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BON MARCHE, BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON : ADVERTISEMENT

BON MARCHE, BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON : ADVERTISEMENT

Advertisement for Bon Marché, department stores. 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.
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Collection:LAD Cuttings and Ephemera
Image type:Print
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Ref:00588
Identifier:12/64 p9A
Date:1888

#1876 - 1900  #BRIXTON  #COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY  #Cuttings and Ephemera  #Print  #SHOPS AND SHOPPING  #TRADE