince Farouk Street, a shopping street in Port Said in north-eastern Egypt. 1910s
Rue du Commerce (Shopping street) in Port Said, EgyptView on the Rue du Commerce (Shopping street) at the Suez Canal in Port Said in north-eastern Egypt, from the perspective of a group of talking men in the foreground
Patrick Thomson Ltd, Edinburgh, ScotlandPatrick Thomson Ltd, department store, North Bridge, Edinburgh -- the Shopping Centre of Scotland. Date: 1910s
Graham and Withers butchers shop, Bromley, KentArthur Graham and Albert William Withers, butchers shop, 80 College Road, Bromley, Kent -- an amazing array of meat and poultry, with shop owners and assistants standing ready to serve
Indian Bazaar, Nairobi, Kenya, East AfricaIndian Bazaar, Harding Street and Government Road, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1930
People at a fish market in Bergen, Norway. Date: circa 1910s
Soho, London - Peter Street W1, corner of Berwick Street and Market, showing a Wimpy Bar and Fratelli Camisa delicatessen. 1973
High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1908
Bruce Lacey, performance artistBruce Lacey (b.1927), eccentric performance artist, out shopping with one of his mechanical constructs, together with a toddler. Date: 1962
Aerial view of Terminus Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1965
Louis Wain Daddy Cat - shopping with Mummy Cat. circa 1910s
Bredestraat, Punda, Curacao, West IndiesView of Bredestraat, Punda, Curacao, West Indies. Date: circa 1930
Princess Elizabeth and Margaret RosePrincess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret leaving a Forfar bookshop during a shopping outing with their mother in August 1935. Date: 1935
Christmas Shopping by Laurie TaylerA chaotic scene as a bus travels through a crowd of last minute Christmas shoppers. Date: 1921
View of Marylebone High Street, London. Date: circa 1920
Great College Street, Camden Town, NW London, with the station bridge crossing above the road in the distance. Date: circa 1905
Scene in the High Street, Exeter, DevonScene in the High Street of Exeter, Devon, on a sunny day, with buses, cars and pedestrians. Date: circa 1960s
Modern shopping precinct in Exeter, Devon, on a sunny day. Date: circa 1960s
Courtelle advertisement, Marcus dress 1959Advertisement for a smart sheath day dress by Marcus made in Courtelle fabric - a new type of acrylic fibre manufactured by Courtaulds
Sa Marraine by Leo FontanA fashionably dressed young woman with a floral bonnet style hat, white fox fur stole and large hat box pauses for a moment to read a letter or perhaps shopping receipt. Date: 1919
Sybil Zelker of Polly Peck shopping at WoollandsSybil Zelker, designer of the fashion brand Polly Peck, finding sale bargains at Woollands 21 Shop with her daughter Elizabeth
Lee Bender - English designerLee Bender, English manufacturer and designer of Lee Cecil clothes. She wears a white leopard printed coney for shopping at her local greengrocers in Great Tichfield Street
North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, USALooking south on North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Date: 1913
Blitz in London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2Firefighters at work in in Londons main shopping district, Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage
Street scene with fruit seller, Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century
Cartier advertisement, 1911Advertisement for the jeweller s, Cartier, showing their premises on fashionable New Bond Street in 1911. Date: 1911
Illustration by Gladys Peto, StorylandGladys Peto illustration in Storyland -- Shopping. Showing two young women looking at the window display of a dress shop, watched by a little dog. Date: 1931
Burlington Arcade, London, 1828Burlington Arcade linking Piccadilly with Bond Street showing fashionable society about to sample the delights of the arcades shops. Date: 1828
Cadbury Tea Dealer, Bull Street, BirminghamIdealised street scene showing the Cadbury Tea Dealer shop in Bull Street, Birmingham, where John Cadbury was apprenticed as a young man. Date: 1820s
WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the WarSorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941
