South Battery Vegetable Vendor

Description:

Real photo postcard of a street vendor pushing a cart of vegetables west on South Battery. The George S. Cook House (left, 28 South Battery) and the Col. John Algernon Sydney Ashe House (right, 26 South Battery) can be seen in the background. Paine noted on reverse, "On The Battery. 'Yar Okra an' Tomatoes' Paine Photo Nov 1936. 1/65th Folding Reflex Zeiss 16cm. Lens. Too Slow Try 1/100th."

• Title: South Battery Vegetable Vendor
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: November 1936

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 9095

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