Beneath a forest of timber-framed gables and ornate Victorian Gothic Revival rooflines, shoppers in Edwardian dress pick their way along the famous "Rows" gallery of Northgate Street, Chester — a covered first-floor walkway unique in the world to this ancient Roman walled city. A bold "LIPTON LTD" sign anchors the ground-floor corner, the grocer-tea empire's familiar fascia a reminder that Sir Thomas Lipton's shops were as ubiquitous in Edwardian Britain as Starbucks is today. A Union Jack-draped barrow sits outside in the cobbled street, and women in long skirts and elaborate hats promenade beside gentlemen in bowlers. Published by C. W. Faulkner & Co. of London EC — one of the premier Edwardian postcard houses — on a divided-back card (the left side message note specifies inland postage rules, dating it to the divided-back era c.1902–1910). The black-and-white photographic image is crisp and full of period street-life detail that makes it a superb social history document as well as a topographic collector's piece.