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Lexington Market

Date: 1905
Description: People standing and posing outdoors. Caption reads: "Lexington Market."
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New Orleans Composite

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Description: Composite of views of New Orleans, including French quarter, market, collonade, locksmith, and tin fix. Text accompanying the views reads: "Vegetable Carts...
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Fresh Vegetable Vendors

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Description: Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is b...
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Oyster and Clam Vendor

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Description: An African American vendor of oysters and clams is shown pushing his wheelbarrow. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
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The Chicken Peddler

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Description: A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
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Open-Air Lexington Market

Date: 1895
Description: An outdoor open-air Lexington market in Baltimore, MD. Fruit and produce stalls can be seen on on either side of the picture and in the background a large ...
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Mexican Market Scene

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Description: A market scene in Juarez, Mexico with people standing around pottery and various other items being sold from a blanket laid on the ground.
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African American Women Selling Fruit

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Description: Two African American women wearing hats selling fruit at a stand made of wood panels placed on top of barrels in Bermuda.
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Vegetable Vendor With Basket Balanced on Head

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Description: African American vegetable vendor with a large basket of vegetables balanced on her head.
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Vegetable Vendor with Basket Balanced on Head

Date: 1900
Description: African American vegetable vendor with a large basket of vegetables balanced on her head and another in the crook of her arm. Text on photograph reads "Veg...
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William Steiger Campaigning

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Description: Bill Steiger (right) speaks to several men as he campaigns for congress. Dick Cheney is visible on the far left.
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Street Traders at Apia

Date: 02 25 1945
Description: Indigenous traders on the sidewalk in front of the Burns Philip Ltd. Store display window at Apia, British Samoa (today the independent country of Samoa). ...
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Farmer's Market

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Description: Elevated view of the farmer's market on East Washington Avenue near storefronts. Many horse-drawn buggies and wagons are lined up on both sides of the aven...
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Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: Farm produce for sale from farm trucks at the Municipal Market on the Capitol Square. The Municipal market was established by a committee of women in July,...
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Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1922
Description: The Hustler Harvest Festival featured the giveaway of a 1922 Packard touring automobile donated by Morg Rider, a dealer for Studebaker, Reo, Nash, Chevrole...
Postcard

Lunch Stand at Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a lunch stand advertising buttered popcorn, ice cream cones and cigars. Groups of men, women and children are...
Postcard

"Two Shows in One"

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd standing in front of a stage set up in the middle of a city street, with a curtain advertising minstrel shows that reads:...
Postcard

Hilger's at the Stoplight

Date: 1975
Description: Text on front reads: "Hilger's at the Stoplight, Tomah, Wis." Rubber stamped on the reverse: "Hilger's Pop Corn Wagon. At the Stop & Go Light, Tomah, Wisco...

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