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Shakespeare Book Shop, Paris - 02Proprietor George Whitman in his Shakespeare and Company Book shop, on the Left Bank in Paris. First published in The Sunday Times. George Whitman 1913-2011
Shakespeare Book Shop, Paris - 01Proprietor George Whitman in his Shakespeare and Company Book shop, on the Left Bank in Paris. First published in The Sunday Times. George Whitman 1913-2011
Record Greetings - record and greetings card shop, CroydonRecord Greetings, a record and greetings cards shop at 77 George Street, Croydon in the days when vinyl was king, long before the advent of digital streaming
Macon, France - The Wooden HouseMacon, Burgundy France. A15th-16th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) in Place aux Herbes - at this point the lower shop was a clothing outfitter. Date: circa 1910s
Madame Fillioux - Lyon, France - The Queen of ChickensMadame Fillioux (1865-?) working at her sons (D. Frechin) establishment where she appears to specialise in the sale of wine, asparagus and chickens! 73, Rue Duquesne, Lyon, France
Arab Street with small shops - Algiers, AlgeriaArab Street with small shops in the Kasbah of Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1904
Nice, France - Chinese-style Embroidered Straw SunhatsThe boutique of Madame Vivienne Bessi, specialising in Chinese-style Embroidered Straw Sunhats - fashionable in Nice, Riviera, France at this period. Date: circa 1940
M. White & Co. Menswear Store - 157 Kings Road, Chelsea, London - next to the Chelsea Wesleyan Church. Shopkeeper Miss Denton stands proudly in the doorway. Date: circa 1910s
Salisbury, Wiltshire - Market Square. Date: circa 1920
Suez - Rue Komar - in north-eastern Egypt on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. Date: circa 1905
Flexible Metallic Tubing Shop - 112 Queen Victoria Street, London. Flexible metallic tubing is seemingly a perfected substitute for rubber or canvas hose
The Armoury Square, Fort Agra, Agra, IndiaThe Armoury Square at the fort at Agra, India, now a UNESCO world heritage site. The great Mughals Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here
Shirokiya Department Store, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1930s
Times Square, New York City, NY, USA Date: circa 1947
Paris, France - A. Barrot standing outside his Chemist ShopParis, France - Proprietor (possibly Chemist/Pharmacist) A. Barrot standing outside his Chemist Shop. Date: 1913
Boston Store, Chicago, USA Date: 1913
Interior and Exterior, Phoenix Drug Store, Hamilton, BermudaInterior and Exterior of the Phoenix Drug Store, Hamilton, Bermuda. Note the sign in the lower section which proclaims the store as the Headquarters for Souvenir Postcards. Date: circa 1920s
Bottle store, Mineral Water Factory, Paignton, DevonBottle store in the Mineral Water Factory of Herbert Dawe Ltd, Paignton, Devon. Date: 1960s
Kendal Milne & Co. Manchester - Department StoreKendal Milne & Co. Deansgate, Manchester - Department Store. Card advertising the Winter Sale (Monday 4th January to Saturday 16th January). Date: 1904
Advert for International Fur Store, theatre coat 1913Fur-trimmed white evening coat or wrap with white fur stole, long gloves and fan. 1913
Simon Arzt store in Port Said, EgyptSimon Arzt store, a department store led by tobacco producer and retailer Simon Arzt, next to a Thomas Cook & Son office at the Rue du Commerce (Shopping street) in Port Said, Egypt. Date: 1930s
Bunneys Ltd. Department Store - Church Street, LiverpoolBunneys Ltd. Department Store - on the corner of Church Street and Whitechapel, Liverpool Date: 1911
Woollands store in Knightsbridge by MataniaThe Christmas Shopping Season - A Sphere artist visits a West-End House. A scene in the costume salon of Messrs. Woollands well-known house in Knightsbridge, the centre of fashion
Dickins and Jones advertisement, 1950s fashionAdvertisement for department store, Dickins and Jones of Regent Street, London, featuring a model wearing a black velvet coat with Dolman sleeves and collar. Date: 1950
Tobacconist, newsagent and stationer, 1905A. Green, tobacconist, newsagent and stationer, 1905. Newspaper boards outside the shop proclaim headlines about peace in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-05. The newsagent stands in the doorway
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. ButcheryTacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Butchery. Miniature. Fol. 77r
