Salesman Collection

Petticoat Lane market trader
A market trader at Petticoat Lane on a Sunday morning, extolling the virtues of his shirts Date: 1945

Man with Carpet Bag
The carpet bag is a symbol of the travelling salesman

Thessaloniki - Poultry and Vegetable Salesman. Date: circa 1916

Georgia - Tbilisi - Mercer (selling Grapes)
Georgia - Tbilisi - Kinto or Mercer (selling Grapes)

Judging artistic effect before purchasing / W Heath Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Shopping for Fabric 1809
A throng of mostly feminine customers scrutinize the stock at Messrs. Harding, Howell & Co. at 89 Pall Mall. Fabrics cascade from displays in the drapery department

Travelling Salesman failing to keep his expenses down
A travelling Salesman (for Sweatem, Grand & Co.) is spectacularly failing to keep his expenses down! He is piling through the whiskey, occupying a private room

Rhubarb Hawker Victorian period

Tunisia, North Africa - A Perfume merchant. Date: circa 1908

Book cover, Sinking of the Titanic, first edition
Book cover, Sinking of the Titanic, The World's Greatest Sea Disaster, by Thomas H. Russell, published by L.H. Walter, 1912 first edition, salesman copy

Italian hawker selling souvenir china models in an English village Date: early 19th century

Comic postcard, Woman and door-to-door salesman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women in a teashop discuss travelling salesman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Marriage proposal from commercial traveller Date: 20th century

Progress of the moustache mania! A street seller does a good job hawking pairs of moustaches to cash in on the fashion for mens facial hair. Date: 1853

Market trader in Londons East End
Market trader giving crowd of onlookers his sales pitch. Date: circa 1960s

Fred Hoddinot, Berwick Street Market, London
Fred Hoddinot of Borovick Fabrics at his stall in Berwick Street Market, London. Date: 1957

Trades in Regency England: Spar ornaments, pottery ware and salt refiner. Alabaster stone ornaments made in the Peak District on a mantlepiece 52, shop window with pottery from Etruria

Advert, Realsilk stockings. 1926

Two skeletons of Death interrupt an itinerant Hawker with his heavy load as he points to his destination. One skeleton plays on a trompette marine, or marine trumpet

Silhouette, Travelling salesman and toy seller

The Brush Salesman. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966

A hot potato seller
Hot potatoes. A hot potato salesman plying his trade on a London street. Date: 1885

A travelling tinker in the Seventeenth Century
A Travelling Tinker in the Seventeenth Century. 17th century

Cartoon, The good trader. A salesman of food and other items offers a French soldier some Camembert cheese for a much lower price if he will say where the 20th Corps is

Door-to Door Salesman Date: 1948

18th century Mercer - Costume
A travelling salesman hawks his wares: ribbons, buttons, pins, feathers, braids, cloth & all manner of trinkets for female adornment. Date: 18th century

Itinerant doorstep peddlar / seller of accoutrement for sewing
Itinerant doorstep peddlar/seller of accoutrement for sewing. Date: 1920s

Ice cream man in kiosk, Aqaba, Jordan
An ice cream saleman smiles from his kiosk on the sea front at Aqaba, Jordan Date: circa 1995

Al-Hamidiyah Souq in old town Damascus, Syria. It is the largest and the central souq in Syria, located near to the Citadel. Date: circa 1905

Balloon seller on a Victorian scrap
Balloon seller on the beach on a Victorian scrap. circa 1890s

Tourist and textile salesman in Egypt
A tourist in Egypt is shown some textile samples by an itinerant salesman. Date: early 20th century

Lance-Sergeant Douglas Belcher V. C
Lance-Sergeant Douglas Belcher of the London Rifle Brigade, the first Territorial, other than an officer to receive the Victoria Cross in the First World War

Venezuela - Broom, brush and mop salesman
Venezuela - Mobile Broom, brush and mop salesman, his wares stacked neatly in panniers carried on the flanks of his noble mule steed. Date: circa 1950s

Victorian costermonger and his cart
A Victorian costermonger and his cart, stacked up with baskets full of produce, photographed on a street of terraced Georgian houses. Date: 4 February 1893

An Albanian Egg Seller in Turkey
A n Albanian egg salesman in Turkey, inspecting an egg from one of his two wicker baskets

Man on Phone 1950S
A man uses the telephone

Business As Usual revue by F. W. Mark and A. P. de Courville
Business As Usual revue by F. W. Mark and Albert P. de Courville (1887 - 1960). First produced at the London Hippodrome on the 16th November 1914

Horse Dealer by H. M. Bateman
Dealer: He changes gear without a sound. A horse dealer uses motoring terminology to sell a horse. 1929

Bazaar in Cairo, Egypt
View into a bazaar with various stalls and shops in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1910

Hat seller at a market, Suffolk, England
Hat seller working his charm at a market in Suffolk, England. circa 1969

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Streetside Confectionary Salesman. Date: circa 1911

Parisian Street Hardware salesman - Paris, France. Date: circa 1930s

Popular types. Sellers of brooms. Valencia. Spain. Colored engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration (1872)

Travelling Oil Salesman - H. Jenks of Charlwood St, Pimlico - As Cheap as any. Date: circa 1905

Paris Salon D auto
A smooth salesman sings the praises of his companys new model at the Salon d Auto, Paris. Date: 1933

Selling a necklace
A jeweller shows a necklace to a potential lady customer 1933

Cartoon, Trader and French soldier, WW1
Cartoon, a trader claims to sell everything in his shop. A French soldier says: What if I offered to buy your wifes heart? The trader replies: That would be five sous

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