Department Store Collection

Nathan Straus, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Nathan Straus, between c1915 and c1920

In one department of many: part of the furniture show-room, 1909. Creator: Unknown
In one department of many: part of the furniture show-room, 1909. Baxendales premises in Miller Street, Manchester. 'The great whole-sale house of Baxendale and Co

Wrought by the Silversmith: in the Silver Show Room, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Wrought by the Silversmith: in the Silver Show Room, 1909. Baxendales premises in Miller Street, Manchester. 'The great whole-sale house of Baxendale and Co

Penn. RR Station from Gimbel's N.Y. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Penn. RR Station from Gimbel's N.Y. between c1910 and c1915

The Indian Store Department, Belvedere-Road, Lambeth, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty's Indian Government Store Department, Belvedere-Road, Lambeth, [south London], 1868. 'Through this range of buildings

Nephile Bunnell, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Nephile Bunnell, 1917. Shows Nephele A. Bunnell (b. 1897), in a Packard car and wearing a gown by Hicksen, a participant at the automobile fashion show held at Sheepshead Bay Race Track

Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Shows the hydrogen balloon, "Wanamaker no. 1, " lifting off from the roof of the John Wanamaker store at Broadway and Tenth Ave. New York City

Army on 5th Ave. 30 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Army on 5th Ave. 30 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Girls on a balcony and crowds on sidewalk watching a parade of the 27th Division (National Guard of New York) on August 30

Paris, shop now a hospital, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Paris, shop now a hospital, 1914. The former Dufayel store in Paris, located at the intersection of Boulevard Barbe`s and Rue Christiani, which was converted to a hospital during World War I

Novosibirsk Department store C.R.K. 1924-1934. Creator: Unknown
Novosibirsk Department store C.R.K. 1924-1934. National Library of Russia

Novosibirsk Department store C.R.K. 1924-1934. Creator: Unknown
Novosibirsk Department store C.R.K. 1924-1934. National Library of Russia

Novosibirsk Department store C.R.K. 1924-1934. Creator: Unknown
Novosibirsk Department store C.R.K. 1924-1934. National Library of Russia

The London Crystal Palace, Regent-Circus, Oxford-Street, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The London Crystal Palace, Regent-Circus, Oxford-Street, [London], 1858. Engraving from a drawing by Edmund Walker, of the London Crystal Palace Bazaar, a...novel structure

Woman's tea gown by Liberty & Co. of London, c.1887. Creator: Unknown. Woman's tea gown by Liberty & Co
Woman's tea gown by Liberty & Co. of London, c.1887

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor from front, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor from front, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, millinery, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, millinery, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, cafe & banquet hall, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, cafe & banquet hall, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, millinery, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, millinery, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, cloak and suit, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, cloak and suit, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, carpet and drapery, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, carpet and drapery, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, north aisle, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, north aisle, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Elliott, Taylor, Woolfenden, first floor, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Entrance to barber shop, Pardridge & Blackwell building, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Entrance to barber shop, Pardridge & Blackwell building, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915

Pardridge & Blackwell building, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Pardridge & Blackwell building, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1915

E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, restroom, third floor, between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, restroom, third floor, between 1900 and 1915

E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, French room, between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, French room, between 1900 and 1915

E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, restroom, second floor, between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, restroom, second floor, between 1900 and 1915

E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, clock on the balcony, between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, clock on the balcony, between 1900 and 1915

E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, ground floor, main reception room, between 1900 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
E.M. Bigsby Co. show rooms, ground floor, main reception room, between 1900 and 1915

Altman Building, New York, N.Y. ca 1906. Creator: Unknown
Altman Building, New York, N.Y. ca 1906

Market Street, west from Eleventh, Philadelphia, Pa. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Market Street, west from Eleventh, Philadelphia, Pa. c.between 1910 and 1920. City Hall in background

E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Music - Steinway Pianos - Player Pianos - Musical Instruments'. Packing cases on pavement marked Handle with Care

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Goods waiting for despatch by delivery van

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. Trucks, 1912

Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. - Trucks, 1912. Creator: Unknown
Woodward & Lothrop's Department Store, Washington, D.C. - Trucks, 1912

