Wares Collection (#7)

Russian Basket Seller playing a whistle (to attract the attention of would-be basket purchasers). Date: 1902

Two Natives of Bermuda
An elderly Bermudan man pauses on his return from, or trip to, his local market bearing some fresh produce. The donkey looks in need of a good rest... Date: circa 1910s

Production and processing various sorts of glass from Plate, Sheet (window) and moulded wares, to Crystal and Optical items. Print c1870

Mexican Merchant Displays Wares in Front of Historic Avila Adobe, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California
Vintage postcard showing a merchant dressed in Mexican garb selling his wares from a lean to on Olvera Street

Afghanistan, Tashkurghan. Metal teapots create a necklace of silver at a tea stall in the bazaar of Tashkurghan, Afghanistan

Seller of plaster figurines
A street seller of plaster figurines and busts. He balances a board on his head with various figures for sale, and carries two larger busts in his arms. A small boy seems interested in his wares

Lido Peaches by W. S. Hutton
Illustration showing a peach seller offering samples of his wares to two glamorous ladies on a beach in the 1920s. Date: 1927

Cholon, Vietnam - Confectionary seller
A street sweet seller - selling his wares at Cholon, the Chinese district of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Date: circa 1920s

Morocco - Tetuan - Street Traders - Berber women from the Moroccan Riff Mountains, who do not permit their faces to be seen. Date: circa 1910s

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

Egyptian Orange Seller with hand cart shouts out the nature of his wares to everyone within earshot

Cairo, Egypt - Mobile street hot food vendor
A mobile hot food vendor sells his steaming wares in Cairo, Egypt

Tunisia - Arab Grocer
Arab Grocer in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, vegetables, candles, bottles containing drinks or potions, sieves, pans, baskets and rope

Adana, Turkey - Caravan of Camels
Adana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plane

Bargains for all
Typical 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

International Peasant Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, 188
Engraving showing a series of scenes from the International Peasant Festival, held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in February 1884

Penny Toy Sellers in Holborn, London, 1907
Illustration 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

Toy Salesman at Farringdon Street Station, London, 1903
Illustration showing penny toysellers offering their wares outside Farringdon Street Station, London, 1903

Street Toysellers and their wares, Strand, London, 1922
Illustration showing street toy salesmen exhibiting their wares on the pavement of the Strand, London, December 1922. This image shows a least one pedestrian having to leap out of the way of a

Christmas on Board a British Battleship, 1894
Engraving showing the scene on the deck of a Royal Navy Warship in the Mediterranean, at Christmas. The women have come onto the warship to sell figs, nuts, apples

Street Pedlar 1930S
Passers-by look dubious, as a street pedlar tries to sell his wares from a suitcase

Japanese broom seller
A Japanese broom and brush seller carrying his wares

Street Trade / Lettuce
A young man sells lettuce and other green salad ingredients on the street. He is using a distinctive large-framed backpack wicker basket

Autolycus (Winters Tale)
A pedlar carries his wares on a tray around his neck. He shows an interested group of girls what he has to offer. (Autolycus, in Shakespeares The Winters Tale )

Market Women
An English Market-Woman and her daughter - both laden with baskets of - what ? Vegetables ? Eggs ? all will be revealed when they lay out their wares

Navajo Traders
A party of Navajo men of New Mexico on a trading expedition, carrying their wares to white traders

Venetian Merchant
A Venetian merchant and his wares by the harbour

Naples / Santa Lucia 1861
SANTA LUCIA Busy quayside scene with fishermen and craftsmen selling their wares

London Flower Sellers
London flower sellers with their wares

Pedlar with Wares 1886
The Pedlar: People gather round to see what he has for sale

Covent Garden Mkt Porter
COVENT GARDEN A few people selling their wares from baskets

The Dollmaker (Female)
The doll-maker offers her wares in the street

The Dollmaker (Male)
The doll-maker sells his wares in the street

Edgware Road Flower Girl
A London flower girl sells her wares on the Edgware Road

Piccadilly Flower Girls
Two London flower girls offer their wares to a pair of gentlemen at Piccadilly Circus

Paris Street Trade
Cries of Paris: a variety of street traders, including two women selling vegetables, hawk their wares

Racial / Sri Lanka / Vendors
Street vendors sitting on the ground with their wares

Japanese Toy Seller
An intinerant Japanese toy salesman displays his wares to some children

Tolls at French Market
Toll on markets levied by a cleric

Passengers and Traders
In an eastern port, passengers haggle with traders who come alongside their ship to offer their wares

Occupation / Costermonger
London barrow boy in breeches, stockings, waistcoat, short jacket, red muffler & peaked cap, shouts his wares of carrots & cabbages drawn by a donkey cart

Door to Door Salesman
The Tallyman displays his wares in a country cottage

Corn Exchange Delft C17
A view of the Koornbeurs or corn exchange - a place of great activity with merchants and tradespeople selling their wares from barrows. Oude church & docks can be seen

Extravagant Wife
The complacent husband and the spendthrift wife - tradespeople queuing at the door with expensive clothes and other wares

Curry&rice / Merchants
English woman sits in her chair which cloth merchants show her their wares

Russian Traders Barter
Scandinavian and Russian traders bartering their wares

Phoenicians and Wares
Phoenican merchants examine wares

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