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Vendors Collection (#7)

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Background imageVendors Collection: British police keeping vegetable vendors off

British police keeping vegetable vendors off the street. 1934, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Background imageVendors Collection: Vendors cauliflowers outdoor market Jerusalem

Vendors cauliflowers outdoor market Jerusalem
Vendors with cauliflowers at outdoor market, Jerusalem?. 1898, Israel

Background imageVendors Collection: People vendors Damascus Gate Jerusalem 1898 Israel

People vendors Damascus Gate Jerusalem 1898 Israel
People and vendors at the Damascus Gate, Jerusalem. 1898, Israel

Background imageVendors Collection: Jerusalem Vendors open store Church Holy Sepulchre

Jerusalem Vendors open store Church Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem, Vendors in open store near Church of the Holy Sepulchre 1898, Israel

Background imageVendors Collection: Vendeurs d eau fraiche dans les rues du Caire

Vendeurs d eau fraiche dans les rues du Caire, Basse Egypte Janvier 1906, Travel albums from Paul Fleurys trips to Switzerland, the Middle East, India, Asia, and South America, Bonfils, Felix

Background imageVendors Collection: Uzbekistan - Margilan, Fergana region - Skull cap sellers

Uzbekistan - Margilan, Fergana region - Skull cap sellers - note the women are completely covered. Date: circa 1910

Background imageVendors Collection: Beaulx abc belles heures. Book peddler. Belongs

Beaulx abc belles heures. Book peddler. Belongs to the genre le Cris de Paris that illustrates street vendors of Paris. Until the invention of printing

Background imageVendors Collection: Xizhi Men (Hsi Chih Men) Gate - Beijing, China

Xizhi Men (Hsi Chih Men) Gate - Beijing, China
Xizhi Men (Hsi Chih Men) - the small side tower over the barbican gate of the outer fortifications, and the adjoining shops. - Beijing, China Date: circa 1901

Background imageVendors Collection: Skopje, Macedonia - Turkish Knife and shoe stall

Skopje, Macedonia - Turkish Knife and shoe stall Date: circa 1910s

Background imageVendors Collection: A Pretzel Vendor In New York

A Pretzel Vendor In New York
New York, New York: 1947 A pretzel vendor on New Yorks East Side

Background imageVendors Collection: A Vendor At Playland In SF

A Vendor At Playland In SF
San Francisco, California: c. 1954. One of the game vendors in the arcade at Playland At The Beach in San Francisco

Background imageVendors Collection: Street stall selling traditionally woven mats

Street stall selling traditionally woven mats, Quito, Ecuador

Background imageVendors Collection: A large gathering of people at Senbetes livestock market

A large gathering of people at Senbetes livestock market, which is an important weekly market close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift

Background imageVendors Collection: Despite a worldwide ban on trade in leopard skins

Despite a worldwide ban on trade in leopard skins, they are openly on sale in curio stalls catering to tourists at Djibouti-ville

Background imageVendors Collection: Grotesque Fish Merchants - Algeria

Grotesque Fish Merchants - Algeria
Grotesque Fish Merchants, shouting their wares up to the houses - Algeria. Date: circa 1903

Background imageVendors Collection: Street vendor with fruit and vegetables, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Street vendor with fruit and vegetables, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Street vendor carrying pingo baskets containing fruit and vegetables, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Background imageVendors Collection: Street vendor, corner of Cuartel Street, Havana, Cuba

Street vendor, corner of Cuartel Street, Havana, Cuba
Street vendor with linen piled up on a handcart, at the corner of Cuartel Street, Havana, Cuba. Date: circa 1915

Background imageVendors Collection: La Seu d Urgell, Spain - The Main / High Street (Calle Mayor)

La Seu d Urgell, Spain - The Main / High Street (Calle Mayor)
La Seu d Urgell, Spain - The Main/High Street (Calle Mayor) Date: circa 1909

Background imageVendors Collection: Firewood vendors on the road in Damascus, Syria

Firewood vendors on the road in Damascus, Syria
Firewood vendors transporting their goods on the road in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1915

Background imageVendors Collection: Merchants sell Mother-of-Pearl necklaces - Bethlehem, Israel

Merchants sell Mother-of-Pearl necklaces - Bethlehem, Israel. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageVendors Collection: Soho, London - street vendor

Soho, London - street vendor selling hot dogs and hamburgers. Photographed at night. 1973

Background imageVendors Collection: Itinerant street Merchants in Istanbul, Turkey

Itinerant street Merchants in Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1902

Background imageVendors Collection: Venice, Italy - Street Vendors

Venice, Italy - Street Vendors - Standing in front of the Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni (Horseback). Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - Venice. Date: circa 1900

Background imageVendors Collection: Morocco, North Africa - Mazagen Corn Market

Morocco, North Africa - Mazagen Corn Market - Vendors with sacks and goods. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

Background imageVendors Collection: Street vendors, Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel) circa 1890

Street vendors, Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel) circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Background imageVendors Collection: Vietnam - Pig market

Vietnam - Pig market
Hanoi, Tonkin, Vietnam - Pig market with trussed-up pigs and piglets in round baskets. Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is the northernmost part of Vietnam, south of Chinas Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces

Background imageVendors Collection: Dieppe, France - Mussel sellers

Dieppe, France - Mussel sellers. Date: circa 1902

Background imageVendors Collection: Selling plaster statuary and figurines

Selling plaster statuary and figurines
A vendor of figurines and statuary, mostly of cats. Date: C.1790s

Background imageVendors Collection: Giza Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Giza Museum, Cairo, Egypt (now known as the Grand Egyptian Museum / GEM). Date: 1902

