Stores Collection (page 13)

Selfridges during Second World War
Selfridges department store on Oxford Street, London pictured during World War Two with the windows covered over as protection against air raids

Advertisement for the opening of Selfridges, 1909
Advertisement in The Illustrated London News inviting shoppers to visit the new temple of commerce on Oxford Street, London, Messrs Selfridge & Co from the week beginning 15 March 1909. Date: 1909

Custer County Horse Fair, Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, USA. circa 1910

View of San Francisco from above. The Pantages theatre can be seen on the left

Lusitania anti-German riots
Chrisp Street anti-German Lusitania riots and break in at A. Schoenfelds tobacco and cigar store, Poplar, east end of London. Date: 1915

Isaac Walton & Co in Brixton, London

The exterior of Harrods department store, from Brompton Road. London Date: C. 1905

Staff photo outside Star Dining Rooms

Fifth Street, Calumet, Michigan, USA Date: 1912

Wartime shopping on horseback, 1939
A young woman carries out her shopping on horseback during the early months of World War Two. Date: 1939

Advert for Peter Robinsons men & women accessories 1915
Suggestion of practical christmas gifts for the lady and gentleman. 1915

Landing stores at Lundy
A small rowing boat lands stores on the beach at the Island of Lundy. Around 1645, Barbary Pirates under command of the Dutch renegade Jan Janszoon operating from the Moroccan port of SalÚá»ccupied

The General Strike - clearing up Hyde Park 1926
Clearing up in Hyde Park after the end of the General Strike: packing blankets used by volunteers for return to army stores

Victoria Street
The Army & Navy Stores, outfitters and much more to the Empire. Date: circa 1900

The Commissariat Camp in the Crimea, 1855
Engraving showing the part of the British Army camp responsible for stores and provisions during the Crimean War. By the end of the Crimean war the camp was running smoothly

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Busy street scene Date: circa 1910s

Clothing - Air Raid Victims - Queen Elizabeth & Lady Reading
Inspecting a clothes distribution scheme for Air Raid victims (which have arrived in Britain from New Zealand) - a visit by Queen Elizabeth & Eva Violet Isaacs (neaMond), Marchioness of Reading

Ginza Street, Tokyo, Japan - Shops and Department Stores. Today, one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Date: circa 1930

France - Tours - Grand Bazar and New Galleries
France - Tours - Grand Market and New Galleries (Grand Bazar et Nouvelles Galeries) Date: circa 1906

Youngs Row-boat and Canoe Livery, Bermuda
Youngs Row-boat and Canoe Livery near the Princess Hotel Bermuda Date: circa 1910

Complete Valiant team of aircrew ground engineers
Complete Valiant team of aircrew, ground engineers and support equipment and stores

Writing Price Tickets
Writing out price tickets at Au Bon Marche, Paris Date: 1889

Bonmarche / Shop / Japanese
Department store in Paris, France. The Japanese gallery. Date: 1880

Sebastopol Aerial View
An aerial view of the town, forts and harbours of Sebastopol, with British and French shipping, camps for soldiers and workmen, stores and barracks Date: 1854

Firefighter at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop
Firefighter working at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop, Cricklewood, NW London

Firefighters at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop
Firefighters working at the scene of a fire in a furniture shop, Cricklewood, NW London

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Arding & Hobbs, SW London
Firefighters working at the scene of a major fire at Arding & Hobbs Department Store, Clapham, in December 1909. Surprisingly, they have dispensed with their brass helmets

LCC-LFB Lee Green sub-station, Lewisham
London was expanding and the London Fire Brigade not only built new fire stations but took over existing buildings and converted them

London Fire Brigade Store Van

Stocks of fire brigade hose fittings, LFB HQ workshops
An assortment of pump collector heads, hose adapters and suction hoses on the floor of the London Fire Brigade workshops at Lambeth

Debenham and Freebody s
Workrooms at Debenham and Freebodys store, London, 1911 Date: 1911

Book sellers on the Quai St-Michel in Paris. Notre Dame Cathedral can be seen in the background

A prospect of Rio Bona harbour in the parish of St. Anns, a
A prospect of Rio Bona harbour in the parish of St. Ann s, and the tavern, wharf, and stores, in the parish of St. James s, the north side Jamaica

Landing place, railway stores, Balaklava, looking up the harbour. Men seated by railroad bed under construction next to Balaklava harbor. Date 1855

Pawnshops and secondhand stores in Gateway District, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Date 1939 Sept

Stores in Plain City, Ohio. Date 1938 Aug

Police and strikers during railway strike, Dublin
Police holding strikers back to allow non-union men to pass to Kingsbridge Station (now known as Heuston Station) in Dublin, Ireland. 1911

Joyce Green Hospital - stores
Interior of stores block at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

International Stores, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Interior view of The International Stores at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, showing biscuit containers (Mitre Biscuits) in front of the counter, and stacks of tins and packets on shelves behind. 1963

Clothing & Boot Stores, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Exterior view of a Clothing and Boot Stores on the High Street in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with a man and two women posing outside. circa 1910

Astors Hotel. Basement, or Plan of Stores. Floor plans. Date: ca. 1832

Workshops and Store Areas - Anglo-Iranian Oil Company works at Masjid-I-Sulaiman - one of the first active oil fields in the Middle East Date: circa 1930s

Advertisement for Home & Colonial Stores Ltd, 268-270 Edgware Road, London W2, offering Xmas Fare. An apprehensive-looking turkey stands in a snowy village landscape

Marshall Field
The worlds largest department store occupies an entire block in central Chicago - 45 acres (18+ hectares) of floor space, employing about 10000 staff. Date: 1916

Siegel Department Store
The Siegel, Cooper store on State and Van Buren streets, Chicago, is one of the worlds largest - accommodating 10000+ customers an hour and employing 2500 staff. Date: 1916

Victoria Street, London
The Old army and Navy Stores (right) on Victoria Street, London Date: 1908

Hauling Stores
Ponies hauling stores to Shackletons hut. Date: circa 1907

Chicago Department Store
Rothschild & Cos department store on State Street, Chicago, is one of the worlds largest : it was completed in 1912. Date: 1916

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