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Grocer Collection (#4)

Step into the vibrant world of a Yoruba grocer in Nigeria, where the streets are alive with bustling activity

Background imageGrocer Collection: Food, Shopping, Fruit in Supermarket

Food, Shopping, Fruit in Supermarket

Background imageGrocer Collection: England, Shopping, Groceries, Kids in trolley at checkout

England, Shopping, Groceries, Kids in trolley at checkout

Background imageGrocer Collection: Shopkeeper in delicatessen at night, Via Garibaldi, Venice

Shopkeeper in delicatessen at night, Via Garibaldi, Venice
Shopkeeper in delicatessen at night, Via Garibaldi, Castello, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Background imageGrocer Collection: Rural business, Post Office and employees. Binfield Heath

Rural business, Post Office and employees. Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageGrocer Collection: Rue de l Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), 1898 (oil on canvas)

Rue de l Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), 1898 (oil on canvas)
3471288 Rue de l Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), 1898 (oil on canvas) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 81.3x65.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; French, out of copyright

Background imageGrocer Collection: Italy - Indian Fig Seller

Italy - Indian Fig Seller. Date: circa 1901

Background imageGrocer Collection: Worshipful Company of Grocers armorial

Worshipful Company of Grocers armorial
This is the coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, as presented in a publication dated around 1800. The Worshipful Companies are trade associations based in the City of London

Background imageGrocer Collection: Women in fur coats at a food exhibition, Wilsic, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961

Women in fur coats at a food exhibition, Wilsic, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. Visitors to a Danish Bacon Company open day looking at the new rotisserie machines from the Rotiss-O-Mat Ltd

Background imageGrocer Collection: Danish Bacon (wholesale) meeting for grocers from the Doncaster area, South Yorkshire, 1961

Danish Bacon (wholesale) meeting for grocers from the Doncaster area, South Yorkshire, 1961. The Danish Bacon Company organised this meeting of grocers from the Doncaster area at Wilsic Cricket Club

Background imageGrocer Collection: Danish Bacon Company exhibition day, Wilsic, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961

Danish Bacon Company exhibition day, Wilsic, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. Danish Bacon organised this meeting of grocers from the Doncaster area at the Wilsic Cricket Club for a

Background imageGrocer Collection: Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist

Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. The meat has just been imported from Denmark by the Danish Bacon Company

Background imageGrocer Collection: Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster for a grocery and fishmonger featuring a Japanese man in a

Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster for a grocery and fishmonger featuring a Japanese man in a violet kimono, dated Taisho Year 6 or 1917

Background imageGrocer Collection: The Village, Fakenham, Norfolk

The Village, Fakenham, Norfolk
The Village, Fakenham, near Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk, England. Showing Charles J Elliott - Family Grocer, Wainwrights Music Store

Background imageGrocer Collection: Italian immigrants in New York City, 1890s

Italian immigrants in New York City, 1890s
Mulberry Street, center of the Italian immigrant neighborhood in New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageGrocer Collection: Tunisia - Streetside Arab Hardware store

Tunisia - Streetside Arab Hardware store
Streetside Arab Grocer / hardware store in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, pots, jars, pans, baskets and rope

Background imageGrocer Collection: Grocers Shop Grocer View stone window grocery store

Grocers Shop Grocer View stone window grocery store
The Grocers Shop, The Grocer, The Grocer. View in a stone window at a grocery store where a young woman weighs raisins for a woman with a boy

Background imageGrocer Collection: Portrait Hendrick Wijnands 1601 02-1676 grocer

Portrait Hendrick Wijnands 1601 02-1676 grocer
Portrait of Hendrick Wijnands (1601 / 02-1676), Portrait of Hendrick Wijnands, grocer in Amsterdam. Bust in oval and face. a column in the background

Background imageGrocer Collection: Grocer shop 1900 Middle East

Grocer shop 1900 Middle East
Grocers shop 1900 Middle East

Background imageGrocer Collection: Shop Of A Grocer And Druggist In The 17Th Century

Shop Of A Grocer And Druggist In The 17Th Century

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cadburys Happy Families - Master Good

Cadburys Happy Families - Master Good
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Good the Grocers Son. circa 1950

Background imageGrocer Collection: International Tea Company Stores Ltd

International Tea Company Stores Ltd
Staff in the doorway of the International Tea Company Stores grocery shop, c.1910. Founded in 1878, International Tea Co. Stores was a leading chain of grocers based in London; they grew to have

Background imageGrocer Collection: Henry Doubleday Photo

Henry Doubleday Photo
HENRY DOUBLEDAY Entomologist, ornothologist, grocer, ironmonger & insurance agent, noted for his work on the systematics of Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Date: 1808-1875

Background imageGrocer Collection: Morgan Bros grocers shop, Maida Vale, London

Morgan Bros grocers shop, Maida Vale, London
Morgan Bros grocers shop, 176 Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London, with a woman standing in the doorway. circa 1916

Background imageGrocer Collection: Woman standing outside a grocers shop

Woman standing outside a grocers shop, with window display and numerous advertisements. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageGrocer Collection: Stationery, Fortnum & Mason Ltd, London

Stationery, Fortnum & Mason Ltd, London
Stationery, Fortnum & Mason Ltd, Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, London, with handwritten details. 1915

Background imageGrocer Collection: Taking advantage of the situation

Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!

