Department Collection (#46)

Harrods Exterior C1904
Harrods of London, " the most elegant and commodious emporium in the world"

Harrods Provision Dept
The provision department of Harrods, London

SWAN & EDGAR 1883
Advertisement for Swan & Edgar, London

WHITELEYs STORE, 1912
Whiteley s, London

Underwear Department
Five employees of the underwear department stand behind their glass counter in a London department store

Brags Furniture Store
Customers look around Brags furniture store in the rue du Rambuteau, Paris

Derry and Toms Sale
Ladies persue the bargains on offer in the frock department at a Derry & Toms shop sale, London

Ready to Wear Suit 1938
A single-breasted, blue pinstripe suit with lounging jacket from the ready-to-wear department of Burton menswear. Date: 1938

Silsbys Fire Engine / NY
Typical American fire-engine of the late 19th century. This model was made by Silsby for the Metropolitan Fire Department of New York

Sale at Peter Robinson s
A Sale Day at Peter Robinson s

German Potato Doctors
Potatoes have their own doctors in Germany, where a special department exists for the inspection of diseases. Research is instituted to find a cure for any such diseases

Brit Museum Mammalia
The Mammalia Saloon : the natural history department will not be moved to South Kensington until 1881

Boy Watches Plane 1911
A boy on the roof of a building in his night clothes watches as an aeroplane flies low over the Bon Marche department store, Paris

Marshall, Field Store
This Chicago store, with fronts on State, Washington, Randolph and Wabash streets, claims to be the largest retail mercantile store in the world

Montgomery Ward Store
The Kansas City store boasts more than 25 acres (10 hectares) of floor space : at peak times, nearly 5000 staff are employed here

Bonmarche / Shop / Gloves
Department store in Paris, France. The glove counter

Bonmarche / Shop / Babylone
Department store in Paris, France. The galerie de la rue de Babylone

Bonmarche / Shop / Escalator
Department store in Paris, France. A view of the centre of the shop

Machine Dept / Gt Exhib
The machinery department of the Crystal Palace exhibition - Messrs. Hibbert, Platt and Co.s cotton-machines

Fire, Paris Store
Fire rages in the Printemps department store, boulevard Haussmann, Paris

Dumping Rubbish 1940S
Men working at a rubbish dump, unloading a lorry of waste paper for Kingston-upon-Thames Health Department, Surrey, England

Debenhams Marble Hall
Elegantly dressed shoppers in the Marble Hall at Debenham & Freebodys new premises at 44 Wigmore Street, London

Ascenseur, Paris Store
One of the ascenseurs at the Galeries Lafayette, Paris department store

Gordon Selfridge
GORDON SELFRIDGE Born in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA. Organized Selfridge & Co (1908) and developed it into one of the largest department stores in Europe

Commerce / Office Work
Typing pool in Lotus Shoe Factory in Stafford (the Invoicing Department)

Collegio della Propaganda, Rome, Italy
The Collegio della Propaganda (or Collegio di Propaganda Fide) in Rome, Italy, headquarters of the department of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for foreign missions

Au Bon Marche, Rue de Sevres, Paris, France
Exterior view of the Au Bon Marche department store in the Rue de Sevres, Paris, France

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