Selling Collection (page 21)

Muffins and Crumpets
Old Street Cries -- Muffins and Crumpets. 20th century

Will you buy any milk today?
Old Street Cries -- Will you buy any milk today? 20th century

Jersey Covered Market selling flowers and vegetables. Date: circa 1910s

Chinese soup seller - Vietnam
A street vendor of Chinese soup - Saigion, Vietnam Date: circa 1910s

Bergen Fish Market
Men selling fresh fish in wooden crates at Bergen fish market, Norway. Date: 1930s

Horse Market Denmark
The horsemarket, Copenhagen, (Denmark). Date: 1888

Street Market / Brittany
Selling bread underneath parasols in Brittany. Date: 1905

Selling Indulgences C15
Jesuits sell indulgences to the people of Lucerne, Switzerland - the populace give the Church money in return for spending a shorter period in Purgatory... Date: 15th century

French Confectioner s
A French CONFISERIE selling sweets, chocolates, tea and fine wines Date: circa 1870

Coffee Sold in Istanbul
A street trader selling strong coffee in Istanbul Date: 1906

Macaroni, Napoli
Selling macaroni in the streets of Naples - note that it seems to be eaten with the fingers ! Date: circa 1880

Peeler Move Traders On
A policeman moves on some female street traders who are selling fruit and vegetables. Date: circa 1830

French Confiserie
A French CONFISERIE selling cakes, sweets, and other nice things Date: circa 1870

Mine / Manchester / 1957
An exterior view of Bradford Colliery, Manchester. In the foreground three girls stand in front of a corner shop selling groceries with Hovis advertisements in the window. Date: 1957

People examining lots at an auction
A room full of people examining lots at an auction. Date: 1788

Tobacco industry in Algiers
Algeria : delivering tobacco to the shop of Hussein-Dey, Algiers Date: 1862

Street trader selling meat in the 1880s

Street market, Brynmawr, Wales
Aerial view of a busy street market in Brynmawr, Wales. Date: 1974

The Wrght Biplane, sold by Orville to Ruth Law
The Wright Biplane, sold by Orville to Ruth Law

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 June
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 June. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Romany children selling flowers, Dublin, Ireland
Five Romany children in traditional dress, selling flowers on the streets of Dublin, Ireland

Bird market in the East End of London
Men standing in the roadway outside a bird market in the East End of London. The birds are on display in numerous cages. This was possibly in Sclater Street, Shoreditch, near Bethnal Green

Woman selling house
Woman with a fur muff standing by a sign saying this property for sale, a bargain, selling house in Winter

Olive Malvery selling fruit
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports on Londons poor, especially women

Butchers stall, East End of London
Women turning over scraps and shreds of beef and mutton at a butchers stall in the East End of London

Women with poultry at an open air market
Four women, young and middle aged, holding poultry at an open air market

Indian Fruit Sellers - possibly selling apples or pomegranates?

Pan and Beedi Sellers
Pan Seller (left) and Beedi (thin cigarettes) Seller - India. Beedi-rolling is a cottage industry in India and is typically done by women in their homes, as depicted beautifully in this postcard!

Georgia - Tbilisi - Man selling delivering water in ox skins
Extraorinary sight of a man selling/delivering water in whole ox skins (!) near Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis

Newspaper kiosk in Paris
A newspaper kiosk in Paris - set up against a typical advertising poster post. A battalion of soldiers march past in the background

Aerial view of a market, Kashgar, western China
Aerial view of a busy market in Kashgar, western China

Estonia - Tallinn (Reval)
Estonia - the capital Tallinn (Reval) - The New Market

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Street Market
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Street Grocer (selling fruit, vegetables and bread) from large wicker baskets

Street market at Matiari, West Bengal, India
A street market selling fruit and vegetables at Matiari, a village in West Bengal, India

Fish market, Mercado dos Lavradores, Funchal, Madeira
Fishmongers in the fish market at the Mercado dos Lavradores (Workers Market) in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Fishmonger, Mercado dos Lavradores, Funchal, Madeira
A fishmonger chops up a piece of fish at the Mercado dos Lavradores (Workers Market) in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Covent Garden Market Trader
A Covent Garden Market Trader unloads his wooden crates of fruit and vegetables

Hyderabad, India - arms sellers

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Fabric Seller
Handmade Fabric, Linen and clothing seller in a Sarajevo Market, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Haggling
A Bosnian man haggling for a vest (waistcoat) in a Sarajevo Market, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Museum souvenirs, Rostov Velikij, Russia
A display of souvenirs, including traditional wooden Russian dolls, on sale in the museum shop at Rostov Velikij (Rostov the Great), Russia

Water Seller - Cairo, Egypt
Water Carrier/Seller - Cairo, Egypt

Art Nouveau at Portobello Market
John Collins at Portobello Market. Joan & John were the first people in the world to deal in Art Nouveau as a collectible

Fishmarket - Lowestoft
Lowestoft, Suffolk - The fishmarket

The Flower Market - Veracruz, Mexico

Mexican Turkey Seller - the birds seem to be all attached to the sellers donkey in some fashion, although they seem still very much alive and kicking!

Bird Shop at Ambala, India
Bird Shop with birdseller (selling birds and cages) at Ambala, India

Bosnian Street Market
Traders at a street market in Bosnia Herzegovina. Selling wares from large wicker baskets

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