Stores Collection

Cottage of Alfred Wallis, St Ives, Cornwall
View of the cottage of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942), primitive artist, mariner, fisherman and marine stores dealer, at Back Road West, not far from Porthmeor Beach and the Tate Gallery

Wind in the Willows
" The Badgers winter stores, which indeed were visible everywhere, took up half the room." Date: First published: 1908

Fortnum & Mason
The Fortnum and Mason lettering sign above the door of the famous store, selling luxury goods of all description, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1960s

Chinatown Shop, 1960S
Loon Fung Chinese general provision store, probably in Chinatown, central London. Date: 1960s

Advertisement for linoleum manufacturers
An advertisement for M Nairn & Co, floor cloth and linoleum manufacturers of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, with premises also in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Paris. circa 1883

Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1910

Bourne & Hollingsworth, Oxford Street, London
Bourne & Hollingsworth department store, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1920

Melbourne Cable Tram and Driver
A Melbourne Cable tram (destination - North Fitzroy) and driver (in his uniform) - 1925

HARRODS 1953
A large expensive car approaches the Knightsbridge store, which is now somewhat larger than the original grocers shop of 1849

Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Wyoming 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, USA
High Street viewed from City Hall, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. Date: 1923

Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1905

Opening of Whiteleys department store, 1911
Two pictures reporting on the opening of Whiteleys department store in Bayswater, West London in at the end of November 1911

Coventry Shopping Centre
The rather stark modern shopping centre in Coventry with shoppers going about their business at British Home Stores or Marks and Spencer; Coventry Cathedral can be seen Date: 1960s

John Lewis, founder of the department store
John Lewis (1836 - 1928), founder of John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London

Selfridges, London 1909
Selfridges, Oxford Street, London

Waring & Gillow, London
The exterior of Waring & Gillow, Oxford Street, London

LIBERTY S, LONDON 1920S
Libertys of London

Marshall & Snelgrove
The Marshall & Snelgrove department store on Oxford Street, London

India / Simla 1930S
The city of Simla, India literally hangs on the mountain side, 6, 000 feet above sea level. For several months of the year it is buried in snow

Hastings Net Houses
Net houses or stores, Deezes on the Stade, in the fishing quarter of the seaside resort of Hastings, Sussex, England

East Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USA
View of East Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1920

Selfridges Exterior 30S
An exterior view of Selfridges department store on Londons Oxford Street

Village Post Office
The Crantock Stores, near Newquay, Cornwall; selling Walls ice cream, newspapers, postcards and incorporating the village post office

Shoolbred Store, London
Shoolbred department store, Tottenham Court Road, London

Selfridges, London 1909
Selfridges, Oxford Street, London

Corner View of Harrods
The elegant facade of Harrods is matched by the elegance of its customers

Whiteleys department store, Queens Road, Bayswater, London
The new Whiteleys department store in Queens Road, Bayswater, West London, grand opening, with a banner, Welcome to the Lord Mayor. Date: circa 1911

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

Court Oak Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands, with a shop and Post Office on the corner of Earls Court Road. Date: circa 1900s

Saddar Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
Saddar Bazaar, a shopping street in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). circa 1920

High Street, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland - a promotional card for the business on the far left of the image - David Thomson, Draper, Hatter and Outfitter at 14 High Street

Marks & Spencer Front
The elegant shop front of a branch of Marks & Spencer Ltd. Date: circa 1910

Ley-Ons Chop Suey Restaurant, Soho
Ley-Ons Chop Suey Restaurant in Soho, London, 1947 Date: 1947

MODERN CAR PARK 1960S
A trendy modern car park, surrounded by a parade of convenience stores and a brand new council estate, Ham, Richmond, Surrey, England. Date: 1960s

Borgfeldt Department Store, New York
Building, George Borgfeldt Co. Photograph of a watercolor architectural rendering of the George Borgfeldt Building at Irving Place and East 16th Street; signed James Reily Gordon

Grocery store in Cairo, Egypt
Grocery store at a street in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1908

Shops at Caledonian Road, North London. Date: circa 1905

Millwall Docks, London
Taking aboard stores and special equipment for the commonwealth trans-antarctic expeditiion: the Canadian seal-catcher M.V

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

LCC-LFB Fire engines in the HQ drill yard
Lambeth fire station appliances in the drill yard together with senior officer staff cars, and a lorry delivering stores

LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fire
Firefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London

Grand Leader Co Department Store, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Grand Leader Co Department Store, West 22nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910

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, USA
Main Street (looking north), Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA. Date: circa 1925

Music Hall, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
Music Hall in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA, with shops on the ground floor. Date: circa 1911

Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi, USA
View 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

Central Stores & Post Office, High Street, Chalford, Glos
Central Stores and Post Office, High Street, Chalford, Gloucestershire. Date: circa 1909

London, Pimlico, Belgravia - Ebury Street
London, Pimlico, Belgravia - 83 Ebury Street. The corner with Ecclestone Street can be seen back left. Date: circa 1910

LA Samaritaine, Paris
The 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 Exterior 1929
The exterior of Harrods, London Date: 1929

Broadway, Pittsburgh, Kansas, USA
Broadway, looking south, Pittsburgh, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1904

High Street, Springfield, Ohio, USA
View of the High Street, Springfield, Ohio, USA, with pedestrians and traffic. Date: circa 1910

Man waiting in sidecar on a Sussex road
Man sitting waiting in a motorbike sidecar on a Sussex road, outside Sprinks Stores. Date: circa 1920s

Drug Stores, Gronant, Denbighshire
Drug Stores, Gronant, Prestatyn, near Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1
A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916

Scene in the International Stores, Crediton, Devon, with two middle-aged women chatting in an aisle

Mays Stores / Shepherd Mkt
Shepherd Market, Mayfair, previously the site of the May Fair from which the district takes its name. It was laid out in c.1735 by architect Edward Shepherd

Au Bon Marche, Rue du Bac, Paris, France
Exterior view of the Au Bon Marche department store in the Rue du Bac, Paris, France

Lottas Fountain, San Francisco, California, USA, at the intersection of Market, Geary and Kearney Streets. Date: circa 1930

Advert for Dickins & Jones womens winter sports wear 1928
Dickins & Jones, winter sports department, helping you choose the correct outfits for the season. 1928

Warren Street, Glens Falls, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Wall Street, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
View of Wall Street, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, with traffic and pedestrians. Date: circa 1905

Main Street, Aztec, New Mexico, USA
Part of Main Street, Aztec, New Mexico, USA. Date: circa 1907

Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USA
Main Street looking west, Chanute, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1920

16th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
View of 16th Street, looking south from Douglas, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: circa 1908

Village Stores, Deddington, Oxfordshire
Village Stores, Deddington, near Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Proprietor Tucker (Otters Restaurant in 2013) Date: 1900s

Peter Jones, London
MR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century

Allsopps pale-ale brewery 1853
Interior of Samuel Allsopp & Sons, pale-ale brewery in Haydon Square, London. Date: 1853

High Street, Swanage, Dorset
High Street, Swanage, near Poole, Dorset, England. Showing Frank Coxs Boot Stores Date: 1905

American Roadside Gas Station and Barbershop
American Roadside Gas Station, Hardings United Purity Stores and Barbershop Date: 1946

Marshall & Shelgrove, Oxford Street, London

Debenham & Freebody 1905
Debenham & Freebody department store, Wigmore Street, London

Kimmeridge Post Office and Stores, Lulworth, Dorset, England. Date: 1970s

Beach stores, Trevone Bay, Cornwall, England. Date: 1965

River Yare, Norfolk Broads - Riverside stores at Brundall
Riverside stores at Brundall, River Yare, Norfolk Broads, Norfolk, England. Date: 1964

Norman soldiers loading stores and arms onto ships
Norman soldiers loading suits of chainmail armor, carts laden with helmets, spears and barrels onto ships. Willian, Duke of Normandy, orders soldiers and cavalry to board

Claiming to be the largest store in the world, Dufayel offers sewing machines, cameras, furniture, heating and lighting, prams, hunting and religious items... etc. Date: 1906

USA - New York City - Hester Street
Hester Street - It has historically been a center for Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant culture. More recently, it has been absorbed by Chinatown, although some kosher and Jewish-owned stores can be found

Robert Raikes House - an historic 16th century timber-framed town house at 36-38 Southgate Street, Gloucester. Date: circa 1907

Comic postcard, Woman escaping from department store Date: 20th century

Junction - Angel Street and High Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Date: 1964

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