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Fortnum & Masons Christmas Box for soldiers, WW1Advertisement for quintessential London department store, Fortnum & Mason, in particular their Thirty Shilling Xmas Box of selected provisions which could be sent to the front for lucky soldiers
MODERN CAR PARK 1960SA trendy modern car park, surrounded by a parade of convenience stores and a brand new council estate, Ham, Richmond, Surrey, England. Date: 1960s
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
Fortnum & MasonThe Fortnum and Mason lettering sign above the door of the famous store, selling luxury goods of all description, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1960s
Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1910
Rubans de Paris - Corner of Maddox Street / St George StreetRubans de Paris (Milliner and Draper) - Corner of Maddox Street (39a) / St George Street, London. Date: 1930s
Blythe House - Post Office Savings Bank, West KensingtonBlythe House, 23 Blythe Road, West Kensington - originally built as the headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank (as shown on this card)
Bourne & Hollingsworth, Oxford Street, LondonBourne & Hollingsworth department store, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1920
Biba move to Kensington Church StreetA highly publicised moving day for the Biba boutique of Barbara Hulanicki as around 60 models and well-known sixties personalities help to move the shop from its original Abingdon Road location to
Derry and Toms PosterPoster for Derry & Toms department store, Kensington High Street, London
Castle street, Arncroach, Fife, ScotlandCastle Street, Arncroach, Fife, Scotland. The newspaper headlines detail a fatal rail crash, although this has not been so far identified precisely. Date: circa 1910s
Senate House (University of London) from Store Street. Date: 1938
Reading, Royal County of Berkshire - Tram on the Bath Road, advertising the Heelas Store on Broad Street (now John Lewis). Date: 1907
HARRODS 1953A large expensive car approaches the Knightsbridge store, which is now somewhat larger than the original grocers shop of 1849
Chinatown Shop, 1960SLoon Fung Chinese general provision store, probably in Chinatown, central London. Date: 1960s
Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USAWyoming Valley Trust Company and Second National Bank (left) and Jonas Longs Sons department store, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1907
High Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USAHigh Street viewed from City Hall, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. Date: 1923
Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1905
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
Street scene with shops, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid WalesA street scene with shops, in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The large corner shop is Bells grocery store, decorated with flags, perhaps to celebrate Empire Day (24 May)
John Lewis, founder of the department storeJohn Lewis (1836 - 1928), founder of John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London
Cans of Spam 1940SCanned Spam luncheon meat, priced at 1 4D (one shilling and four pence in old money), on a shelf in a grocery store
Marshall & SnelgroveThe Marshall & Snelgrove department store on Oxford Street, London
Poster advertising Pollards Storefitters, showing workmen busy with their carpentry. 20th century
East Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USAView of East Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1920
Montreal Pharmacy, Canada. Allegedly (according to this card) the largest (and most luxiously appointed) of its kind in the world!
Sainsburys Shop 1914The store of J Sainsbury - Purveyors of High Class Provisions
Tuscon, Arizona - Indian Blanket DepartmentUSA - Tuscon, Arizona - Indian blanket Department of R. Rasnessens Curio Store
Selfridges Exterior 30SAn exterior view of Selfridges department store on Londons Oxford Street
Shoolbred Store, LondonShoolbred department store, Tottenham Court Road, London
Harrods ExteriorAn exterior view of Harrods, London Date: circa 1900
Picture of a gin shop or dram shopSlide showing a picture of a very ornate spirit store or gin shop, called The Angel. Part of Box 366. Relates to the set of slides 2012.392 to 2012.402 Date: circa 1900
Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines. One boy is so entranced by the new Singer in the shop window, he is unaware his friend is pinching some of the berries from his basket! However
The shops on Mill Street, Alloa, Scotland. The Book Seller and Stationers shop of this postcards publisher (Walter Thorburn & Co.) can be seen on the left. circa 1910s
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
Court Oak Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, with a shop and Post Office on the corner of Earls Court Road. Date: circa 1900s
Back cover of William Tarn and Co.s Illustrated CatalogueWilliam Tarn and Co.s Illustrated Catalogue, containing 202 pages including the front and back covers, with black and white and colour illustrations including designs for ceilings and dados
Curio store, Cairo, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s
Algerian Coffee Store - Soho, London. Date: 1973
D H Evans, Oxford Street, LondonD H Evans department store, Oxford Street, London. circa 1910s
High Street, Springfield, Ohio, USAView of the High Street, Springfield, Ohio, USA, with pedestrians and traffic. Date: circa 1910
Advert for Treasure Cot baby specialises 1930Treasure Cot store devoted to mothers babies and children, with a selection of baby clothing, robe, dainty long flannel gown, shawl and a hand knitted carrying cape
