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Thessaloniki - Poultry and Vegetable Salesman. Date: circa 1916
Petticoat Lane market traderA market trader at Petticoat Lane on a Sunday morning, extolling the virtues of his shirts Date: 1945
Georgia - Tbilisi - Mercer (selling Grapes)Georgia - Tbilisi - Kinto or Mercer (selling Grapes)
Man with Carpet BagThe carpet bag is a symbol of the travelling salesman
Judging artistic effect before purchasing / W Heath RobinsonIllustration 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 1809A 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 downA 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 editionBook 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 EndMarket trader giving crowd of onlookers his sales pitch. Date: circa 1960s
Fred Hoddinot, Berwick Street Market, LondonFred 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 sellerHot potatoes. A hot potato salesman plying his trade on a London street. Date: 1885
A travelling tinker in the Seventeenth CenturyA 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 - CostumeA 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 sewingItinerant doorstep peddlar/seller of accoutrement for sewing. Date: 1920s
Ice cream man in kiosk, Aqaba, JordanAn 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 scrapBalloon seller on the beach on a Victorian scrap. circa 1890s
Victorian costermonger and his cartA Victorian costermonger and his cart, stacked up with baskets full of produce, photographed on a street of terraced Georgian houses. Date: 4 February 1893
Tourist and textile salesman in EgyptA tourist in Egypt is shown some textile samples by an itinerant salesman. Date: early 20th century
Lance-Sergeant Douglas Belcher V. CLance-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 salesmanVenezuela - Mobile Broom, brush and mop salesman, his wares stacked neatly in panniers carried on the flanks of his noble mule steed. Date: circa 1950s
Tom Norman - Auctioneer, raising his gavelTom Norman - Showmans Auctioneer, Valuer and Variety Agent from Dallington, East Sussex, raising his gavel. Date: circa 1910
An Albanian Egg Seller in TurkeyA n Albanian egg salesman in Turkey, inspecting an egg from one of his two wicker baskets
Man on Phone 1950SA man uses the telephone
Business As Usual revue by F. W. Mark and A. P. de CourvilleBusiness 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. BatemanDealer: He changes gear without a sound. A horse dealer uses motoring terminology to sell a horse. 1929
Bazaar in Cairo, EgyptView into a bazaar with various stalls and shops in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1910
Hat seller at a market, Suffolk, EnglandHat 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 autoA smooth salesman sings the praises of his companys new model at the Salon d Auto, Paris. Date: 1933
Selling a necklaceA jeweller shows a necklace to a potential lady customer 1933
Cartoon, Trader and French soldier, WW1Cartoon, 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
Cartoon, Fighting zone, WW1Cartoon, Fighting zone. Two French soldiers have just bought food and drink from a trader. The trader is amazed that they keep buying cheap wine from him at an inflated price
The Snake Skin Shoes or the Temptation of EveThe Snake-Skin Shoes, or, the Temptation of Eve by Pierrot. A young woman in a shoe shop is tempted by a pair of snake skin shoes presented by the somewhat saturnine looking sales assistant
Ice cream seller. Victorian ice cream salesman serving boy in front of his stall.Date: circa 1890
Bath Characters by Edouart - mat sellerThe itinerant mat seller in Bath, one of a series of Bath characters taken by the silhouette artist, Auguste Edouart in Bath between 1826-7. Date: 1827
Cartoon, The Salesman, WW1Cartoon, The Salesman, flirting with a customer as she tries on some gloves. Behind the salesman is a shadow of German soldiers with severed hands skewered on a sword. Date: 1915
People We Don t Envy: No. 1: The first German salesmanPeople We Don t Envy: No.1: The first German commercial traveller in England after the war. An imagined senario featured in The Bystander in 1915
An advertisement for White Lustre Starch. And Gilbert S. Craveys Corn Starch
Eldo ice cream and chocolate salesmanA salesman with his cart, selling Eldo ice cream and chocolate
Yoghurt SalesmanA youthful Romanian Yoghurt Seller, with a defiant look in his eye, carrying two pans of his dairy wares (carried on a yolk over his shoulder). Date: 1910s
Turkish carpet seller amid tombstonesA Turkish carpet seller, who has set up his stall (somewhat oddly|) amongst some tomb stones. Date: circa 1920s
Russia, Lace Seller / Draper. In his right hands he appears to be holding a measuring stick (or ruler) of some sort. Date: circa 1901
Russia, Street Utensil Seller. Date: circa 1901
Distinctive character publicising Phil Mays summer AnnualDistinctive character (his publisher?) publicising Phil Mays summer Annual. Date: 1892
Biarritz, France - Chateau Basque and Chateau des Falaises and (even more importantly!) a lovely postcard seller and his mobile stall! Date: circa 1910
Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Street HawkerA highly characterful street hawker in traditional local costume - Palma, Mallorca, Spain. In anothe age, he could be a Brigand of the Spanish Main! Date: circa 1910s
Portugal - Wandering SalesmanPortugal - A Poor wandering salesman, with a small basket of wares in his wicker basket at the end of a long pole. Date: circa 1908
Record shop assistantPeople You See. Record shop assistant. From Teddy Bear (18 March 1967)
Balloon salesman
Bicycle shopPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)
Petticoat Lane salesmanA salesman at the Petticoat Lane market, London, shows his stock of shirts to a prospective buyer Date: 1945
Henry B. Harris presents The traveling salesman a comedy by James Forbes, author of The chorus lady. Date c1908
Ecuador - Quito - Lumber Seller Date: circa 1909
Singer Sewing MachineSewing Machine Seller demonstates Singer electrical sewing machine, Sweden 1960s. Date: 1960s
Ice Cream Motor BikeThis rather serious man in a leather bomber jacket is actually a travelling salesman, selling ice creams from his motorcycle! Date: 1930s
Young lambs to sell -- a salesman in the street offers toy lambs to a group of children. 20th century
Demonstrating a pianolaAeolian Co. Man demonstrating the Aeolian player piano
Car controls / W H RobinsonA salesman explains the controls to a potential purchaser. This model has the luxury of a cigarette cabinet and an alarm clock
Choosing a car to match your wifes complexion / W Heath RobIllustration 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
Variety of Turkish vendors(Left) Ice Cream Salesman - selling ices made from buffalo milk/cream. (Centre) Fish salesman in Beycos. (Right) Water seller with a superb decorated (with leaves) water holder from Gueos Tepe
Apple Salesman with a gigantic pannier - TurkeyApple seller standing alongside his large pannier, filled to the brim with fruit. The weight of this woven backpack must have been immense
Brush salesmanA brush seller in Constantinople, Turkey
Feather Seller - TurkeyA door-to-door itinerant feather seller in Constantinople, Turkey. He also carries a bunch of grapes on his head!
Cooking Utensil SalesmanItinerant cooking utensil salesman, with a wicker backpack and hand basket, containing brushes and wooden platters
Mexican itinerant brush salesman, also a seller of mats, hand brooms and small bags
Cupid Cars cartoon by StanelliMotor salesman: We claim for this little sports model of ours that there isn t another car on the road that picks up so wonderfully
