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Interior staircase at the 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.

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Image type:	Photograph
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Ref:	07692
Identifier:	SP16/846/Bon.3
Date:	c.1910

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