Portrait of Marguerite Boucicaut, née Guérin (1816-1887), 1892. Creator: Anonymous
Portrait of Marguerite Boucicaut, nee Guerin (1816-1887), 1892. Private Collection

Portrait of Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877), 1892. Creator: Anonymous
Portrait of Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877), 1892. Private Collection

Le Bon Marché: Entrance on the Rue de Sèvres, 1892. Creator: Anonymous
Le Bon Marche: Entrance on the Rue de Sevres, 1892. Private Collection

Le Bon Marché: inside view, 1872. Creator: Clerget, Hubert (1818-1899)
Le Bon Marche: inside view, 1872. Private Collection

Le Bon Marché: Grand Central Staircase, 1892. Creator: Anonymous
Le Bon Marche: Grand Central Staircase, 1892. Private Collection

Le Bon Marché, 1902. Creator: Lunois, Alexandre (1863-1916)
Le Bon Marche, 1902. Private Collection

Le magazin de nouveautes, 1902. Creator: Alexandre Lunois
Le magazin de nouveautes, 1902

[Untitled photo]: New York City street scene, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled photo]: New York City street scene. Trade union members picketing Macy's

The International Exhibition: Honiton lace flounce by Debenham, Son, and Freebody... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Honiton lace flounce by Debenham, Son, and Freebody of Wigmore-street, 1862. The design consists of applique bouquets of English flowers

Petropavlovsk: Supermarket, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Petropavlovsk: Supermarket, 1904-1914. National Library of Russia

Main street, Saturday afternoon, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street, Saturday afternoon. Pittsboro, North Carolina

Saturday afternoon - shopping and visiting on main street of Pittsboro, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Shopping and visiting on main street of Pittsboro, North Carolina. Saturday afternoon

Schlesinger and Mayer Company Store, Chicago, Illinois, Baluster, 1898-1899

The Fair Store: Block with Central Shell Shape from Facade, 1890 / 91, addition 1896-97
The Fair Store: Block with Central Shell Shape from Facade, 1890/91, addition 1896-97

Liberty Bottle, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Maud M Holme
Liberty Bottle, 1935/1942

City Hall Square and Wanamaker Building, 1912. Creator: Joseph Pennell
City Hall Square and Wanamaker Building, 1912

Wertheim, Leipziger-Platz, Berlin, 1921. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Wertheim, Leipziger-Platz, Berlin, 1921

Chap. III: C est Superbe! (How Wonderful!), 1824. Creator: Victor Adam
Chap. III: C est Superbe! (How Wonderful!), 1824

The Opening of Selfridge s, 1909, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Opening of Selfridge s, 1909, (1933). View of Selfridges department store in Oxford Street, London. The shop, founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge and designed by Daniel Burnham of Chicago

Oxford Street, c1910s. Creator: Eyre & Spottiswoode
Oxford Street, c1910s. View of Selfridges department store on Londons famous shopping street. The building was opened in 1909

Receipt from Hubbards department store, 1921. Creator: Unknown
Receipt from Hubbards department store, 1921. Receipt issued by Hubbards of South Street in Worthing, Sussex

Armchair of polished mahogany, by Nils Enstrom made by AB Ferd. Lundquist & Co
Armchair of polished mahogany, designed by Nils Enstrom and made by AB Ferd. Lundquist & Co. 1949. From " Decorative Art 1949 - The Studio Year Book"

Dining-room group by Hayes Marshall for Fortnum & Mason Ltd. London, 1937 Creator: Unknown
Dining-room group in yellow, black and white, designed by Hayes Marshall for Fortnum & Mason Ltd. London, 1937. From " Decorative Art 1937 - Thirty-Second Annual Issue of the Studio Year

Dinner-table arranged by Harrods Ltd. London, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Dinner-table arranged by Harrods Ltd. London, 1937. From " Decorative Art 1937 - Thirty-Second Annual Issue of the Studio Year Book", edited by C.G. Holme