Elsa Schiaparelli Pour le Sport advertismentAdvertisment for Elsa Schiaparellis first shop, Pour le Sport, in 4, Rue de la Paix, in Paris. Her first collection consisted of knitwear
Trade catalogue for lamp stands and shades 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of Edwardian telescopic floor lamp stands and shades. Date: 1911
Perfume department, Selfridges, Oxford Street, LondonPerfume department, Selfridge s, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1910
View of Queens Road (Queensway), Bayswater, LondonView of Queens Road (now Queensway), Bayswater, West London, with Whiteleys department store in the distance. circa 1920
Jubilee decorations, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London W1Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London W1, decorated for the 1935 Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935
Reading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd - Oxford RoadReading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd at 6-34 Oxford Road - The store was opened in 1903, and was known as the Crystal Palace of Reading because of its 2000 feet of plate glass windows
Biruta Stewart-Ure in Biba, sister of Barbara Hulanicki BibaBiruta Stewart-Ure, younger sister of Barbara Hulanicki who founded the mega successful London fashion store, Biba. The shop was named after Biruta, whose nickname was Biba
Cathy McGowan and Cilla Black help Biba to moveReady, Steady Go presenter and style leader Cathy McGowan, together with singer Cilla Black help the cult fashion store Biba to move premises from Abingdon Road to Church Street in Kensington in
Moloo Brothers & Co, Dar-es-Salaam, East AfricaThe general store of Moloo Brothers & Co, stamp dealers and money changers, goldsmiths, jewellers, tailors and outfitters, Acacia Avenue, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika
Indian general store, Tabora, Tanzania, East AfricaIndian general store, Tabora, German East Africa (now Tanzania). The woman on the left is operating a Singer sewing machine. Date: circa 1910
Moloo Brothers & Co, Main Street, Zanzibar, TanzaniaMoloo Brothers & Co, Main Street, Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). Claimed to be the largest curio shop in East Africa, selling silk, ivory and other items. Date: circa 1920s
Gorringes Department Store, Buckingham Palace Road, LondonGorringes Department Store, Buckingham Palace Road, County of London, England. Showing the Ladies Hairdressing Department Date: 1910s
The Village, Fakenham, NorfolkThe Village, Fakenham, near Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk, England. Showing Charles J Elliott - Family Grocer, Wainwrights Music Store
Tutankhamuns ivory fan with ostrich feathersTutankhamuns fan with ostrich feathers. It has a beautifully decorated ivory handle and the original feathers collected by Tutankhamun on his hunting expeditions
The Yankee Store, Hamilton, Bermuda - seller of souvenirs and postcards Date: circa 1940s
Blitz in London -- Oxford Street after an air raid, WW2Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a nights bombing on Central London and the West End, 18 September 1940. The John Lewis department store (left) was destroyed
LFCDA-LFB Woolworths fire, Crystal Palace SE19Fifteen pumps were called to deal with a major blaze in the Woolworths store in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, that seriously damaged the store
Blitz in London -- Chiesmans, Lewisham High Street, WW2Blitz in London -- a firefighter, wearing an oilskin coat, damping down the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack on Chiesmans depository in Lewisham High Street, SE13
Selfridges decorated for the 1937 CoronationSelfridges department store in Oxford Street, London decorated for the Coronation of King George VI in May 1937. The store displayed a sculptured pageant of English history
Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east LondonA Metropolitan Police officer is fitted with his uniform at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London. There are rows of helmets and piles of clothes on counter tops
Tesco SupermarketAn early branch of Tescos supermarket, London. Date: 1979
Tunisia - Streetside Arab Hardware storeStreetside Arab Grocer / hardware store in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, pots, jars, pans, baskets and rope