Background imageGrocer Collection: Kuwait - Fruit Seller

Kuwait - Fruit Seller Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGrocer Collection: GLC-LFB - Fire at the Grocers Hall, City of London

GLC-LFB - Fire at the Grocers Hall, City of London
A major fire at the Grocers Hall in the City of London. Firefighters work from a slated roof, attacking the fire through a hole made in the slates

Background imageGrocer Collection: Sir Thomas Liptons first shop

Sir Thomas Liptons first shop at 101 Stobcross Street, Glasgow. Date: 1871

Background imageGrocer Collection: Girl with baby in pram, Cornwall

Girl with baby in pram, Cornwall
A girl smiles down at a baby in a pram, while on holiday at a seaside town in Cornwall. The baby is playing with a bucket and spade. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageGrocer Collection: Leonard Holt tying a packet of letters to the bottom of a rope so that the grocer

Leonard Holt tying a packet of letters to the bottom of a rope so that the grocer Bloundel can pull them up into his house which he has shut up to save his family from the Plague of London (1665)

Background imageGrocer Collection: Family grocer, corner of Bradford Peverell, Wessex, c1922

Family grocer, corner of Bradford Peverell, Wessex, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Background imageGrocer Collection: A shop in India, 1900s. Artist: Erdmann & Schanz

A shop in India, 1900s. Artist: Erdmann & Schanz
A shop in India, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

Background imageGrocer Collection: Mr Edward Bright (1721-1750), 1751

Mr Edward Bright (1721-1750), 1751. Bright was a grocer from Maldon, Essex. At the time of his death he was reputed to be the fattest man in England; his coat was said to be large enough to have

Background imageGrocer Collection: A fight during the grocers strike, Paris, 1899. Artist: Henri Meyer

A fight during the grocers strike, Paris, 1899. Artist: Henri Meyer
A fight during the grocers strike, Paris, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th January 1899

Background imageGrocer Collection: Interior of roman Food-Shop and Bar, Ostia, Italy, c2nd-3rd century. Artist: CM Dixon

Interior of roman Food-Shop and Bar, Ostia, Italy, c2nd-3rd century. Artist: CM Dixon
Interior of roman Food-Shop and Bar, Ostia, Italy, c2nd-3rd century. Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia

Background imageGrocer Collection: Bauldry, by A Patrick Wilson

Bauldry, by A Patrick Wilson. First produced at the Palace Theatre, Arbroath, October 1915, later at the Dalston Theatre (probably in Hackney, London), March 1917

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Good

Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Good
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Good the Grocers Wife. circa 1950

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cadburys Happy Families - Mr Good

Cadburys Happy Families - Mr Good
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mr Good the Grocer. circa 1950

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cadburys Happy Families - Miss Good

Cadburys Happy Families - Miss Good
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Miss Good the Grocers Daughter. circa 1950

Background imageGrocer Collection: Currant Happy Families - Grocer family

Currant Happy Families - Grocer family. circa 1940s

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mrs Feedus

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mrs Feedus the Grocers wife. 1928

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mr Feedus

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mr Feedus the Grocer. 1928

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Feedus

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Feedus the Grocers daughter. 1928

Background imageGrocer Collection: Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Master Feedus

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Master Feedus the Grocers son. 1928

Background imageGrocer Collection: Bartlett & Son Ltd catalogue

Bartlett & Son Ltd catalogue -- shop fronts and interior fittings. 1903

Background imageGrocer Collection: Things I Should Like To See I by Bateman

Things I Should Like To See I by Bateman. A profiteering greengrocer obliged to buy his household vegetables at an exorbitant price from another shop

Background imageGrocer Collection: Grocery shop and general store

Grocery shop and general store
A Evans & Co. - merchants, general stores, grocer s. The grocer stands in the doorway of the shop, while signs proclaim, " large supply of fine eggs, fresh from the farm"




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Step into the vibrant world of a Yoruba grocer in Nigeria, where the streets are alive with bustling activity. In Carmarthen, Dyfed, South Wales, the aroma of fresh produce fills the air as locals flock to Central Stores & Post Office on High Street in Chalford, Glos. However, not all scenes are idyllic; a fire ravages through Danbury Street in Islington, N1. The legacy of Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet - a British grocer and yachtsman - is immortalized in an exquisite painting by Alick P F Ritchie from 1926. From Vienna's corner shops to Verona's food markets, grocery stores serve as vital hubs for communities worldwide. In Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales stands Bear Hotel alongside charming shops including a quaint grocery store. Travel back in time to Rawtenstall during the early 1900s and witness a cyclist passing by another bustling grocer's shop. Even across borders and cultures like Cairo in Egypt or Holmfirth Wallace's Grocer early 1900s era England – one thing remains constant: the importance of these establishments that provide sustenance for families and livelihoods for hardworking individuals. Whether it be navigating through crowded Nigerian streets or strolling along peaceful Welsh towns – each grocer tells its own unique story within their community. They stand as pillars of resilience and unity amidst changing times while continuing to nourish both body and soul with their wide array of goods. So next time you step into your local grocer’s shop or pass by one on your travels – take a moment to appreciate the rich history they carry within their walls. These humble establishments have witnessed countless stories unfold throughout time; they are more than just places to buy groceries but rather cherished landmarks that connect us all through our shared need for sustenance.