Shopper Collection

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

The print shop of Luigi Valeriano Pozzi in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, 1788-1847. View of shoppers in the covered shopping arcade

The Market at Marseilles, 1905. Artist: Raoul Dufy
The Market at Marseilles, 1905. From the collection of the Petit Palais, Geneva, Switzerland

Stephan Liesting liquor, Germany, between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Stephan Liesting liquor, Germany, between 1895 and 1910

Pinter Synla Liquors, Austro-Hungary, between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Pinter Synla Liquors, Austro-Hungary, between 1895 and 1910

The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Shoppers queuing to buy dried fruit to make plum puddings. Illustration to a story by John Oxenford

Tomsk: Market Place, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Tomsk: Market Place, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Saturday at Berwick Street Market, Soho, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Le Carreau des Halles, Paris, 1880. Artist: Gilbert Victor Gabriel
Le Carreau des Halles, Paris, 1880. Busy scene in Les Halles, the central market of Paris. From the Musee des Beaux Arts, Le Havre, France

Busy street scene, St Johns Road, Clapham Junction, London, 1912. People crowding the pavements outside shop windows

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

Crowds of shoppers in Rye Lane at night, Peckham, London, 1913. Shoppers throng the street at 10 o clock at night. On the right is a double-decker bus

A View of the New Hungerford Market, Westminster, London, 1833. Artist: J Harris
A View of the New Hungerford Market, Westminster, London, 1833. The new Hungerford Market near Charing Cross was built in Italianate style in 1831-1833

Market on a Sunday morning at Seven Dials, Holborn, London, 1878. Scene showing figures with barrows mainly packed with vegetables

Smithfield Market, West Smithfield, City of London, c1825. View from the east showing cattle, traders and shoppers

Covent Garden Market, Westminster, London, 1827. Artist: Frederick James Havell
Covent Garden Market, Westminster, London, 1827. View of Covent Garden Market with fruit and vegetable stalls in the piazza and an apple seller seated beneath a lamppost in the foreground

Burlington Arcade, Westminster, London, c1825. Artist: Henry Sargant Storer
Burlington Arcade, Westminster, London, c1825. Interior view of Burlington Arcade, off Piccadilly, with figures walking through it

Burlington Arcade, Westminster, London, 1825. Artist: Charles Heath
Burlington Arcade, Westminster, London, 1825. View of one of the entrances to the arcade, off Piccadilly, with figures walking through it

Burlington Arcade, Westminster, London, 1828. Artist: William Tombleson
Burlington Arcade, Westminster, London, 1828. View of the Burlington Arcade off Piccadilly, with figures passing by

Hard Times, c1857-1903. Artist: Hugh Carter
Hard Times, c1857-1903. A woman and a boy with a basket buying meat from a butcher

Petticoat Lane Market on Middlesex Street, London, c1920s-c1930s(?). The market, which mainly sells clothing, has its origins in the early 17th century

Immigrants on New York Citys East Side, USA, 1900s. Traders buying and selling at a market in the Bowery

The Book Shop, 1899. Artist: Francis Donkin Bedford
The Book Shop, 1899. From The Book of Shops, 1899

The Poulterer, 1899. From The Book of Shops, 1899. Artist: Francis Donkin Bedford
The Poulterer, 1899. From The Book of Shops, 1899

The Bank, 1899. Artist: Francis Donkin Bedford
The Bank, 1899. From The Book of Shops, 1899

The General Store, 1899. From The Book of Shops, 1899. Artist: Francis Donkin Bedford
The General Store, 1899. From The Book of Shops, 1899

New metric system of selling bacon, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1966. A customer look bewildered as the new metric sytem is explained to her at Cranshaws Store in Stocksbridge

The new metric system of buying food, Stocksbridge, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1966. A mother and two children have the new metric sytem explained to them at a tradittional butchers shop in

Fruit and veg counter and cold counter, ASDA supermarket, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969

The check-out area of the ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969. Artist
The check-out area of the ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969

The bakery counter at the ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969. Artist
The bakery counter at the ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969. The bakery counter at the ASDA supermarket in Rotherham showing their range of cakes

The ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969. Artist: Michael Walters
The ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969

Womens clothes, ASDA Supermarket, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969

The meat counter at the ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969. Artist
The meat counter at the ASDA supermarket in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969

Supermarket checkout, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
Supermarket checkout, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1966. An advertising image for Hamax cleaning products. Washing up liquid (half a gallon for 5 shillings)

Danish Bacon May Fare shop display, Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Danish Bacon May Fare shop display, Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, 1964. A shopkeeper in the South Yorkshire town of Wath upon Dearne explains the May offer from Danish Bacon

Checkout girls at a supermarket opening, Broughs Ltd, Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, 1963. Checkout girls with a customer in the newly refurbished Broughs Ltd self-service store near Barnsley

Opening of Broughs supermarket, Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, 1963. Eager shoppers collect their baskets as the doors open on the newly refurbished Broughs Ltd self-service store near Barnsley

H Samuels jewellers in the new Arndale Centre, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1969. The new Arndale Shopping Centre in Doncaster opened in 1969

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

Customers in the Barnsley Co-ops sports department, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
Customers in the Barnsley Co-ops sports department, South Yorkshire, 1957. A range of sports equipment is on display including Dunlop and Slazenger racquets and cricket bats from Gradidge

Customers in the Barnsley Co-op jewellery department, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
Customers in the Barnsley Co-op jewellery department, South Yorkshire, 1957. A man from Barnsley awaits approval whilst his wife tries on some of the rings on offer

New Co-op central butchers department, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
New Co-op central butchers department, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. Customers survey the produce on offer in the newly refurbished department

Frozen food shop, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters
Frozen food shop, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1972. A publicity shot to promote one of the new generation of freezer shops in Mexborough

Asda supermarket, 1969. Artist: Michael Walters
Asda supermarket, 1969. Scene in a busy Asda supermarket, photographed in March of 1969. The layout is much the same as modern supermarkets but the tills are mechanical

Whats in it for me?, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Whats in it for me?, 1965. A press advertisement photo taken in 1965, showing a child and mother deep in thought whilst looking at supermarket shelves

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