Drake & Mount Ltd shopfront - Pet Food StoreDrake & Mount Ltd, High Street, Bracknell - shopfront - Pet Food Store Date: mid 1930s
Grocery store in Cairo, EgyptGrocery store at a street in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1908
Shops at Caledonian Road, North London. 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
Trade catalogue for copper moulds with tin lining 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing round fluted copper moulds with tin inside. Date: 1911
A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - Indianapolis, Indiana, USAA Fountain Pen Repair Shop - The Pen Shop - at 112 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Date: 1940
Advertisement for Charles Baker & Co.s Stores Ltd. - Gentlemen & Boys high-class clothing & outfitting - " Opened to keep pace with the Civil Service Stores" circa 1890s
LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fireFirefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London
The Selfridge family at Highcliffe Castle, 1921. From left to right: Gordon Selfridge Junior, Isadora Duncan, Vicomte de Sibour (sitting)
Tunisia - Arab BazaarTunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns
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
Selfridges Department Store, London, c. 1908Illustration showing the architects design for Selfridges Department Store in Oxford Street, London, c.1908 when the store was being built
Miami Poltergeist CaseJulio Vasquez, focal point of poltergeist outbreak in the store-room of a store at Miami, Florida, investigated by William Roll
Grand Leader Co Department Store, Chicago, Illinois, USAGrand Leader Co Department Store, West 22nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910
Cow over stone wall, YorkshireA curious cow looks over a dry stone wall in Rosedale, Yorkshire. An old stone barn is in the background. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1991
Linden Gardens, Notting Hill Gate, London - Christmas CardThe gated entrance to Linden Gardens at the junction of High Street Notting Hill Gate, London - Christmas and New Years Greetings Postcard
Saddar Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Punjab, British IndiaSaddar Bazaar, a shopping street in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). circa 1920
Newfoundland & Labrador - Battle Isle - under the Salt StoreNewfoundland & Labrador, Canada - Battle Isle - under the Salt Store in Battle Harbour. Young Victor Crowley and two massive cod. The larger fish measured 5ft 5" and weighed 60lbs. Date: 1901
Walgreen Drug Store - Baronne and Canal Streets, New OrleansWalgreen Drug Store - 900 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: 1950s
Waring & Gillow / 1914The fine exterior of Waring and Gillows furniture shop in Oxford Street, London Date: 1914
John Lewis, Oxford Street, LondonJohn Lewis department store, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1905
Music cover, In the Quartermasters Stores (My Eyes are Dim I Cannot See), words and music adapted by Box, Cox and Bert Read. 1940
Oxford Street looking west from Oxford Circus, London. Date: circa 1900
Main Street, Colebrook, New Hampshire, USAMain Street (looking north), Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA. Date: circa 1925
Music Hall, Leominster, Massachusetts, USAMusic Hall in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA, with shops on the ground floor. Date: circa 1911
Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi, USAView of a busy Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1904
Dollar Savings Bank, Niles, Ohio, USA, marking the spot where President McKinley was born. Date: circa 1905
Georgian store, and Circassian and Ingush man.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Trade catalogue for jelly and cake moulds 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing jelly and cake moulds in a variety of shapes. Date: 1911
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Native Boutique Date: circa 1920s
London, Pimlico, Belgravia - Ebury StreetLondon, Pimlico, Belgravia - 83 Ebury Street. The corner with Ecclestone Street can be seen back left. Date: circa 1910
Lord Howard de Walden in libel suitLord Howard de Walden (Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford, 1880-1946) in the witness box
Hackney Coach / 1807A Hackney coach stops at a liquor store for the horse team to receive refreshment
LA Samaritaine, ParisThe Samaritaine, in the rue de Rivoli, is still Pariss biggest and best department store. (on the reverse of this card are portraits of the founders of the store.)
Harrods toy department, dolls houses, 1922Fantastic array of dolls houses in all shapes and sizes available to buy at Christmas from the Harrods Toy Department Date: 1922
Wilson, NC, USA - Oettingers The Dependable StoreWilson, North Carolina, USA - Oettingers - The Dependable Store. The leading store of the town with the slogan: " It pays to Deal at Oettinger s"
Nelson Drug Company Store, Dowagiac, Michigan, USAGood Drug Men - Nelson Drug Company Store, Dowagiac, Michigan, USA. This store appears to sell absolutely everything, including postcards and postage stamps! Date: circa 1920s
Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USAMain Street looking west, Chanute, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1920
Broadway, Pittsburgh, Kansas, USABroadway, looking south, Pittsburgh, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1904
Man waiting in sidecar on a Sussex roadMan sitting waiting in a motorbike sidecar on a Sussex road, outside Sprinks Stores. Date: circa 1920s
WW2 greetings card, As You Were! Three servicewomen in uniform, a WRN, an ATS and a WaF, look longingly at an elegant evening dress in a store window. Date: circa 1942
