View looking at Bon Marché, department store at the junction of Brixton Road and Ferndale Road. The store was opened on 1st April 1877 at a cost of £70,000 and built to the designs of Lambeth architects, Messrs H. Parsons & Rawlings. It was modelled on Parisian department stores, offering a wide variety of goods under one roof - then a novelty in London. An accommodation block was built adjacent for employees containing over 100 apartments and with male and female dining rooms. Linskey Postcard Collection
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Collection: | Linskey Postcard Collection |
Image type: | Photograph |
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Ref: | 04832 |
Identifier: | SP322 |
Date: | c.1910 |
#1901 - 1925 #BRIXTON #Linskey Postcard Collection #Photograph #ROADS AND STREETS #SHOPS AND SHOPPING #TRANSPORT