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Hand Carts and Variations

June 22, 2011

Hand carts of various descriptions have been integral to the movement of goods in markets and their surrounding areas for thousands of years. The young man eating his lunch at Whitechapel market is flanked by two traditional hand carts. They are probably around a hundred years old but have now disappeared altogether from East London markets to be replaced by much less reliable trollys.

Two old fashioned hand carts flank a young man eating his lunch

Two old fashioned hand carts flank a young man eating his lunch, Whitechapel 1984

A rickshaw cart moves fruit

A rickshaw cart moves fruit, Bangladesh 2008

Door to door trader of fresh produce

Door to door trader of fresh produce, Sylhet Bangladesh 1991

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