Background imageVendors Collection: On The Marina, Naples

On The Marina, Naples
A drink and lemon booth on the marina in Naples. The vendors drive a brisk trade all year round. 1904

Background imageVendors Collection: Fruit and vegetable stalls in a marketplace, Pisa, Italy

Fruit and vegetable stalls in a marketplace, Pisa, Italy. Date: 1905

Background imageVendors Collection: Street seller, Pisa, Italy

Street seller, Pisa, Italy - an everyday market scene at Pisa, where countrywomen, having no fixed market stalls stand selling their wares. Date: 1905

Background imageVendors Collection: Bath Characters by Edouart - mat seller

Bath Characters by Edouart - mat seller
The 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

Background imageVendors Collection: Bath Characters by Edouart - Thomas McDermott

Bath Characters by Edouart - Thomas McDermott
Thomas McDermott, a native of County Cavan, Northern Ireland, who was born without hands or feet, 1793. Inventor and manufacturer of fancy flower vases

Background imageVendors Collection: Bath Characters by Edouart

Bath Characters by Edouart
Ann Arter, a fruit woman of bath (left) and Elizabeth Smith, 63 years of age, Scotch woman, soldiers widow. Sold matches for forty years

Background imageVendors Collection: Isabella Lucas, hawker of tin-wear good, Edouart silhouette

Isabella Lucas, hawker of tin-wear good, Edouart silhouette
Isabella Lucas, aged 36 year, born in Bath. Hawker of tin-wear goods. Daughter of Elizabeth Smith, the soldiers widow. One of a series of silhouettes of characters in Bath by Edouart. Date: 1826

Background imageVendors Collection: Crowded Shopping street Bazaar in Cairo, Egypt

Crowded Shopping street Bazaar in Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1920s

Background imageVendors Collection: WWI News Vendors Stand Poster

WWI News Vendors Stand Poster
Daily Sketch newspaper -- Mr T (Tommy) Atkins, Ancre Ville (Ancreville), WW1 News Vendors stand poster. Showing a group of British soldiers occupying a French house on the Somme, northern France

Background imageVendors Collection: A mes bons naves naves. The Merchant of turnips

A mes bons naves naves. The Merchant of turnips. Belongs to the genre le Cris de Paris that illustrates street vendors of Paris. Woodcut, ca 1500. Early Modern Era. Engraving. FRANCE

Background imageVendors Collection: Weighing tea, Japan

Weighing tea, Japan
People weighing tea in baskets, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageVendors Collection: Flower-seller in silhouette

Flower-seller in silhouette
A Flower Girl, although she looks more like a lady of a certain age, seated next to the flowers she sells to Londoners each day. Date: 1926

Background imageVendors Collection: London street vendors in silhouette

London street vendors in silhouette
Two London street vendors, one of whom seems to be selling some kind of toy. Date: 1926

Background imageVendors Collection: A woman buying food from a street vender

A woman buying food from a street vender

Background imageVendors Collection: Balloon Ascending Entrance Lord Cricket Ground

Balloon Ascending Entrance Lord Cricket Ground
Artokoloro

Background imageVendors Collection: Fan Vendor Edo period 1615-1868 1790s Japan

Fan Vendor Edo period 1615-1868 1790s Japan
Artokoloro

Background imageVendors Collection: Rome, Dark Shops (oil on canvas)

Rome, Dark Shops (oil on canvas)
XIR898714 Rome, Dark Shops (oil on canvas) by Herbert or Hebert, Antoine Auguste Ernest (1817-1908); Musee Hebert, Paris, France; (add.info.: Rome, les boutiques sombres); French, out of copyright

Background imageVendors Collection: Broad St. lunch carts, New York, N. Y. c. 1906 (b / w photo)

Broad St. lunch carts, New York, N. Y. c. 1906 (b / w photo)
XOS862643 Broad St. lunch carts, New York, N.Y. c.1906 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Background imageVendors Collection: Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St. New York, c. 1900 (b / w photo)

Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St. New York, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
XOS862642 Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St. New York, c.1900 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: ); American, out of copyright




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Step back in time and immerse yourself in the vibrant world from around the globe. From the bustling streets of Cairo's Khan el-Khalili souk to the picturesque Covent Garden Market, these snapshots capture a timeless essence. Transport yourself to 19th-century Cairo as you enter the enchanting Khan el-Khalili souk. The air is filled with an intoxicating blend of exotic spices and vibrant colors, enticing you to explore further. In London's Covent Garden Market, witness a mesmerizing scene from 1900. Black and white photographs reveal hardworking individuals loading crates upon crates of luscious fruits, their dedication evident even without color. Travel across continents to New York City during Easter season in 1904. Flower vendors create stunning displays that breathe life into concrete jungles, adding a touch of nature's beauty amidst towering skyscrapers. Hong Kong beckons with its Graca & Cos stall, offering tantalizing delights that awaken your taste buds. Indulge in delectable treats while immersing yourself in this bustling Asian metropolis. Journey to Zanzibar City where fish and nut vendors bring forth an array of flavors unique to Tanzania. Immerse yourself in their rich culture as they skillfully display their wares for all passersby to admire. Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), circa 1890s presents a charming scene where street vendors line up along busy roadsides selling their goods. Experience the hustle and bustle as locals haggle for fresh produce or handmade crafts. Venture into Iran's village bazaar; it is here that tradition meets commerce. Witness lively exchanges between merchants and customers as they barter over exquisite rugs or intricate handicrafts - truly an unforgettable experience. A gathering of horsemen with coach tents and flags transports us back through history's pages - imagine being part of this grand spectacle.