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Street trade - cherriesWoman in the streets of London selling cherries. Date: 1885
Street trade - muffin manMuffin man coming round on Sunday would balance them on a tray on his head, ringing a large bell, calling out Muffins... Muffins.... Date: Circa 1905
London costermonger 1850sHere partaters! kearots and turnips! fine brockelo-o-o!. Date: circa 1850s
Street trade - white radish hard lettuce and onionsWoman holding her baskets, selling white radish lettuce, Date: 19th Century
London Trades: Locksmiths - The City Farrier - Gold-BeatersTraditional London trades: (top left) Locksmiths cutting key-barrels on a machine which is 140 years old at the works of the Bramah Lock Company (top right)
Government bond, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway, ChinaGovernment bond of the Chinese Republic, Lung-Tsing-U-Hai Railway, China, value 20. A 5% gold loan for 10M sterling. Date: 1913
Gallo-Roman funerary stele with commercial scene. Roman art. Relief on rock. FRANCE. LORRAINE. MOSELLE. Metz. mus饠 de La Cour d Or Metz M鴲 opole
Middle Ages in Spain. Market sceneMarket scene in the Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula. From left to right, dealer Muslim, Christian and Hebrew. Illustration by Lluis Bargall atercolour
The first Lumiere cinematograph invented in 1894. FRANCE. Paris. Conservatoire National des Arts et M鴩 ers (National Conservatory of Arts and Trades)
Little Weighton Harvesting early 1900s
Tradesman sharpening scissors on a Christmas cardTravelling tradesman sharpening scissors and other items on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Business card, G W Bulgin, undertaker, LondonBusiness card of G W Bulgin, upholsterer, house and estate agent, decorator and undertaker, of Stanhope Street, Euston Road (office) and William Street, Albany Street (workshops), London
Dog costermonger selling in the street on a Christmas cardDog costermonger selling juicy bones in the street on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Man selling toys in the street on a Christmas card -- Like the cuckoo with but one song. Date: circa 1890s
Sandwich board men on a Christmas and New Year cardSandwich board men in the snow on a Christmas and New Year card -- Birds of a feather flock together. Date: circa 1890s
Workmen sweeping snow on a Christmas card -- New brooms sweep clean. Date: circa 1890s
Bakers with bread on a Christmas card -- He knows which side his bread is buttered. Date: circa 1890s
Card game, The Streets of London - Baked Potato Seller. circa 1880
Share certificate and coupons, Kilo-Moto GoldminesShare certificate and dividend coupons, Kilo-Moto Goldmines, in the Belgian Congo. Date: 1944
Kay Snap - Mr Cream the Milkman. 1930s
Kay Snap - Mr Knob the Coalman. 1930s
Book of Trades, The Quarry Man. 1841
Cordon Bleu with its founder, Rosemary HumeThe Cordon Bleu School at a trade fair with its founder, Rosemary Hume Date: 1970
First National Firemens Strike, 1977The first ever National Firemens Strike in 1977 was supported by Firemen from Eccles Fire Station, Manchester. Date: 1977
Spring 1927 Paris Fashions with models from (LtoR Tollman, Amy Linker & Ballard et Cie, Jean Patou, Cheruit, Premet, London Trades, Amy Linker & Ballard et Cie and Alice Bernard Date: 1927
Charles V in the siege of Metz, 1552-1553. Engraving. SPAIN. ARAGON. Zaragoza. Academia General Militar (General Military Academy)
Roman as with a representation of the god Janus. This was the first coin ever struck by Ancient Rome
Medical Reserve Cognac. Advertisement poster of brandy Fromy Rog饠 and Co.. Litography
East India House, headquarters of the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, London ca.1830. The building was demolished in 1861 and the site is now occupied by the Lloyds building. Engraving
Dutch East Indies. Ambon Island, 1612Map of the island of Amboina (Ambon) in the South Moluccas. 1612. Capital of the Dutch East Indies, colonies established by the Dutch East India Company. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE
Daguerreotype (1839). FRANCE. Paris. Conservatoire National des Arts et M鴩 ers (National Conservatory of Arts and Trades)
Chart by Joan Martines. Island of Sicily (1591). Miniature Painting
A Colourmans Shop, London, 1829 by George ScharfThe shop of a colourman, Mr Allen, brightly painted in green. Colourmen would grind pigments and mix paint colours. Examples of pots of colours are displayed in the window
Brighton Winkle StallQueueing up at a winkle stall in Brighton, Sussex, England. Winkles are eaten with a pin, to winkle them out of their shells. Date: mid 1960s
William Brace, Welsh Labour MPWilliam Brace (1865-1947), Welsh Labour MP, President of the South Wales Miners Federation from 1912 until 1915. He was an early advocate of a single union for all of Britains coal miners
Pussys ButcherPussys butcher. A street trader sells cat food from his cart. He feeds a scrap to passing cat who stands on its hind legs to reach
Coal SellerA coal seller wheels his barrow through the streets of London
Selling apples from a barrow in Scotland, 1830A man selling apples from a barrow in Scotland, circa 1830. Date: C.1830
French seller of hot cocoaMarchand de Coco. A French vendor sells cups of cocoa or hot chocolate to a group of boys. Date: C.1875
Selling pastries from a street stall in France, 1850Le patissier - man selling pastries to schoolboys in France, 1850. Date: 1850
Man selling ginger beer, 1870Man selling glasses of ginger beer from a stall in the street in London, 1870. Date: 1870
Selling sarsaparilla from a horse and wagon, 1903Selling drinks of sarsaparilla from a horse and wagon, 1903, in London. Date: 1903
Scottish fishwife, 1830sA Scottish fishwife selling fish from a basket and putting it in her customers pocket, 1830s Date: 1830s
Selling coffee and clams in New York, 1890Oysters, clams and coffee for sale from a stall in New York, 1890. Date: 1890
Woman selling drinks on way to the Derby, 1870Woman selling refreshments by the roadside on the way to the Derby, 1870. Date: 1870
Woman selling cockles in Scotland, c. 1830Woman selling cockles in Scotland to two boys, c.1830 Date: C.1830
Cryer of Poor Jack, 1813Cryer of Poor Jack - an English street seller of cheap fish, 1813 Date: 1813
Winkle seller, 1869Man selling fine fresh winkles from a cart, 1869 Date: 1869