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London Stock Exchange - The Stock Jobbers Pitches. Date: early 1960s
Vasco da Gama in IndiaPortuguese Colonial History Series - Vasco da Gama has an audience with The King of Calicut (Kozhikode), the Samudiri (Zamorin) in May 1498
Chicago Board of Trade - the interesting, lively, and at times noisy trading on the floor. Date: 1916
Sir John BrockettSIR JOHN BROCKETT of Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire : merchant trading with Spain. Date: 1538 - 1598
Market Day in a Mexican Village. Date: circa 1920s
Lebanon / SidonThe former Crusader fortress at Sidon, Lebanon. Sidon was originally the most important Phoenician trading centre in the Mediterranean. Date: 1930s
London Stock Exchange, Throgmorton Street - The Trading Floor
The Original Co-op, Rochdale, LancashireOn December 21st, 1844, the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society commenced trading in this building thereby launching the worldwide Co-operative movement
Captain Henry Avery, pirateCaptain Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Moguls ships. In 1695, pirate Henry Averys (aka Every or Avary) ship, the Fancy
The Last Day of the Old Smithfield Market, London 1855Last days trading at the Old Smithfield Market, London. Large number of cows, sheep and pigs in pens awaiting sale and slaughter. In the background, the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral is silhouetted
Cover design, Dombey and SonCover design, Part XI of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, August 1847, with illustrations by Hablot K Browne. 1847
De Havilland Dragon G-ADDI Air Navigation and Trading CoDe Havilland Dragon G-ADDI of the Air Navigation and Trading Co at Blackpool in 1952, ex Railway Air Services and RAF Date: 1952
Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, SenegalMoorish Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal Date: circa 1950s
Strong Cheese repels diner and waiterOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Cheese: " Supply much stronger, but very little demand." This commodities phrasiology is illustrated by a waiter struggling to cope
Manchester Ship Canal - Unloading bananasUnloading bananas from a steamship liner moored up on the Manchester Ship Canal directly into railway wagons on a track on the edge of the quayside
Horses and people at Barnet FairHorses waiting for a new owner at Barnet Fair, north London
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England - The Pontoon - Catch of Cod. In 1790 the population was less than 1, 000 and in 1907 it was 65, 000
Kings Lynn Custom HseThe Custom House in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, built in the late 17th century as an exchange, or trading centre for merchants. Date: late 17th century
Petticoat Lane silhouetteA smart lady with a small dog in tow walks through Petticoat Lane, Londons famous East End market. Date: 1926
India / Calicut / SettlementThe European (Portuguese trading) settlement at Calicut
India-Africa TradeTrading vessels leaving India to trade with Africa
Lion BreweryThe Lion Brewery Co is a British heritage brewery that was founded in 1836 in Lambeth, London. For over a hundred years, the brewery shipped its heavily-hopped ales to trading posts
Bringing ivory to the wagons, South Africa, c. 1863Engraving from a sketch by Thomas Baines, made while travelling in South Africa with explorer and elephant hunter James Chapman in around 1862-3
DUTCH MERCHANT VESSELSDutch West Indies Merchant Vessels. Date: early 17th century
Archangel, Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal YardArkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal Yard. The Shergolds arrived in Russia from Britain in the late 18th century
Native Market - Aden, Yemen - note the Sikh Indian and Arab merchants in the background. Date: circa 1906
Portobello Road Market - Bric a Brac Stall. Date: early 1960s
Hungary - A Road hog makes insulting gesture to donkey riderComic Postcard - Road Rage - Hungary - A Road hog makes an insulting gesture to a donkey rider who seemingly did not get out of the way fast enough! Date: circa 1917
Ballyclare May Fair Victorian period
Bampton Exmoor Pony Fair early 1900s
Sir John Voce MooreA portrait photograph of a seated John Voce Moore, alderman and sheriff of London in 1894, later to become the Lord Mayor in 1898. He was a founder of a tea trading company. Date: circa 1894
Africa. The Congo. German station of MukengeHistory of Africa. 19th century. German station of Mukenge. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
The Congo - First main Colonial Post established in KinshasaHistory of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. The first main Colonial Post established in Kinshasa (near Stanley Pool). Henry Morton Stanley established a trading post on the shore of Ngaliema Bay in
Africa. The Congo River at Isanghila, trading stationHistory of Africa. 19th century. The Congo River at Isanghila, trading station established by Stanley in 1880. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
History of Africa. The Congo. Leopoldville stationHistory of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Leopoldville station. Panoramic view of the trading post and port from Ngaliema Bay in 1884. It was the first main Colonial Post near Stanley Pool
Africa, Congo. Interior of the Vivi StationHistory of Africa. 19th century. Interior of the Vivi Station. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-600B G-BARTHawker Siddeley HS.125-600B G-BART (msn 256005), of Green Shield Trading Stamp Company Ltd-CarinAir Services, at Edinburgh Airport / RAF Turnhouse. Date: circa 1976
Lady Trumpington and Nigel Wright discuss Sunday tradingThe Conservative peer Lady Trumpington (Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, b.1922) and Nigel Wright, the Dickie Dirts clothing retailer, discuss the issue of Sunday trading, 4 February 1982
Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17
Cattle Market, Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London Date: circa 1900
Selangor Chinese chamber of commerce, Malaysia. This chamber, founded in 1902, is one of the very few institutions of the kind in the world, being composed entirely of Chinese people
The new double-screw steamship Far East. The launch took place at Cubitt Town, Millwall, in the presence of a large number of people
Pool of London - Tower Bridge - River Thamescirca 1910s
Large Japanese trading ship, junk Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph
Claridges HotelClaridges was founded in 1812 as Mivarts Hotel, in a conventional London terraced house, and it grew by expanding into neighbouring houses. In 1854, the founder (the father of biologist St)
France - Trade - Dates from the desert oasisDates in wooden crates as they arrive direct from the desert oasis to the French warehouse of Champagne Freres Ld. Date: circa 1910s
The Sponge Exchange at Tarpon Springs, Florida, USAScene at the Sponge Exchange - the largest in the world at Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1930s
Cartoon, Unfair Trade Winds (International Free Trade)Cartoon, Unfair Trade Winds -- a satirical comment on competitive trade from overseas, adversely affecting the economy at home. Date: 1884