Store Window Collection

Boots The Chemist
October 1916: The exterior of Boots the Chemist shop in a British high street. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The first Co-operative shop to be opened in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1844 (litho)
7157581 The first Co-operative shop to be opened in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1844 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tiffany and Co, jewelry store, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, USA

Sweet Shopping
1951: A young Spanish boy gazes at the sweets in a shop window. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6277 - Inside Spain: Spanish Children - pub

Mannequin In The Nude
Undraped mannequins in the window of a London shop before the sales, circa 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Yellow Book advertisement 1894 (print)
6266144 The Yellow Book advertisement 1894 (print); (add.info.: An advertisement for volume I of The Yellow Book, which was published on April 15, 1894)

Bad Tolz in the Isar Valley in Upper Bavaria (postcard)
7377762 Bad Tolz in the Isar Valley in Upper Bavaria (postcard); (add.info.: market street with Marienbrunnen, children, cars); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

In the days of George I, this little shop was opened in Haymarket for the sale of snuff (b/w photo)
8647522 In the days of George I, this little shop was opened in Haymarket for the sale of snuff (b/w photo) by English Photographer

An example of early nineteenth-century shop-front design, incorporating classic details in the manner of Sir John Soane
8647519 An example of early nineteenth-century shop-front design, incorporating classic details in the manner of Sir John Soane (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Another type of shop-front design which affords facilities for sectionalised displays (b/w photo)
8647518 Another type of shop-front design which affords facilities for sectionalised displays (b/w photo) by English Photographer

J Tonks & Sons furnishings store, Scarborough (colour litho)
8635843 J Tonks & Sons furnishings store, Scarborough (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: J Tonks & Sons furnishings store, Westborough, Scarborough)

Trade card for Charpentier, engraver, printer and stationer, Portsmouth (engraving)
8677584 Trade card for Charpentier, engraver, printer and stationer, Portsmouth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for Charpentier, engraver)

London streets: The Smash (engraving)
8673583 London streets: The Smash (engraving) by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Smash)

An excellent reproduction in Dean Street, Soho, of the Georgian shop-front on a building which dates from the reign of
8647523 An excellent reproduction in Dean Street, Soho, of the Georgian shop-front on a building which dates from the reign of Queen Anne (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Trade card for W & H King cash grocery stores, Hampstead (engraving)
8677532 Trade card for W & H King cash grocery stores, Hampstead (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for W & H King cash grocery stores)

An out-of-date shop-front; The same shop-front after modernisation (b/w photo)
8651179 An out-of-date shop-front; The same shop-front after modernisation (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chinese shop (b/w photo)
8635282 Chinese shop (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese shop. Illustration from Images du Monde - Aventures de Deux Enfants)

Trade card for Parfumerie Lubin, Paris (litho)
8677471 Trade card for Parfumerie Lubin, Paris (litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for Parfumerie Lubin, 11 Rue Royale)

A modern shop front (b/w photo)
8653466 A modern shop front (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A modern shop front)

An interesting example of a double-bow shop-front with small-paned windows and a serpentine fascia (b/w photo)
8647524 An interesting example of a double-bow shop-front with small-paned windows and a serpentine fascia (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Invoice from A Bowman, supplier of ladies' headdresses and gentlemen's perruques, London, 1810 (engraving)
8677430 Invoice from A Bowman, supplier of ladies' headdresses and gentlemen's perruques, London, 1810 (engraving) by English School

A few years ago this shop-front, designed by the Adam brothers, stood in Cornhill in the City of London (b/w photo)
8647528 A few years ago this shop-front, designed by the Adam brothers, stood in Cornhill in the City of London (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Les Anciens magasins Waucquez actual Belgian Comic Strip Centre by the architect Victor Horta in 1903-1906. (photo)
TED4667522 Les Anciens magasins Waucquez actual Belgian Comic Strip Centre by the architect Victor Horta in 1903-1906. (photo) by Horta, Victor (1861-1947); Photo © Luc Boegly

Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street, London, 1911 (b/w photo)
8626520 Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street, London, 1911 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street, London)

The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara, c.1745 (hand-coloured woodblock print; toku-oban yoko-e, beni-e)
5859859 The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara, c.1745 (hand-coloured woodblock print; toku-oban yoko-e, beni-e) by Kiyotada, Torii (fl.c.1720-50); 43.4 x 63.9 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

The Marche des Enfants Rouges, rue de Bretagne, 1907 (gouache)
904000 The Marche des Enfants Rouges, rue de Bretagne, 1907 (gouache) by Houbron, Frederic Anatole (1851-1908); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Impasse St. Claude, from Rue St. Sauveur, Paris, between 1865-68 (b/w photo)
XIR164945 Impasse St. Claude, from Rue St. Sauveur, Paris, between 1865-68 (b/w photo) by Marville, Charles (1816-79); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Traditional silk japanese folding fans
Typical japanese handfans made with silk and bamboo in a shop in Higashiyama district, Kyoto, Japan

