Image of John James Sainsbury
[c. 1870]Photograph by Wicksteed & Palmer, 109 Cheapside, [London], E.C. Picture included in 'The Best Butter in the World' by B. Williams page 12.
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Sketch image of 151 Queen's Crescent, Kentish Town branch
[1875-1968]SA/BR/22/K/4/1
Photograph of staff outside a Sainsbury's branch
[1890s-1930s]Branch window display features an advertisement for Sainsbury's New Grass Butter without salt for 1s. 10d. This image is identical to SA/BR/22/S/40/1/1.
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Drawing of J.Sainsbury Wholesale & Export Merchant Head Depot
c. 1894SA/BL/IMA/5/1
West Croydon branches advertisement in 'Old & New Croydon Illustrated' magazine, 1894
1894SA/BR/22/C/54/2
Image of exterior of 16/20 Seven Sisters Road, Holloway branch with staff
[1895-1906]Copy of postcard. Includes signs on windows noting other branches at West Croydon, Brondesbury and elsewhere
SA/BRA/7/H/29/1/1
Image of John James Sainsbury in his conservatory at Highgate
[c. 1895]Picture included in 'The Best Butter in the World' by B. Williams page 41. According to 'Best Butter' the photograph was taken in the conservatory of John James and Mary Ann's new family home in...
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Image of Mary Ann Sainsbury in her conservatory at Highgate
[c. 1895]Picture included in 'The Best Butter in the World' by B. Williams page 41. According to 'Best Butter' the photograph was taken in the conservatory of John James and Mary Ann's new family home in...
SA/FAM/1/6/1/7
Image of John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury on the wedding day of John Benjamin Sainsbury
[6 Jan 1896]The photograph is included in 'The Best Butter in the World' by B. Williams page 11 and in 'JS 100 The Story of Sainsbury's' page 10. The photograph was taken on the wedding day of their eldest son,...
SA/FAM/1/6/2/1
Image of J.B. Sainsbury with his fiancée/wife Mabel
1896Cabinet card photograph showing Miss Mabel Van den Bergh with her fiancé John Benjamin Sainsbury. The photograph was included in 'The Best Butter in the World: A History of Sainsbury's' by B....
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Image of staff at 38 The Parade, Cricklewood branch
1900s-1910sPhotograph of a display of turkeys (Christmas display) hanging outside the shop, and staff outside shop. Posters on display include "Buy your turkey at Sainsbury's with every confidence". Photograph...
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Image of Christmas display at 9/11 London Road, Croydon branch
c. 1900Includes staff behind counter, and notices promoting gongozolas as Christmas gifts and guinea/half guinea hampers. A poster on the wall reveals the half-guinea hampers contained "1 fine turkey", small...
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Image of [6 Palace Parade, later 16 Church Street], Enfield branch
[c. 1901]This store was known as 6 Palace Parade until 1903. Includes Mr Tolhurst (Manager, centre). Includes turkeys, geese, hares, fowls and ducks hanging up outside the shop (a Christmas display).
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Image of staff outside 757 Romford Road, Manor Park branch
[c. 1901]Includes staff standing outside the shop, and displays outside the shop and in the window of eggs, game and poultry. There are posters promoting 'Cre-Mos' margarine (Sainsbury's own-brand margarine,...
SA/BRA/7/M/4/1
Image of [114 Lewisham High Street] branch exterior with staff
[1903-1930s]Photograph of a Sainsbury's branch, believed to be 114 Lewisham High Street branch, Lewisham, London, with staff standing outside the branch. The identity of the branch is suggested by the number 114...
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Image of staff outside 86/87 Chalton Street, Somers Town branch
1904Image shows eggs on display in crates full of straw, egg bags, advertisement for Cre-Mos ("Butter Substitute", later renamed Crelos margarine) and joints of meat hanging outside the branch. The image...
SA/BRA/7/S/14/1/1
Image of 143 High Street, Guildford branch interior
1906Photograph of Sainsbury's Guildford High Street store on its opening day, 16th November 1906. This shop was typical of the counter service shops opened by Sainsbury's from the 1890s until 1939. The...
SA/BRA/7/G/12/1/1
Image of staff outside 57b Clarence Street, Kingston branch
1906Image also features displays of game hanging outside shop, and delivery tricycle. Next door to the shop are 'lodgings for working men'.
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Image of exterior of 30 High Street, Wealdstone branch with staff
1907Copy of print
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Image of interior of 4/5 High Street, Oxford branch
[c. 1910]Appears to be a specially posed promotional photograph with a dining table laid out in the centre of the store with sign reading "Sainsbury's for an appetising spread for the summer months"
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