Department Collection (#4)

Comic Postcard - Dirty Collar - Donald McGill
A collar for your Father? Yes Miss - like the one I'm wearing? No - a clean one. Date: circa 1925

The Sun Pavilion - Derry & Toms Rooftop Gardens, Kensington
The Sun Pavilion - Derry Gardens at Kensington, London. Derry & Toms was a London department store that was founded in 1853 in Kensington High Street

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

Bentalls Department Store - Kingston-upon-Thames, circa 1946. Date: circa 1946

WW2 - Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) Firemen, including (top right) George Arthur Roberts (1891-1970) - soldier (in WW1), Fireman, and Community Leader

Advert, Woolland Brothers, Knightsbridge, London
Advert for Woolland Brothers, Outfitting Department, Lowndes Terrace, Knightsbridge, London SW, Ladies Fashions. 1897

Kendals, Department Store, also known as Kendal, Milne & Co, Deansgate, Manchester, 7th March 1984

Elton John formally opens the Department of Sexual Health of Kings Healthcare. Elton originally laid the foundation stone of the £ 1.7m building

Mrs Olive Pearson operating a machine in the "enrobement"
Mrs Olive Pearson operating a machine in the " enrobement" department at Hull sweet-makers, Needlers Ltd. Her job is to make sure the centres are properly coated with chocolate before going

Mrs June Barrett, Tufty Club organiser, recording six road safety stories from the Tufty book for Hull Corporation Telephone Department bedtime story service, which begins on Monday

F W Woolworth Department Store, Liverpool, 24th June 1970. Fashion Department

Hamleys Toy Shop, Bull Street, Birmingham, 11th October 1985. Hamleys, the oldest and largest toy shop in the world are opening a new store in Bull Street (three floors of the former Debenhams store)

Wengers Department Store, Grainger Street, Newcastle, 20th March 1989

Farnons Department Store, Newcastle, 6th July 1993

New York Police Department car, NYPD, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
USA, New York City, Manhattan, New York Police Department car, NYPD

Placing a bear in charge of the flock of sheep! Ax-les-Thermes - a commune in the Arige department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Date: circa 1910s

Veules-les-Roses - Playing tennis
Veules-les-Roses, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France - Playing tennis. Date: circa 1906

Marks & Spencer, Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire - Bus stop. Date: 1980s

Etretat, France - L Aiguille ( The Needle )
Etretat, Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of France - L Aiguille ( The Needle ) Date: circa 1907

The Oven or Kiln, Chepy Brickworks, Marne department, France
The Oven or Kiln, Chepy Brickworks (Briqueterie) - Marne department in north-eastern France. Date: circa 1907

From left: Robert Herbert Whitby, Performance and Analy?
From left: Robert Herbert Whitby, Performance and Analysis Manager, Engineering Department, British European Airways; Frederic B. Gustafson, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory; and Capt John A

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - presentation of sceptre
Royal Wedding cake made by Huntley & Palmers (of Reading, Berkshire) for Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on the occasion of her marriage to Phillip Mountbatten

Port Said, Egypt - Fioravanti and Chimenz Department Store. Date: circa 1903

Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - Sky Xul in Jaws of a Monster
Guatemala - Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - 8th century AD. Quirigua is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala

The book of The Times Furnishing Company Ltd
The Book of the Times Furnishing Company Ltd. an illustrated trade catalogue produced by the furniture retailer The Times Furnishing Co. Ltd. printed in England in 1929. Date: 1929

Europe, France, Occitanie. Saint Nazaire church and the old bridge in the fortified town of Beziers on a bluff above the River Orb

Side profile of leopard (Panthera pardus) at night, Botswana, Mashatu Game Reserve

Africa, Benin, Grand Popo, coloured fishing boats on the sandy beach

Carpenters, Tech Department - 5th floor, No. 4 Hamilton Place
Carpenters in what was to become the Tech Department on the fifth floor (possibly Hyde Park side) at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1960. Date: 1960

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA downtown city skyline and shopping areas at dusk

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA downtown cityscape and riverfront

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA downtown and shops at dusk

Kobe, Japan downtown cityscape at the port KOBE - JANUARY 26: Kobe Harborland January 26, 2013 in Kobe, JP. The waterfront shopping district sits on the site of a former National Railways freight

Ealing Studios Props Department 1940s Date: 1940s

Stereotyping Department, Liverpool Express and Weekly Courier Newspaper, Liverpool

Picture Process Department, Liverpool Express and Weekly Courier Newspaper, Liverpool

Editorial Department, Liverpool Express and Weekly Courier Newspaper, Liverpool

CWS Food Dept. Rochdale Road, Manchester, probably 1920/30s

Bunney's Department Store, Liverpool - early 1900s

Port Sunlight - Electrotyping Department - early 1900s

Electrotyping Department, Port Sunlight soap factory, Wirral

Port Sunlight - Printing Department - early 1900s

Printing Department, Port Sunlight soap factory, Wirral

Bobby and Co Department Store

Bobby and Co Ltd Department Store at night Victorian period

City of Edinburgh Cleansing Department lorry, early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Place d'Armes - Salins-les-Bains (Salins), Eastern France
Place d'Armes (now Place des Allies et de la Resistance) - Salins-les-Bains (Salins), a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region, Eastern France. Date: circa 1920s

Salins-les-Bains. Jura department, Eastern France
Salins-les-Bains (Salins), a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region in Eastern France. View of the Town and the two fortified hills, Fort Belin and Fort Saint-Andre

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