Department Collection (#8)

Harrods, Interesting from End to End (litho)
2811606 Harrods, Interesting from End to End (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harrods, Interesting from End to End)

Comic postcard, Woman complains about dress size Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman and council official Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Customer in department store - walk this way Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman escaping from department store Date: 20th century

Original Artwork - Budget for Lewiss Summer Sale
Original Artwork - Design for a Lewiss Summer Sale promotional item or advertisement - Woman in a wide-brimmed spotty hat checking the money in her purse. Date: circa 1937

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk. III Turbo-Beaver CF-OEI
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk.III Turbo-Beaver CF-OEI (msn 1647/TB-26), operated by the Ontario Provincial Air Service, for the Department of Lands and Forests, from 1966 to 1974. Date: circa 1970

Curtiss JN-4HT A6226
United States Navy - Curtiss JN-4HT A6226, from Pensacola Naval Air Station. (one of 203 acquired from the War department: ex USaS). Date: circa 1928

Comic postcard, Customer in Wholesale Department hoping for a cash discount Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Customer in Furniture Department
Comic postcard, Customer in the Furniture Department Date: 20th century

Australia - Sydney, Public Works Department
c.1900 vintage photograph: Australia - Sydney, Public Works Department

Old Door, Frejus Cathedral, Provence, south-east France
Old Door, Frejus Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Frejus in the Var department of Provence, south-east France. Date: circa 1920s

A quiet corner in Peille, France
A quiet corner in Peille, a commune perched on a rock between Monaco and Menton in the Alpes Maritimes department in south-eastern France. Date: circa 1920s

Eix (Meuse Department), France - High Street (Rue Haute). Date: 1911

Selfridges, Oxford Street, London, with city gents in foreground. Date: circa 1930s

Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
Galeries Lafayette, fortieth anniversary decorations, Boulevard Haussman, Paris, France. Date: circa 1936

Galeries Lafayette department store, Paris
Iconic Art Nouveau department store Galeries Lafayette in Paris, France. Date: circa 1930s

Musical comedy, The Medal and the Maid, song, She ought to have a prize for that, music by Sidney Jones, words by Charles H Taylor. Simon Pentweazle (Mr J Robert Hale)

Early Harrods van (b / w photo)
3105961 Early Harrods van (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Early Harrods van)

In Westbourne Grove (b / w photo)
3102052 In Westbourne Grove (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Westbourne Grove)

Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. The Zollverein department, looking west. Date: 1851

Advertisement for a spring fashion event at the London department store, Derry and Toms, with a novel attraction being the fashion settings

Report in The Tatler about a fashion event for spring fashions with settings and window displays by the German silhouette artist Lotte Reiniger. Date: 1936

Le Bourg - Le Poinconnet, France
circa 1910s

The Church at Le Poinconnet, France
circa 1910s

Spring shoe styles from Dickins and Jones, Regent Street, London, 1925 Date: 1925

A bathing beauty wearing a bathing suit and wrap from Selfridges, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for womens model bags or handbags from Woollands, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Fashion fancies of the moment from Woolland Bros
Fashion fancies of the moment from Wolland Bros, Harrods (evening wrap in ruby red georgette) and Debenham and Freebody (a bathing suit), London, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for a tea gown from Marshall Snelgrove, London, 1926 (the copy of a Drecoll Model in black brocade Date: 1926

USA c. 1890s / 1900s - building, possibly Chicago
USA c.1890s - historic department store and office building, possibly Chicago

Advertising insert for the newly opened Selfridges department store on Oxford Street, placed in Printers Pie magazine for that year. Date: 1909

Sketches at a Free Library (engraving)
1595801 Sketches at a Free Library (engraving) by Groome, William Henry Charles (1881-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at a Free Library)

Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery
This War Cemetery is maintained by the War Graves Department of the Belgian MOD. It is on the edge of the Houthulst forest which Napoleon called he key to the Low Countries

Interior of the Law School, Cambridge, from The History of Cambridge
STC132793 Interior of the Law School, Cambridge, from The History of Cambridge, engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler (fl.1780-1812), pub. by R

The Passage Pommeraye in Nantes, c. 1843 (colour litho)
CHT220343 The Passage Pommeraye in Nantes, c.1843 (colour litho) by Benoist, Felix (1813-1896) (after); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Louise de Savoie, Louise of Savoy (1476|1531)
5855244 Louise de Savoie, Louise of Savoy (1476|1531) by Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902); (add.info.: Louise of Savoy (1476|1531), Duchess of Angouleme

The Ordnance Works of Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co, Ltd, Elswick (engraving)
6016199 The Ordnance Works of Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co, Ltd, Elswick (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ordnance Works of Sir W G Armstrong)

La Maison Wertheim (b / w photo)
6006581 La Maison Wertheim (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Maison Wertheim)

Cash desk installation in a department store (litho)
6009420 Cash desk installation in a department store (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cash desk installation in a department store)

View of the Central Room of the Peter Robinson restaurant, Oxford Circus, London (colour litho)
6031142 View of the Central Room of the Peter Robinson restaurant, Oxford Circus, London (colour litho) by English School

Peter Robinson Department Store, Oxford Circus, London (colour litho)
6031122 Peter Robinson Department Store, Oxford Circus, London (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peter Robinson Department Store, Oxford Circus)

Busy workshops of modern Belgium that betoken outstanding commercial energy (b / w photo)
6008294 Busy workshops of modern Belgium that betoken outstanding commercial energy (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Roof garden of Derry and Toms, Kensington
The Spanish Garden in the Derry Gardens on the roof of Derry and Toms building on Kensington High Street, described as, " the modern equivalent of the famous Hanging Gardens of Ancient

Grands Magasins, Avenue de Clichy, Paris, France
Grands Magasins des Nouvelles Galeries, a large department store in the Avenue de Clichy, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

Painting dolls and toys for Au Bon March鬠Paris, France
Painting dolls and toys for the Toy Department of the department store Au Bon MarchÚá®n Paris, France. circa 1900

Music cover, Lewiss Beautiful Tea, Waltz - Lewiss Department Store, Manchester. circa 1890

Poster, Spain Glorious Spring. circa 1930

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