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A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)
Brazil - Street vendor in Rio de JaneiroSuperb postcard from Brazil depicting Street vendor (seemingly specialising in pots, cans and pans) in Rio de Janeiro. He carries the majority of his wares in a large tin tub balanced on his head
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Native Boutique Date: circa 1920s
Tunisia - Arab BazaarTunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns
Sandal Sellers 1930STwin sandal makers selling their wares in a bazaar
Impressive Tall Cactus Grove and pot seller - MexicoImpressive Tall Mexican Fence Post Cactus Grove (Pachycereus Marginatus) and a pot seller (carrying his wares on his back) - Mexico. Date: 1910s
Arab Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Also pictured on image 13924865. Date: circa 1909
The Market, GhentAn etching depicting a Ghent market event full of life, with people browsing the wares of stalls, just outside an ecclesiastical building in northwest Belgium. Date: circa 1916
Melon sellers, EgyptMelon sellers near the Suez Canal in Egypt offer up their wares. Date: circa 1930s
Man and woman of the Isle of Tanna, Vanuatu, 1818. They wear grass skirts and necklaces, the man holds a cudgel and the woman panpipes
Peasamt women of the environs of Baden, Germany, 1818. One holds a round shield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal
Trades in Regency England. Hop picking, South Down sheep and effects of gunpowder. Man cutting hops, women and children picking off the hops in Farnham 19
Johnny Newcome drinking grog in the cockpit with other middys (midshipmen), HMS Victory. Sextants, pistols and muskets hang from hooks on the walls, a tub of grog on the floor. The Cockpit
Shopping in the open air at Baden BadenShops within the Kurgarten in Baden Baden laying out their wares outdoors on tables for visitors, or open shop fronts so visitors could peruse in pleasant conditions. Date: 1909
Allegorical Representation of AmericaAn allegorical representation of the products and inhabitants of America; various Native American men and women crowd by a small fortified wall by the water, carrying or moving animals, products
Market scene in pre-Columbian TlatelolcoA market scene in the city state of Tlatelolco before the Spanish invasion. Various Mexica people crowd around market vendors in a colonnade selling wares such as pottery, animals skins, livestock
Display of wooden shoes, Brittany, Northern FranceDisplay of wooden shoes (sabots) for sale in a Breton market, Brittany, Northern France. Each shoe is carved from a single piece of wood. Date: 1922
Door-to Door Salesman Date: 1948
Flower Market in Covent Garden, London 1848Flower market held in Covent Garden, London. Number of Victorian ladies selecting potted plants from the wide range of wares displayed. Date: 1848
INDIAN BAZaR 1930SIndian shopkeepers in the bazaars frequently squat on the ground behind their wares. The business of buying and selling takes time as both sides haggle for hours. Date: 1930s
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
LONDON STREET PEDLARSInquisitive passers by gather round to inspect the goods offered by a London street pedlar. He has an assortment of wares including cigarettes and tools. Date: 1920s
Arab Perfume Maker - 12th centuryAn Arab perfumer selling and making his wares Date: 12th century
Orange GirlLondon characters: an ORANGE GIRL offers her wares to passers-by in the street, a valuable source of vitamin C if they only knew it. Date: circa 1870
Occupation - CostermongerLondon characters: costermonger Date: circa 1870
LONDON OYSTER SELLERA street oyster-seller offers his wares at sixpence a dozen - and observes that they are going strong ! Date: 1896
RUM RUNNING USA 1923RUM ROW Liquor carriers outside American territorial waters, off New Jersey, wait to unload their wares Date: 1923
MAORIS FIND REMAINSThe trade in human heads - Maoris find the heads of their relatives among the dealers wares on board his ship. Date: 1830
COSTERMONGERA costermonger leads his donkey laden with vegetables through the streets calling for people to buy his wares Date: 1869
A Normandy Lad with his wares for sale - he certainly has the look of a cad or Joker ! Date: circa 1910
Algerian Shoeshine Boy. Date: circa 1907
Hardware Shop, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1920s
c. 1880s Italy - Italy, probably Sicily street vendors, boysc.1880s Italy - southern Italy, probably Sicily street vendor with his wares - boy selling vegetables
Butchers Shop of J G Randall of Muswell Hill Road, London. Date: circa 1905
London Trade Card - Mrs Holts Italian Warehouse at the two Olive Posts in the Strand. Selling Italian silks, satins, velvets, damasks, fans, hats, as well as various Italian foodstuffs. 18th century
Kosovo - Street Market at PristinaStreet Market at Pristina (Prishtina), the capital and largest city of Kosovo. Date: circa 1906
Llangwm cockle woman, Haverfordwest, South WalesAn elderly cockle woman from the coastal village of Llangwm rests outside St Marys Church in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. She is on her way to the Portfield area of the town
A Japanese vegetable seller and GeishaA Japanese vegetable seller, his wares in many baskets hung on a long yolk, sells to a young geisha woman
Grotesque Fish Merchants - AlgeriaGrotesque Fish Merchants, shouting their wares up to the houses - Algeria. Date: circa 1903
Man selling ginger beer, 1870Man selling glasses of ginger beer from a stall in the street in London, 1870. Date: 1870
Gansevoort Market in New York City, USAThe Gansevoort Market is located in the Meatpacking District in New York City. For decades it was a market hosting farmers from miles around who came to sell their wares. Date: 1905
French Trade Show - Algerian Ceramics of E Soupireau on display. One wonders whether the fine gentleman on the left is Monsieur Soupireau himself
Shopkeeper with his wares, Thailand. Date: circa 1970s
Pedlar Sells his WaresA pedlar (or chapman) shows his wares to the inhabitants of a country village. Date: 17th century
Joe Haynes / Quack DoctorJoe Haynes, a quack doctor out selling his wares Date: 18th century
Facade of Abbey of Saint-Gilles, FranceFacade of the Abbey of Saint-Gilles is a Benedictine monastery in Saint-Gilles, southern France - two vegetable sellers sit in front selling their wares. Date: circa 1910
French charlatan selling his wares in the streetA French charlatan selling his wares in the street. Date: 18th century
Pueblo Indians selling wares, New Mexico, USAPueblo Indians selling their wares at a railway station in New Mexico, USA. Date: 1902