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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

[c. 1920]

Photograph showing the exterior of the Sainsbury's branch at 173 Drury Lane in Holborn, London. This was Sainsbury's first shop opened by John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury. The shop continued to trade...

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior (restored version)

[c. 1920]

Photograph showing the exterior of the Sainsbury's branch at 173 Drury Lane in Holborn, London. This was Sainsbury's first shop opened by John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury. The shop continued to trade...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/2

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior (restored version)

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

[1950s]

Photograph showing Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. Posters advertising New Zealand Butter and Danish Butter are in in the window.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/3

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

5 Apr 1955

Photograph showing Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. A poster "Bacon: See the prices at Sainsbury's" is in the window.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/4

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

5 Apr 1955

Photograph of the exterior of 173 Drury Lane branch (Sainsbury's first store), with two customers and a baby in a pushchair outside the shop. A poster "Bacon: See the prices at Sainsbury's" is in the...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/5

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

[1958]

Photographs of Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. The photographs are by Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon).

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/6

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

[1958]

Photographs of Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. The photographs are by Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon).

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/7

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

[1958]

Photographs of Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. The photographs are by Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon).

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/8

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

[1958]

Photograph of Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. The photograph is by Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon).

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/9

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

[c. 1958]

Photograph of Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. The photograph is by Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon).

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/10

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

[1958]

Photographs of Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. The photographs are by Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon).

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/11

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

1958

Photograph of Drury Lane including Sainsbury's shop at 173 Drury Lane. The photograph was taken from a building with scaffolding. Other features include Bartlett & Co (London) Ltd shop and the Winter...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/12

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

1958

Photographs of Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London. The photographs are by Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon).

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/13

Contact sheet of images of 173 Drury Lane, London

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch: customer looking at goods in window display

1958

Photograph showing a woman customer looking in to the goods on display in the window at 173 Drury Lane branch in central London. The photograph appears in 'JS Journal' October 1958 page 6 with the...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/14

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch: customer looking at goods in window display

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch: staff dining room with picture of John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury

1958

Photograph showing staff eating in the dining room at 173 Drury Lane (Sainsbury's first store), with a photograph of John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury on the wall (see SA/FAM/1/IMA/1/7). The...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/15

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch: staff dining room with picture of John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

[1958]

Photograph of Sainsbury's first store at 173 Drury Lane, London. Includes ‘Save much more at Sainsbury's’ promotional material, and a notice regarding the forthcoming closure of the store in the...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/16

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

[1958]

Photograph showing Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London shortly before closure. A notice in the window advertises the closure. A poster "Save Much More at Sainsbury's" is in the window.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/17

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

10 Nov 1958

Photograph showing the interior of the first Sainsbury's shop at 173 Drury Lane in central London, shortly before closure.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/18

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

10 Nov 1958

Photograph taken shortly before the store closed. A notice can be seen which announces the imminent closure of the store on 10 November. The mosaic plaque which can be seen on the wall "The First...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/19

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

[10 Nov 1958]

Photograph taken shortly before the store closed. A notice can be seen which announces the imminent closure of the store on 10 November. The mosaic plaque which can be seen on the wall "The First...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/20

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

10 Nov 1958

Photograph showing the store interior, busy with customers and staff. Point of sale posters for a special offer on whole glace cherries and cut mixed peel, and for Sainsbury's Brown Label tea can be...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/21

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

10 Nov 1958

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/22

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

10 Nov 1958

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/23

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

10 Nov 1958

Photograph showing Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London shortly before closure. A notice in the window advertises the closure. A poster "Save Much More at Sainsbury's" is in the window.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/24

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

10 Nov 1958

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/25

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

10 Nov 1958

Photograph showing Drury Lane (looking south from the Macklin Street junction), including Sainsbury's first shop at number 173 on the left of the photo. Other features on the photo include the Winter...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/26

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Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

[10 Nov 1958]

Photograph showing Drury Lane, including Sainsbury's first shop at number 173, on the left of the photo. Other features on the photo include the Winter Garden Theatre.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/27

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Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

10 Nov 1958

Photograph taken shortly before the store closed in 1958. Features a notice about the closure and a "Save Much More at Sainsbury's" advertising in window.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/28

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch exterior

Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

11 Nov 1958

Photograph showing Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London shortly before closure and other neighbouring buildings. Other premises include Bartlett & Co (London) Ltd, and the Winter Garden...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/29

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Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

11 Nov 1958

Photograph showing Sainsbury's first shop at 173 Drury Lane, London shortly before closure and other neighbouring buildings. Other premises include Bartlett & Co (London) Ltd, and the Winter Garden...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/30

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Image of Drury Lane including 173 Drury Lane, London branch

Image of employee slicing bacon at 173 Drury Lane, London branch

11 Nov 1958

A notice is included in the picture ''A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place"

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/31

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Image of employee slicing bacon at 173 Drury Lane, London branch

Image of employee slicing bacon at 173 Drury Lane, London branch

11 Nov 1958

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Image of employee slicing bacon at 173 Drury Lane, London branch

Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

11 Nov 1958

Photograph showing the interior of the first Sainsbury's shop at 173 Drury Lane in central London, shortly before closure.

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/32

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Image of 173 Drury Lane, London branch interior, with customers and staff

Image of mosaic plaque "The First House of Sainsbury 1869" at 173 Drury Lane branch

[Nov 1958]

Photograph of the mosaic plaque "The First House of Sainsbury 1869". This mosaic plaque is now in the Sainsbury Archive (reference SA/BR/22/D/23). A small plaque with the manager's name G.W. Pawsey is...

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/33

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Image of mosaic plaque "The First House of Sainsbury 1869" at 173 Drury Lane branch

Image of the manager of 173 Drury Lane with the last two customers

1958

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/34

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Image of the manager of 173 Drury Lane with the last two customers

Image of Alan Sainsbury and G.W. Pawsey (branch manager) at closure of 173 Drury Lane

1958

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/35

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Image of Alan Sainsbury and G.W. Pawsey (branch manager) at closure of 173 Drury Lane

Image of Alan Sainsbury closing the shutter at 173 Drury Lane, London

[Nov 1958]

SA/BRA/7/D/11/1/36

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Image of Alan Sainsbury closing the shutter at 173 Drury Lane, London