Lewis's fifth floor : a department story / photographs by Stephen King.

Main entry:

King, Stephen, 1975-

Title & Author:

Lewis's fifth floor : a department story / photographs by Stephen King.

Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press/Neutral Spoon, 2009.

Description:

159 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 19 x 25 cm

Notes:
Lewis's fifth flo0r : a department story / Deborah Mulhearn -- The lifts -- The cafeteria -- The kitchens -- The Mersey Room -- The Red Rose Restaurant -- The salon -- The cash rooms -- Other spaces.

Summary:

"Lewis's Department Store in Liverpool is a landmark that retains the affections of the city. But there is one part of the shop, the fifth floor, that many of those passing by will not know about, and that no shopper has been in for over twenty years. The photographer Stephen King was given access to this abandoned fifth floor to document the décor and fittings that remain from the store's 1950s heyday. The result is this enthralling collection of images, dispatches from a lost world of glamour and spectacle that was a retail phenomenon. Enlivened by interviews with several generations of Lewis's employees, who also sat for photographs at their original work stations, this book offers a vivid portrait of one of the city's great institutions."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9781846312465 (cased)
1846312469 (cased)

Subject:

Lewis's (Department store)
Buildings
Liverpool (England) Buildings, structures, etc. 20th century Pictorial works.
Liverpool (England) History 20th century Pictorial works.
England Liverpool

Form/genre:

History
Illustrated works

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266433
Call No.: BIB 198288
Status: Available

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