The rue de la paix in Paris, c. 1900 (painting)
1755778 The rue de la paix in Paris, c. 1900 (painting) by Beraud, Jean (1849-1935); (add.info.: The rue de la paix in Paris, painting by Jean Beraud c. 1900); © Tallandier

The prints market (lithography, 18th century)
LRI4676363 The prints market (lithography, 18th century) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info)

Couple in front of a jewellery shop (oil on canvas)
7262353 Couple in front of a jewellery shop (oil on canvas) by Beraud, Jean (1849-1935); 32.5x40.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: by Jean Beraud (1849-1935))

Fashionable women in short capes and full skirts, Paris, 1895. 1929 lithograph)
7237064 Fashionable women in short capes and full skirts, Paris, 1895. 1929 lithograph) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); Private Collection; (add.info)

Berlin: Die Destille; Gin shop (b / w photo)
7181342 Berlin: Die Destille; Gin shop (b/w photo) by Bucovich, Mario (1884-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Die Destille; Gin shop)

A merchant walking down a Georgian London street. 1831 (engraving)
7234779 A merchant walking down a Georgian London street.1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Idolatry (engraving)
7167106 Idolatry (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Idolatry. Illustration for The Comic Annual by Thomas Hood, 1834 (Charles Tilt).); © Look and Learn

The Old Town Gate (w / c)
7064881 The Old Town Gate (w/c) by Rayner, Louise Ingram (1832-1924); Private Collection

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Opticien; Optician; Optiker (engraving)
7196888 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Opticien; Optician; Optiker (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opticien; Optician; Optiker)

Mitchell and Hunter, Tailors and Gentlemens Outfitters, Hatters, and Hosiers, Exchange Street, Norwich (engraving)
7179918 Mitchell and Hunter, Tailors and Gentlemens Outfitters, Hatters, and Hosiers, Exchange Street, Norwich (engraving) by English School

In the Frankfort Juden-gasse (engraving)
7180842 In the Frankfort Juden-gasse (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Frankfort Juden-gasse)

Winter Evening (oil on panel)
6448704 Winter Evening (oil on panel) by Boughton, George Henry (1833-1905); 24.9x35.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Boughton, George Henry (1833-1905))

Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho)
7193648 Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suggestions for Window Display)

Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho)
7193650 Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suggestions for Window Display)

Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho)
7193649 Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suggestions for Window Display)

Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho)
7193647 Suggestions for Window Display (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suggestions for Window Display)

Trade card for Barrow & Company, tea and coffee dealers and family grocers, Birmingham (engraving)
7154050 Trade card for Barrow & Company, tea and coffee dealers and family grocers, Birmingham (engraving) by English School

Trade card for I Salt, general ironmonger and manufacturer of rules and cutlery, Birmingham (engraving)
7154048 Trade card for I Salt, general ironmonger and manufacturer of rules and cutlery, Birmingham (engraving) by English School

Free Trade and Protectionism (colour litho)
3641730 Free Trade and Protectionism (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Free Trade and Protectionism)

Marss hat shop at the Nieuwendijk in Amsterdam, 1893. Found in the collection of Groeningemuseum, Bruges

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"Captivating Store Windows: A Glimpse into the Past and Present" Step back in time to 1844, as we witness the birth of the first Co-operative shop in Rochdale, Lancashire. This lithograph captures the essence of a revolutionary concept that would shape future retail experiences. Boots The Chemist stands tall, offering remedies for all ailments. Its iconic store window displays beckon customers with promises of health and well-being. On Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, Tiffany and Co's jewelry store mesmerizes passersby with its opulent window exhibits. Sparkling diamonds and exquisite craftsmanship transport us to a world of luxury. Intriguingly titled "Mannequin In The Nude, " this display challenges conventional norms by showcasing fashion through an unconventional lens. It invites viewers to question societal standards while appreciating artistic expression. Indulge your sweet tooth at Sweet Shopping. Colorful candies fill every corner of their enchanting storefront window, evoking childhood memories and tempting taste buds. Traditional silk Japanese folding fans delicately adorn another captivating display. Their intricate designs tell stories of ancient traditions passed down through generations. Transport yourself to early 20th-century Paris on Rue de la Paix through a mesmerizing painting capturing bustling streets lined with elegant shops. Immerse yourself in the charm and sophistication that defined this era. The prints market comes alive through vibrant lithography from the 18th century. These prints offer glimpses into historical events, cultural movements, and everyday life during that period—a visual journey through time. A couple stands enchanted before a jewelry shop depicted on canvas—an oil painting radiating love and desire amidst gleaming gemstones—capturing timeless romance against a backdrop of elegance. Fashionable women donning short capes and full skirts grace another lithograph from Paris in 1895-1929. Witness their confidence as they stride along boulevards—the epitome of style merging with the spirit of a changing era.