3-078-293 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Peter Robinson Annual Summer Sale, 1890. 'PETER ROBINSON BEGS RESPECTFULLY TO ANNOUNCE HIS ANNUAL SUMMER SALE AT THE GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 256 to 262, REGENT ST., On MONDAY, JUNE 30, AND FOLLOWING DAYS. The Surplus portions of the vast and choice Stocks will be very considerably reduced. DETAILED CIRCULAR ON APPLICATION'. Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores. Its flagship store, founded in 1833 as a drapery, was at Oxford Circus, London. Peter Robinson (1804-1874) bought up nearby shops on Oxford Street to create a department store. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.