Trade Collection (page 2)

Empire Marketing Board - Penang, British Malaya
Empire Marketing Board Poster design, Penang, British Malaya (now Malaysia), printed for the Empire Marketing Board. Showing a busy scene at the docks. Date: circa 1930

Trades union membership certificate
A trades union membership certificate for the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with Defence and Defiance as their motto

Napier Deltic 18 2500 bhp diesel engine on show

Advertisement for Libertys new shops, London
An advertisement for Libertys new shops about to open in Argyll Place, off Regent Street, London. Liberty & Co have had the exterior and interior built in 16th century style

St Thomas Green cattle market, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Scene at St Thomas Green cattle market, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, with people and animals. Date: early 20th century

Met Police officers during Grunwick dispute
Two Metropolitan Police officers relax on deckchairs in The Mall, Central London, waiting for a political demonstration over the Grunwick dispute to begin

Wreck Chart of the British Isles For 1868
Chart showing the positions of all 2131 vessels wrecked around the British Isles during 1868, compiled from the Board of Trade records

Pharmacist (Maxims)
A pharmacist measures out drops for the megrims (winter blues)

Leather making and tannery tools
Various tools used in tannery and leather making, including a knife, pincers and a hook

Mobile Chimney Sweep
A chimney sweep stands with his equipment beside his car which has a model of a chimney on the roof with a broom sticking out of the top, to advertise his trade

Selfridges, London 1909
Selfridges, Oxford Street, London

British Bank Notes
A One Pound and a Ten Shillings note issued following a moratorium announced by the Government at the outbreak of World War One

Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock, (1855 - 1981), at Plaistow Marshes, east London, was well known for its meat trade, especially with South America

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

Advert, Gaskell & Chambers Ltd, Bar Fitters
Advert for Gaskell & Chambers Ltd (incorporated with Yates & Greenways), Bar Fitters, Manufacturers of Beer Engines and Hotel Bar Requisites, Counters, Back Fittings, Seating

Advert, William Teacher & Sons, Whisky, Scotland
Advert for William Teacher & Sons, Scotch Whisky Distillers, Blenders and Exporters, Ardmore Distillery, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 1905

Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890
Six thousand barrels of whisky in a bonded warehouse on the ground floor, Edinburgh, Scotland, proprietors Andrew Usher and Co. 1890

Swedish poster, Fish Exhibition, Stockholm
Swedish poster, Fish Exhibition, 10-26 May, Osterman s, Stureplan, Stockholm. circa 1950s

Mens Pavilion & Recreation Grounds, Bournville, Birmingham, England - part of the model community set up around the Cadburys Cocoa Factory. Cricket being played at the Cadbury Sports Club. Date: 1910

Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, office and factory -- trade design. 1920

London Trade Card - William Johnson, Wig Maker
London Trade Card - William Johnson, Peruke (Wig) Maker, in Castle Alley near Royal Exchange. Wigs for men and women. 18th century

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

Statue of Liberty and Lower Mannhattan
The Statue of Liberty, Hudson River and lower Mannhattan in 1995 Date: 1995

Nigeria - A Yoruba Grocer Date: circa 1920s

Covent Garden Market
Crates of fresh fruit and vegetables from Norfolk etc. being unloaded in the morning at Covent Garden market, central London. Date: circa 1950

Chicago Board of Trade - the interesting, lively, and at times noisy trading on the floor. Date: 1916

Victorian inventions in The Engineer
A page of patented engineering and industrial inventions from The Engineer magazine, 1856. Date: 1856

Cobblers shop front, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of a cobblers shop front in St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The cobbler and his apprentice (possibly his son) stand outside the shop

Porthgain lime workings, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
View of Porthgain lime workings on the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. Limestone was shipped in from South Pembrokeshire to produce lime

Smithfield Market 1870
The arrival of an early meat train at Smithfield Market in London: porters unload and move baskets and crates

BALHAM MARKET / 1950 S
Balham market, showing vegetable stalls

Amsterdam Exchange / C17
A general scene at the Amsterdam stock exchange

Mobile Butchers Shop
Mobile cooked meat shop of W J Poxon & Sons, Kidderminster, specialising in pork pies

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

LIBERTY S, LONDON 1920S
Libertys of London

Billingsgate Market / R&p
BILLINGSGATE FISH MARKET A busy day at the largest fish market in the East End of London

Borough Market 1864
The new Borough market is full of people buying their vegetables

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

Old Uk Money 1969
A pile of " old" United Kindom currency, including pound notes shillings and copper coins before Decimalisation occurred on 15 February 1971

Hull Shops 1970S
A typical late 20th century pedestrian shopping area. This one is in Hull, Yorkshire, England, on the corner of Parliament Street

OLD ENGLISH COINS
Old (pre-Decimalisation) British coins (left to right): Top - penny, half penny, threepenny bit. Bottom - half crown, two shillings, one shilling, sixpence - tails

Money / Stones / Yap 1885
Two chiefs of Yap Island, western Caroline (Pacific) Islands with three huge perforated stones which were used as currency

Promotional jigsaw, Beechams Pills and Powders. circa 1930s

Poster advertising Ryst Armagnac. Date: 20th century

Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester

Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines - showing a good patriotic wife using her sewing machine to produce a white ensign for a Royal Naval Seaman husband. Date: circa 1916

Bakewell Pudding Shop
The shop window of the old original Bakewell Pudding Shop, where the famous Bakewell Tarts were first made, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. Date: 19th century

Poster advertising Pollards Storefitters, showing workmen busy with their carpentry. 20th century

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