Old Street Vendors Were Something Else

Here are some photos of old street vendors that make you surprised and bring you back to the old days

A street vendor sells mummies in Egypt, 1865. Photo by Félix Bonfils

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Hot dog stand, Boston, 1937.

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Postcard of a peanut vendor wearing a suit made of peanuts in circa 1890. It is from a photograph by Henry H. Buehman of Tucson, Arizona.

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A sidewalk street book vendor in Paris, 1920s.

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Shoe shiners taking a lunch break, New York City, 1947. Photographed by Stanley Kubrick.

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1908- Naples, Italy. Spaghetti vendor serving food.

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Western goodies in Russia, 1992.

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The Muffin Man in 1910, London. He would ring a bell as he walked through the streets with his wares on a tray on his head.

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People buying ice cream from a vendor in Tehran, Iran. 1890s

A Cloak Merchant in Vienna, Austria 1865

This Ford Model T has been turned in to a sandwich shop on the streets of Washington D.C. (1918)

The earliest known photo of döner. (Photo taken by James Robertson in 1855, Ottoman Empire).

Hot Dog Stand, Little Italy, New York, 1963 (Photo by Evelyn Hofer)

Happy street vendor selling pizza, Naples, Italy (1953).

Hot Potato Vendor on the streets of Manhattan (1892).