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Estonia - Tallinn (Reval)Estonia - the capital Tallinn (Reval) - The New Market
Rijeka (Fiume) - Scene just after WWIAn interesting postcard with silhouettes and line drawings, showing Rijeka (Fiume) just after WWI (1918-19) with street sellers, soldiers and some young lads
Dubrovnik (Ragusa) - Croatia - Piazza GundulicMarket stalls on the Piazza Gundulic - Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia - on the left is a monument to Ivan Gundulic (1589 - 1638) - the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa
Street Newsboys in LondonAll the Winners - newspaper seller providing all the racing results to confident punters
Hyderabad, India - arms sellers
Cairo, Egypt - The BazaarsThe Bazaars - Cairo, Egypt
Sfax, Tunisia - Souk of the MosqueThe Soul of the Mosque at Sfax, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: 1910s
Sfax - Tunisia - The Street of the DyersThe Street of the Dyers at Sfax, Tunisia
Young sugar cane vendors - Alexandria, EgyptYoung sugar cane sellers at Alexandria, Egypt. One girls nibbles the end of a piece of the sweet cane
Algeria - Date MarketA Date Market in the South of Algeria
Flower Sellers - Cape Town, South AfricaFlower Sellers - Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Street of Book Sellers, Grand Bazaar, ConstantinopleA view of the Street of Book Sellers at the Grand Bazaar, Constantinople. In the old days of the Ottoman Empire it was said that the only thing a Gentleman could carry in the street was a watermelon
Small outdoor Market in ConstantinopleA scene in a small outdoor market at Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
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
Fish Salesmen, ConstantinopleTwo fish salesmen, Constantinople
Chicken sellers, ConstantinopleTwo female chicken sellers, Constantinople, Turkey
Trackside Sellers of SweetbreadsSelling of a selection of sweetbreads at the side of railway track, Turkey
Carpet Sellers - Constantinople, TurkeyCarpet Selling in the Constantinople Bazaar from an open stall
Tenerife - Itinerant Re-sellersTwo women in traditional costume on the Island of Tenerife. The card caption translates as re-sellers - these ladies are likely to be itinerant traders of goods of some description
Bursa - Turkey - Turkish merchantsTurkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey. Fourth largest city and the first Ottoman Capital
Bartholomew Fair (1721)Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47
Japan - Basket SellersA pair of basket sellers on the way to market with their extremely laden carts!
Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Fig MarketThe fig Market at the Bazaar, Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey
Arab Merchants - Old market in CairoArab merchants in the Old Market, Cairo, set within a stylised border, drawing on the designs of temple architecture from the Old Kingdom Temples of Middle Egypt (Karnak?)
Guatemala - Crab sellersStreet Crab sellers in Guatemala
Naples, Italy - Street Hot Chestnut Seller, surrounded by a variety of young urchins! He wears a tall top hat at a very rakish angle!!
On board HMS Caesar in port in IstanbulBritish sailors inspect wares (tourist tat!) bought onboard the British battleship HMS Caesar, in port at Istanbul - searching out that special exotic souvenir to take home to a loved one!
Izmir, Turkey - Jewish bead sellerJewish bead sellers at the market in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey
Izmir, Turkey - Vegetable MarketA Vegetable Market with vegetable sellers at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey
Sudan - Marketplace - OmdurmanThe Marketplace at Omdurman, Sudan. The site of the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898. Winston Churchill famously rode with the 21st Lancers - three Victoria Crosses were awarded as a result
Lady Water Carriers, Port Said Egypt
Bargains for allTypical morning scene on the verandah of the hotel at Jaipur. Sellers come and sit on the edge of the verandah as they display their colourful wares in the bright morning sunlight
Date Sellers - Marrakesh, MoroccoA stall selling dates - Marrakesh, Morocco. The trader sits halfway up the immense pile of the dried fruit, which he can weigh on the suspended scales alongside his perch
Newspaper boys, London - on Bedford Street, Covent Garden
Turkish shop in BursaTurkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey
Couscous sellers - Tunis, TunisiaPavement Couscous sellers - Tunis, Tunisia
A Market at Scutari - ConstantinopleMarket at Uskudar (Scutari)
Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - Market sceneSarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - general street/market scene with a small covered market (right) with a mosque in the background and general sellers of a variety of wares in the open square
Spring in Covent Garden Market, LondonBuyers and sellers at one of the flower and plant markets in Covent Garden, London
Egypt - River Nile - Water carriers fill their water skinsSlightly before Mr Evian, Mr Volvic and Mr Malvern took a firm grip on the market, this is how visitors to Egypt were supplied with fresh drinking water
Young Egyptian Arab girl water carriersTwo young Egyptian Arab girl water carriers stand behind a seated young boy playing his flute
Manure Dryers / Collectors - Madras, IndiaIndian manure collectors and dryers. The manure was collected off the streets, worked into brickettes, dried in the sun and then sold for fuel in place of wood and coal to the local populace
Sugar Cane Sellers / Market, Cairo, Egypt
A motor field kitchen: A war gift from the Leather Sellers. company
Penny Toy Sellers in Holborn, London, 1907Illustration showing penny toy sellers displaying their wares on the pavement in Holborn, London, December 1907. These street merchants were a long-standing tradition in London at Christmas
Sellers at the Petticoat Lane Market, London, 1904Engraving showing some of the sellers at the Petticoat Lane market; an old lady selling herbs and vegetables and a man and his son selling offcuts, London, 1904
Noble PrivilegesCoal-sellers and nobles alike give up their privileges and insignia, perceived as politically incorrect relics of the ancien regime
Russian Paper SellersRussian newspaper sellers line up to collect their consignments