Dining-room in sang-de-boeuf lacquer, by Hayes Marshall for Fortnum & Mason Ltd
Dining-room in sang-de-boeuf lacquer, designed by Hayes Marshall for Fortnum & Mason Ltd. London, 1937. From " Decorative Art 1937 - Thirty-Second Annual Issue of the Studio Year Book"

Tottenham Court Road, London, 1906. Creator: Unknown
Tottenham Court Road, London, 1906. On the right are the premises of James Shoolbred & Co, draper and later a department store. Hand-coloured postcard

London. Knightbridge, 1906. Creator: Unknown
London. Knightbridge, 1906. Equestrian statue of Lord Strathnairn in front of Harvey Nichols department store on the Brompton Road, London. The statue was unveiled in 1895

Selfridges and the last of the old Oxford Street shops that the building engulfed, c1935. Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in central London, famous for shopping

East India House, Libertys Individualised Frontage on the New Regent Street, c1935. View of Libertys department store in central London

Part of Libertys Tudor Building in Great Marlborough Street, c1935. Creator: Joel
Part of Libertys Tudor Building in Great Marlborough Street, c1935. Libertys department store in Great Marlborough Street, central London

Rowe & Coy. Ltd. Rangoon Premises, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Rowe & Coy. Ltd. Rangoon Premises, 1900. British colonial emporia or department stores in Rangoon. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd

The Story of Okoma of Shirokiya, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Story of Okoma of Shirokiya, 1886. Series: A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures

Dining-room, 1940
F. Yorke Smith for Harrods Ltd - The walls of this dining-room are pine papered and distempered, 1940. Furniture, modern walnut showing Regency influence, embroidered chairs, Wedgwood table service

Mr. J. C. Pritchards sitting-room in the Isokon Lawn Road Flats, 1936
Mr. J. C. Pritchards sitting-room in the Isokon Lawn Road Flats, London, England, designed by Wells Coates, 1936. Walls in panelled Venesta birch, carpet by Heal & Son Ltd

Waucquez Stores, 20 Rue des Sables, Brussels, Belgium, (1905), c2014-2017. Artist
Waucquez Stores, 20 Rue des Sables, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-2017. Victor Horta: 1906

Grandes Magasins De Blanc, 32-34 Rue du Marche au Poulets, Brussels, (1896-1897), c2014-2017
Grandes Magasins De Blanc, 32-34 Rue du Marche au Poulets, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-2017. Oscar Francois: 1896; Henri Privat-Livement (exterior): 1897

Museum of Musical Instruments, Brussels, Belgium, (1877), c2014-2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Museum of Musical Instruments, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-2017. Rue Montaigne De La Cour. Formerly Old England Department Store, Paul Saintenoy Architect, 1899

Waucquez Stores, (1905), Brussels, Belgium, c2014-2017 Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Waucquez Stores, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-2017. Victor Horta

The Tower-Flanked Mass of the Karstadthaus Built in a Working-Class District, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Pedestrians outside DH Evans, Oxford Street, London, 1903
Pedestrians outside DH Evans, 292-320 Oxford Street, London, 1903. People walking in front of the shop under sun blinds, with a horse-drawn double-decker bus and carriages passing in the road

Traffic at Oxford Circus, London, 1910. Open-topped double-decker horse-drawn buses, motor cabs, cars, horse-drawn carriages and a protruding flag at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street

Walshs department store in Sheffield prior to its redevelopment, South Yorkshire, 1966. The front of the store was to be demolished

Walshs department store in Sheffield during its redevelopment, South Yorkshire, 1967
Completed Walshs department store redevelopment, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1967. The front of the store was demolished and rebuilt to accommodate the new road junction

Atkinsons department store under construction, the Moor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1959. The photograph shows the progress of the building of Atkinsons department store in central Sheffield

Woolworths, Barnsley store, South Yorkshire, 1971. Artist: Michael Walters
Woolworths, Barnsley store, South Yorkshire, 1971. The Barnsley branch of FW Woolworths showing an early 1970s design which was typical of the time

Ladies clothing department, Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. Women customers survey some of the elegant fashions on display

Hairdressing department, Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Hairdressing department, Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. The hairdrying units, under which the women are sitting were a common sight in ladies hairdressers until recent times

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