Shops Collection (#61)

Constantinople - Pera - Grand Street
Steps on the Grand Street of Pera, Istanbul (European side of the Bosphorus) by the side of the Golden Horn

The Blue Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
The Blue Mosque (or the Aqsunqur Mosque) located in Cairo, Egypt is one of several blue mosques in the world. Completed in 1347, the Blue Mosque, located in the heart of Islamic Cairo

Ealing Broadway, London

The Woman Who Spent 10 In A Woolworth Store, by H. M. Bate
A humorous illustration showing a lady who has bought everything in a department store. Woolworths was particularly renowned for its low-cost goods

Curacao - a Dutch dependency - view of the shopping district, with many shops selling sombreos, holeproof hosiery, silks, shoes and curios

Egypt - Port Said - Sultan Hussein Quay. This pictures shows THE Department Store at Port Said - Simon Arzt. There is also a Thos. Cook & Son office pictured

Forward
A grocer advises the new hand to add the date to the bill in these war tax times - a comment on the rising prices and taxes on goods during World War One

Marmaris - Main Square
Turkey - The Main Square (with water fountain) at Marmaris in the province of Caria. The ancient name for Marmaris was Physkos - part of the Rhodian Empire during the reign of Alexander the Great

Bazaar at Kadikol, near Balaklava, Crimean War, 1856
Engraving of busy street scene at Balaklava at the end of the Crimean war. Soldiers and civilians jostle together, some on horseback, civilians in typical russian dress, caps and belted long coats

18th C. Tobacconist Shop
A charming 18th century tobacco and snuff shop in the Haymarket, London, which has enjoyed the patronage of George III, Pitt and many other famous statesmen

Reading Outside Shop
A bookseller stands in his shop doorway while customers leaf through his volumes of quality books outside the shop

Stationery Shop / Edwards
People browse in the window of Edwards while one of the employees enjoyed a spot of sunshine in the doorway

Morning Noon Night
The fashionable lady wakes in her nightdress and bonnet - dresses up to visit the shops at noon - then dons a ball dress for the nights festivities

Turkeys in Poulterers
A fine display of turkeys hanging in a butchers shop at Smithfield, London, ready for Christmas dinners

Carpets on the Street
Walk on these carpets - a unique way of advertising Catesbys Carpets - laying them on the street for shoppers to walk on!

untidy Bookshop Window
SALE! Don t judge our shop by its windows, we can t dress windows, but we can sell books cheaper than anyone else in London!

Housewife Shopping 1950S
A shop assistant wraps up a loaf of bread as a pretty young woman in a fetching hat points out which type of sausages she wants at the counter of a delicatessen

Guildford High Street, with its impressive buildings and shops

Bow-Fronted Shop Window
The lovely old fashioned bow- fronted window of the pottery and gifts shop in Cromford, Derbyshire, England

Crime / Theft / Shop / 1923
Smash & grab thief thwarted by a passer-by at Marseille

Maypole Dairy Woolwich
The Maypole Dairy shop in Greens End, Woolwich, London

Stacking Shelves
Two female employees stack the shelves of an almost empty supermarket

Suez Canal at Port Said
The northern terminal of the canal is at Port Said : here a P & O passenger ship enters the canal. Passengers usually land and patronise the tourist shops

A Display of Vases
Vases by Clarey of Asnieres, in a variety of shapes and sizes, weird and wonderful, the sort of thing you find in dusty antique shops or the marche aux puces

Our Boys Clothing Co
Shop front of Our Boys Clothing Company Ltd. a boys clothes outfitters, on Oxford Street, London

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the central stree
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the central street of shops, over 150 meters long, with the spacious embarkation hall

Shop Display 1940S
A window display at Lovegrove & Sons family grocers, inviting people to Come and Spend Your Points Here, i.e. to use up their rationing coupon points during wartime

Tobacconists / 1930S
The highland soldier figure is often used to advertise a tobacco shop, this example being from Cheltenham

Half-Timbered Houses
Fine Tudor half-timbered shops and houses on High Bridge, Lincoln, built on a ribbed Norman arch, c.1160. The dark vault under the bridge is the Glory Hole

Shop Signs / Brush Makers
This hog sign advertises a brush makers shop in Westmorland

General Village Store
The village shop in the tiny hamlet of New York, Lincolnshire, England

Timber-Frame House / 1939
Timber-framed house in High Holborn, London. The ground floor has been converted into shops

Cardiff / Queen St / 1950S
Queen Street

Chemist Window 1970S
The window of a chemist shop displays beauty products

John Lewis & Co
Outside John Lewis & Co. department store, shoppers crowd along the pavement on Oxford Street, London

Shopping List
A young housewife checks her shopping list at home before setting out for the shops

Algeria Blida
Street scene with shops and traders in the town, also known as El Boulaida

St Petersburg / Nevsky
The Nevsky Prospekt, Leningrad

Mannequin Stilettos
Study of shop mannequins with stilettos instead of feet!

Shoe Maker & Repairer
The front window of H.J. Foremans shoe repair shop features replacement heels and polish

Errand Boy Praised 1881
" Well, my boy, you certainly do errands quicker than I should think possible" ; a grocer praises his errand boys work

Leningrad Dept. Store
Customers examine goods over the counter in the military goods section of a Leningrad department store

1930S Gen. Store Front
Three children at a loose end stand outside Collins general store

Dorbon Aine Bookshop
The celebrated bookshop of Dorbon Aine, in the boulevard Haussmann, Paris, offering previously-owned and antiquarian books

Gersons, Berlin C1895
Fashions on display at Gersons department store, Berlin. Mannequins model the latest creations for a gathering of prospective customers

Shops / Jeweller C1900
A jeweller holds up a fine gold necklace for a lady to examine

AT THE GROCERs 1880
A woman purchases half-a-pound of soap at the grocer s

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