B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 2003.24
Identification
Item: A Opie and Co Ltd., 38 Market Jew Street, Penzance
Description: This could be a photograph showing the new shop frontage of A Opie and Co Ltd., Market Jew Street, Penzance in 1936 but there is a theory, based on the decor and advertisements, that it was taken at the beginning of the 20th century. By 1911 Opie's was making and marketing Mounts Bay Bouquet perfume selling at 2s 6d, 4s 9d and 7s 9d a bottle. The business is listed on Page 50 of Rodda's Almanack 1913. By 1926 Homeland Handbook lists other branches, also Keen's Pharmacy, Bray's Pharmacy in Fore Street Redruth and the Drug Store on the Strand in Newlyn.
Condition: Good
Description
Height: 120 mm
Width: 160 mm
Material: Paper
Production
Method: Printed
Date: 1900
Person: Unknown
Category: Photography
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