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Milne & Choyce

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Milne and Choyce department store interiors, window displays, fashion photography and staff group portrait

  • Other Id

    66076 (Presto content ID)

    PH-1990-1 (Reference Number)

    1928 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Milne & Choyce
  • Primary Maker
  • Date
    1950s
  • Physical Description

    49 10x 8 inch (26 x 20 cm) and 2 panorama 44 x 13 cm; 35 x 16 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Member Object

    3 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Media
  • Technique
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    Howard Gruzelein and Anne Hiskins (his niece)
  • Content
    1. [Shop window. Women's fashion]; print
    2. [Shop window. Turf toppers. Shoe display]; print
    3. [Shop window. London fashions]; print
    4. [Shop floor. Accessories]; print
    5. [Shop window. Miss Kate Don of Dorothy Gray]; print
    6. [Shop window. An artist's dream of Christmas trees through the ages]; print
    7. [Shop window. Christmas trees through the ages]; print
    8. [Shop window. The trees of 1920 and 1955. Christmas display]; print
    9. [Shop window. The Georgian and Venetian trees. Christmas display]; print
    10. [Shop window. Kent accessories]; print
    11. [Shop window. Bubble colours. Lingerie display]; print
    12. [Women's fashion show]; print
    13. [Shop window. Court jewel by Cyclax]; print
    14. [Shop window. 1953. The year of years]; print
    15. [Shop window. Helena Rubinstein. Cosmetic display]; print
    16. [Shop window. El Jays]; print
    17. [Display. Striking by Elizabeth Arden]; print
    18. [Shop window. Foxy red and black], 2-381d; print
    19. [Shop window. In the blue of evening], 2-381b; print
    20. [Shop window. Silver Romantic as moonlight], 2-381a; print
    21. [Shop window. The velvet touch]; print
    22. [Shop window. The velvet touch. Rich velvety suede]; print
    23. [Display. The velvet touch. Brightest star in fashions firmament]; print
    24. [Display. The velvet touch. What a gay French flavour to these M & C exclusives]; print
    25. [Shop window. Spring is the time to take fashion in hand]; print
    26. [Display. Paris says...most hats tilt forward]; print
    29. [Shop window. Heavenly bodies. Cole of California]; print
    30. [Shop window. Coronation]; print
    31. [Display. The chair of crowning]; print
    32. [Shop window. Queen Elizabeth II]; print
    33. [Shop window. Cole]; print
    34. [Shop window. Cole swimwear]; print
    35. [Shop window. Everything's rosy. Cosmetic display]; print
    36. [Shop window. Oh, what a wonderful Christmas]; print
    37. [Shop floor]; print
    38. [Show window. Pumps shoes]; print
    39. [Shop window. Bridal]; print
    41. [Shop window. Picked for spring]; print
    42. [Shop window. Joyce shoes. Buy by brand]; print
    43. M. Jacques Fath; print
    44. Jacque Fath; print mounted on card
    45. Personal photo of Mr. Aage Thaarup; print
    46. Molyneux; print mounted on card
    47. [Aage Thaarup]; print
    48. [Shop window. Brides through the ages]; print
    49. [Shop window. Cinderella]; print
    50. [Shop window. Cinderella]; print
    51. Personal photo of Mr. Aage Thaarup; print
  • Public Access Text

    Howard Gruzelein was a designer for Milne & Choyce

  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Credit Line
    Mrs Anne Hiskins
  • Last Update
    11 May 2023
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