Shop Sign Collection

Horse drawn vehicles and barrows in Borough High Street, London, 1904
Horse drawn vehicles, barrows and shop fronts, 309-317 Borough High Street, London, 1904. Men and boys wait with barrows and horse-drawn carts

A Chinese shop, Limehouse, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

The national pop-shop in Threadneedle Street, 1826. Artist
The national pop-shop in Threadneedle Street, 1826. Two designs side by side. On the left is the exterior of a pawnshop (representing the Bank of England) and on the right is the interior

Irkutsk. Ivanovskaia Street, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. Ivanovskaia Street, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Bridgegate From Corner Of Market Street (#49), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Bridgegate From Corner Of Market Street (#49), Printed 1900

Old Buildings In High Street, Nos. 17-27 (#16), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Old Buildings In High Street, Nos. 17-27 (#16), Printed 1900

Wharf, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 2022. Creator: Ethel Davies
Wharf, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 2022. Illuminated sign for a fish restaurant at the wharf, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Wharf, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 2022. Creator: Ethel Davies
Wharf, Santa Cruz, California, USA, 2022. Illuminated sign for a cafe at the wharf, Santa Cruz, California, USA

View of the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, 1750. Creator: Thomas Bowles
View of the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, 1750. A View of the Church & Hospital of the Holy Ghost at Rome

Scene from "Pefroen with the sheep head", 1740. Creator: Cornelis Troost
Scene from "Pefroen with the sheep head", 1740. "Pefroen met het schaapshoofd", farce by Y. Vincent

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

Rugeley, Staffordshire - the High-Street and Townhall, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Rugeley, Staffordshire - the High-Street and Townhall, 1856. English doctor William Palmer, also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners

John C. Graul's art store, 217 Fifth Avenue, New York, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
John C. Graul's art store, 217 Fifth Avenue, New York, between 1900 and 1905

Glove Shop Sign, c. 1938. Creator: Joseph L. Boyd
Glove Shop Sign, c. 1938

Butcher's Shop Sign, c. 1939. Creator: Laura Bilodeau
Butcher's Shop Sign, c. 1939

Tradesman's Sign, c. 1937. Creator: George Constantine;Constantine, George
Tradesman's Sign, c. 1937

Shop Sign, c. 1939. Creator: Frances Cohen
Shop Sign, c. 1939

Tea importer's sign, probably 1937. Creator: George Constantine
Tea importer's sign, probably 1937

The Nakadaya teahouse, Japan, c. 1794 / 95. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Nakadaya teahouse, Japan, c. 1794/95

Shop Sign, 1938. Creator: John Sullivan
Shop Sign, 1938

Shop Sign, c. 1938. Creator: John Sullivan
Shop Sign, c. 1938

Shop Sign Spectacles, 1935 / 1942. Creator: John H. Tercuzzi
Shop Sign Spectacles, 1935/1942

Shop Sign Key, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Henry Tomaszewski
Shop Sign Key, 1935/1942

Boot Shop Sign, c. 1937. Creator: Alice Stearns
Boot Shop Sign, c. 1937

Hardware Shop Sign, 1937. Creator: Alice Stearns
Hardware Shop Sign, 1937

Shop Sign, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Albert Ryder
Shop Sign, 1935/1942

Shoe Sign, 1939. Creator: Albert Ryder
Shoe Sign, 1939

Sheaf of Wheat Shop Sign, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Robert Pohle
Sheaf of Wheat Shop Sign, 1935/1942

Shop Sign - Grapes, c. 1938. Creator: Robert Pohle
Shop Sign - Grapes, c. 1938

Shop Sign, c. 1939. Creator: Robert Pohle
Shop Sign, c. 1939

Shop Sign, 1937. Creator: Henry Murphy
Shop Sign, 1937

Shop Sign: Mans Shoe, c. 1939. Creator: Dorothy Handy
Shop Sign: Mans Shoe, c. 1939

A la bonne bouteille. Signboard of a wine merchant, Between 1780 and 1800. Found in the collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Indian Tobacco Shop Sign [reverse, Indian facing right], second half 19th century

Indian Tobacco Shop Sign [obverse, Indian facing left], second half 19th century

Tradesmans Sign: Highlander, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Unknown
Tradesmans Sign: Highlander, 1935/1942

Judengasse, Salzburg, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Judengasse, Salzburg, Austria, c1935. View of the bell tower of the town hall, from the narrow shopping street of Judengasse (Jews Alley)

Crowd outside the Russian Vapour Baths, Brick Lane, Stepney, London, 1904. People stand in the street by the entrance to the baths; the porch

Railway bridge and advertising over the Brixton Road, Lambeth, London, 1938. The News of the World is advertised on the railway bridge

Weatherboard houses and shops on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1900
Weatherboard houses and shops on the corner of Albert Embankment and Upper kennington lane, Lambeth, London, 1900. Shops advertising Beechams Pills, Liptons Tea and other items

Shop windows, looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912
Shop windows on Old Change looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912. Narrow street with a Saxone shoe shop on the left. Horse-drawn carts and pedestrians are visible

Shops on Bishopsgate, London, October 1909. View from the south looking towards Norton Folgate. The blurs are caused by moving cars, due to the long exposure of the photograph

James Rimells bookshop, Soho House, corner of Dean Street and Oxford Street, London, c1860

Design for a shop-bill, 1799. Artist: M Merigot
Design for a shop-bill, 1799. The interior of an artists studio or work-shop. A youthful male figure is holding a painting showing a bearded figure

The politicians, 1763. Figures stand in the street outside the K Prussia Tavern. Some of the figures are discussing the Treaty of Paris, that concluded the Seven Years War

Chairs to Mend, Cries of London, 1804
Chairs to Mend. A chair mender with her child standing outside a wine shop in Soho Square. The woman has the child wrapped in a sling across her chest

Angel Court, London, 1911
View of Angel Court, London, 1911; showing no 8 with a man and woman leaning out of a window. Also showing a sign for N Fortescue and Sons Ltd, contractors

Long Lane, Smithfield, London, c1844
View of Long Lane, Smithfield, London, c1844; showing figures walking past premises including Morris Solomon, tailor and draper

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