Images Dated 11th December 2015

Woolworths Southend FWW01_01_0033_002

F W Woolworth And Company Limited, 29-35 High Street, Southend-on-Sea. A view south along the High Street in Southend-on-Sea in October 1938, with shoppers and cyclists outside the store

© Historic England

Archive, People, Retail, Shop, Woolworth

Velvet Suited Cupid

Velvet cavalier costume: breeches with buckles at the knee, waistcoat with pocket flaps, lace fall collar, cuffs & shirt ruffles, socks & shoes with a bar across the instep. Date: circa 1913

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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Record sleeve, 1920s

A record sleeve for the music label His Master's Voice, featuring an illustration showing a lady about to play a record on her gramophone. No doubt she will be listening to the piano recital given by the man seated at the grand piano in the top illustration.
c.1927

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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