James Smith and Sons Umbrella Shop, 53 New Oxford Street, Holborn, London

Photograph taken June 1986 © Copyright Historic England Archive ref: dd88/00651

The cluttered interior of James Smith and Sons Umbrella Shop on New Oxford Street, showing the counters dating back to the 1870s. The firm was founded in 1830 in Saville Row and also sells walking sticks.

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Greater London Holborn

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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Customers buy seed at the Sutton's Seeds shop. The drawers behind the counter presumably hold seeds, while the cashier sits behind the counter to the right. A solid fuel heater stands in the centre of the floor.

James Smith and Sons Umbrella Shop, 53 New Oxford Street, Holborn, London

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