Mercedes Motor Showroom, 12 Saville Row, Westminst

Photograph taken 1907 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: BL 19996/1

A Mercedes car parked in front of the Mercedes Showroom at number 12 Saville Row, London. The German-based firm began to produce cars in the late 1890s.

Location

Greater London Westminster

Period

Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

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The interior of the carriage tyre shop showing employees at work. All the workers are dressed in their everyday clothes and wearing aprons to protect them. These jobs were skilled, indoor jobs rather than manual labour and this is reflected in the clothing.

Mercedes Motor Showroom, 12 Saville Row, Westminst

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