Gostiny Dvor (left) St Petersburg's largest department store
A view of Gostiny Dvor (left), St Petersburg's largest department store, in Nevski Prospekt, with pedestrians and traffic outside. Gostiny Dvor was one of the first department stores in the world - building began in 1757 and took 28 years. By the 20th century it contained more than 170 shops. More recently it has been redeveloped as a fashionable shopping mall
Picture No
11354035
Media ID
46711966
Size
5546px x 3569px
(4.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Russian Red Cross postcard #2648
Date
1907
