M&S Staff Manchester 1898

First Marks & Spencer staff photo, Oldham St - Manchester 1898. Left to Right: Ada Probert, Laura Cowburn, Esther Brown, Cissie Rowland, Hilda Cartright and Gertrude Proctor.

This is the photo that the artist Van Jones used when creating the Marks' Penny Bazaar painting. The young lady second from left (standing) is Laura Cowburn, and he used her face for the sales assistant in the painting