Shops Collection (page 22)

PEPPERCORNS OFF LICENCE
Peppercorns off licence in Alexandra Avenue, Rayners Lane, South Harrow. This shop later became Fosters and then the well-known chain, Peter Dominic. Date: JUNE 1934

D. I. Y. STORE / WALTON
A shop front of a D.I.Y. suppliers, Walton. Date: 1970s

GRANDFATHER CLOCKS SOLD
Mr Robb, an antique dealer, exporting grandfather clocks to Holland, including one his grandfather made over 100 years before. Date: 19 February 1964

VENDING MACHINE / CHOCOLAT
A woman putting money into a vending machine selling chocolate and confectionery. Date: 1960s

PHOTOCOPY / VENDING / 1960S
A vending machine offering a photocopying service Docustat which will cost 2 shillings and take 30 seconds. Date: 1960s

FRENCH CASHIER 1890
A cashier in a French shop Date: 1890

PARIS FLORIST SHOP
Flowers in buckets outside a florists in Paris Date: 1929

Jewish Quarter, New York shops
Street vendors in the Jewish Quarter, New York Date: 1889

PARIS DEBATES PAIN PRICE
Zut alors! Cest trop cher! Parisiens discuss the price of bread at a street corner. Date: 1853

YOUNG CUSTOMERS SHOP
Two little girls, dressed in pink outfits, sit at the counter of a toy and sweet shop Date: 1875

GOING TO MARKET OLD / NEW
Going to market - the old way and the new way Date: 1830

CIGARETTE COUNTER / 1915
An advertisement for De Reszke cigarettes: a gentleman has his cigarette lit for him at the tobacconists counter Date: 1915

BARBER & TOBACCONIST BARBER & TOBACCONIST
Barber and tobacconists shop in Mount Pleasant, Liverpool Date: 1907

FRENCH TABAC & CAFE FRENCH TABAC & CAFE
The outside of a tobacconists shop and cafe, part of the Hotel du Metro in France Date: 1929

BOOT & SHOE SHOP / GREEN BOOT & SHOE SHOP / GREEN
Customers try on new footwear for size in a boot and shoe shop Date: circa 1813

Villiage shop 1867
Long established shop with the shopkeeper starting as an apprentice and taking over the company many years later. Date: 1867

PHOTOGRAPHING POULTERER
The Festive Season - A Proud Moment: the shopkeeper of a poulterers/butchers is photographed standing in front of his shop while passers-by look on Date: 1883

SHOPPING FOR BONNETS
Judging from Appearance, a canny shop assistant infers that a bonnet being tried on by the wife takes years off her age by mistaking her for her husbands daughter. Date: 1828

HARDING, HOWELL & CO HARDING, HOWELL & CO
The 1st department Store was opened in 1796 when Harding, Howell & Co converted a London townhouse into a departmented shop which even included a restaurant. Date: 1809

TANTRUM IN A HAT SHOP
A woman wearing a fox stole around her shoulders (complete with two heads) throws a tantrum in the middle of a hat shop - her partner has to explain to the shop assistant. Date: 1930s

ADVERT / JANESICH / PARIS
A Janesich for Jewellery - 19 Rue de la Paix, Paris Date: 1920

CHECKING PERSIAN CARPETS
Persian carpets are checked and examined in the workshop of an importer, before being offered for sale. Date: circa 1930

THE POETRY BOOKSHOP
A bookshop showing a display in the window

HOTEL-DIEU, PARIS
The entrance to the Hotel- Dieu, in the rue du Marche Palu, as it was in 1590, with shops and street traders Date: 1590

SHOE SHOP INTERIOR
The interior of a shoe shop, with shoes made by hand. A boy has his feet measured while his mother looks on. Date: circa 1895

SPRATTS PET SHOP WINDOW
Ss Kresge & Co pet shop window advertising gold fish, Spratts dog cakes, popular music sheets and the Pet Department in the basement. Date: 1930s

ACKERMANNS REPOSITORY
Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 The Strand. A group of ladies and gentlemen admire prints and sculpture Date: 1809

ARAB CARPET MERCHANTS
A carpet is beautifully displayed by Arab merchants who are hoping to make a sale

French perfume shop 1854
Exterior of Mignot Parfumeur, French perfume shop. Date: 1854

PARIS DRESSMAKER
Interior of a dressmakers in Paris, showing a lady sitting while the shop assistants fetch, carry, cut up, and measure fabric. Date: circa 1760

SAINT CLOUD MILLINERS
Boaters, bonnets and other hats displayed in a milliners at Saint Cloud, Paris Date: 1908

WINDOW-SHOPPING 1850S
WINDOW SHOPPING Date: early 1850s

GREAT RUBBISH SALE
THE UNPROTECTED FEMALE AT A GREAT RUBBISH SALE The customer is depicted as the victim of unscrupulous shopkeepers Date: 1853

SHOPPING GUIDE
Title-page of Monsieur Barremes handy guide to money, helping traders to calculate prices in all currencies Date: 1723

FEMALE CASHIER 1850
LA DEMOISELLE DE COMPTOIR (cashier) Date: 1850

BOURNE & UNDERWOOD FLORIST BOURNE & UNDERWOOD FLORIST
Messrs. Bourne & Underwood, Regents Park Floral Depot Date: 1893

PARIS DEPARTMENT STORE
Fabrics, shawls, childrens clothes &c. Date: circa 1850

MARCHANDE DE MODES
A marchande de Modes in 18th century Paris Date: circa 1760

BOOKSHOP 1850
Weve calld in, Mr Deen, to look out of your stock a pretty book... Date: circa 1850

EXPENSIVE SHOPPING
Expensive people shopping for expensive things Date: 1921

FRENCH HAT SHOP / C. 1816
In a French hat shop, a lady tries on a pink hat which is somewhat too young for her Date: circa 1816

SHOPPING, REGENT STREET
Afternoon shoppers in Regent Street, London Date: 1893

HURRAH FOR THE SALES
Always Merry and Bright - Hurrah for the Bargain Sales ! Date: circa 1910

SHOPPING, BOND STREET
Fur-draped ladies shopping in Bond Street, Londons most fashionable shopping street Date: 1904

BARKERS SALE - 2
Queuing for a sale at Barkers, Kensington, London. Date: 1928

ABBEVILLE STREET SCENE
The rue du Puit-a-la-Chaine at Abbeville, France, where the uneven pave seem to have caused a coach to lose a wheel outside one of the shops that line the street Date: 1821

BOUTIQUES / PALAIS ROYAL
The galleries of the Palais Royal, Paris Date: 18th century

PARISIEN BOUTIQUES 1855
Shopping in the Parisien boutiques in the rue de la Tonnellerie which have since been demolished Date: 1855

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