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Record: Photographs (FRAS 1062)

Title: Photographs
Date: 1898-c1970s
Reference: FRAS 1062
Former reference: HF 14/8  
Physical description: ? photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd
James Howell & Company

Scope and content:

Interior and exterior photographs of the Howells store.

System of arrangement: Chronological order

Record type: Photographs

Function:

Records held within this series:

Title: Store exterior, James Howell & Co
Date: 1898-c1909
Reference: FRAS 1062/1
Former reference: HF 14/8  
Physical description: 2 photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company

Title: James Howell
Date: c1900
Reference: FRAS 1062/2
Former reference: HF 14/8  
Physical description: 1 copy print  
Origination James Howell & Company

Title: Store exterior, James Howell & Co Ltd
Date: c1910s-1930s
Reference: FRAS 1063/2
Former reference: HF 14/8  
Physical description: 7 photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Scope and content:

Photographs of the exterior of the store, including the store garage and Bethany Chapel. Photograph 7, of the St. Mary's Street frontage in the 1930s, is a copy print.

Title: Shop staff
Date: c1910s
Reference: FRAS 1062/4
Former reference: HF 14/8/6  
Physical description: 1 photograph  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Scope and content:

Photographs of, predominently female, shop staff.

Title: Glove and perfumery department
Date: c1920s
Reference: FRAS 1062/5
Former reference: HF 14/8/7  
Physical description: 2 items  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Scope and content:

1 original photograph and 1 copy print of the glove and perfumery department.

Title: Staff outings
Date: 1925-1928
Reference: FRAS 1062/6
Former reference: HF 14/8/5  
Physical description: 4 items  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Scope and content:

2 photographs of the 1925 staff outing to Malvern, with an additional copy print of one of these photographs, and 1 photograph of the 1928 motor coach tour.

Title: Harold Howell
Date: c1930
Reference: FRAS 1062/7
Former reference: HF 14/8/3  
Physical description: 1 photograph  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Motor showroom, Wharton Street, exterior
Date: c1930
Reference: FRAS 1062/8
Former reference: HF 14/8/11  
Physical description: 1 photograph  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: The Orchid Room, restaurant
Date: 1951
Reference: FRAS 1062/9
Former reference: HF 14/8/12  
Physical description: 2 photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Staff rest room
Date: c1950
Reference: FRAS 1062/10
Former reference: HF 14/8/13  
Physical description: 1 photograph  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Store exterior, decorated for the Empire Games
Date: 1958
Reference: FRAS 1062/11
Former reference: HF 14/8/14  
Physical description: 1 photograph  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Toy department, second floor, decorated for Christmas
Date: 1959
Reference: FRAS 1062/12
Former reference: HF 14/8/15  
Physical description: 2 photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Store exterior, at Trinity Street - Hayes corner
Date: c1960s
Reference: FRAS 1062/13
Former reference: HF 14/8/10  
Physical description: 2 photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Visit of the Duke of Edinburgh
Date: c1969
Reference: FRAS 1062/14
Former reference: HF 14/8/16  
Physical description: 2 photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Store promotion, Hugh Fraser and Clement Freud
Date: c1970s
Reference: FRAS 1062/15
Former reference: HF 14/8/9  
Physical description: 1 photograph  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Title: Store departments
Date: c1970s
Reference: FRAS 1062/16
Former reference: HF 14/8/8  
Physical description: 6 photographs  
Origination James Howell & Company Ltd

Scope and content:

Includes photographs of the menswear, carpet and lighting departments and the store cafe.

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