Street Market in Kairouan, Tunisia 1984. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Donna Wosk

The fishmarket in Salonika, 1910s. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, Salonika collection

The Tailors’ Market in Tunis, Tunisia, 1900. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Roland Fellous, Sarcelles

Market Day in the Lower East side, New York, c.1890. From Beit Hatfutsot Photo Exhibition: “Beyond the Golden Door: the Jews of New York”, 1978

Market day in the small town of Salant, Lithuania, 1910-1920. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center

Market in Jerussalem, Israel, 1950s. Photo: Leni Sonnenfeld. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, Sonnenfeld collection

Flowers stall at the “Free Market”, where villagers sell their own products. Birobidzhan, USSR 1987. Photo: Norman Gershman, New York. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, Norman Gershman collection, New York

Antiques market, the former Customs House (Ancienne duane), Colmar, Alsace, France, 1996. Photo: Rachel Schnold Sternkranz. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Rachel Schnold Sternkranz

Sukkot, Four spices market. Landsberg, Germany, 1945-1946. Photo: Zvi Kadushin. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center. Zvi Kadushin Collection

Black Market Peddlers doing “Business” on Atzma’ut street, Haifa, Israel 1950s. Photo: Leni Sonnenfeld. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, Sonnenfeld collection

Kosher chicken market. New York, USA, 1937. From the Beit Hatfutsot Photo Exhibition: “Beyond the Golden Door: the Jews of New York” 1978

The vegetable market in Vilna, Lithuania ca. 1910. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center

The former Jewish gold market in Marrakesh, Morocco, 1976. Photo: Donna Wosk, USA. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Donna Wosk

Peasants on a market day in front of the arcade in the small town of Pruzhany, Belorussia, summer 1916. Photo made by an unknown German photographer. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Gamal LTD., Kibbutz Sarid

The market place of The Jewellers, Tunis, Tunisia 1985. Photo: Donna Wosk, U.S.A. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Donna Wosk

The fish market in Lodz, Poland, 1915. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of A.Ben Menahem, Israel

Clothes vendor on the Niewmarkt ,Amsterdam, Holland. From the Beit Hatfutsot photo exhibition “Jewish life in the Golden Age of Amsterdam: 1592-1796”, 1983

The copper market in Isfahan, Iran 1975. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Matityahu Netanel, Israel

Market night in the Jewish Quarter of New York, Drawing by Durkin, derived from photographs of Jewish peddlers. USA 1891. From Beit Hatfutsot Exhibition:”Beyond the Golden Door”,1978

Market day in Bom Retiro. Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1980. The market takes place once a week and attracts many Jewish women. Photo: Sergio Zalis. Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Sergio Zalis, Brazil

The Cloth Market in Tunis, Tunisia, 1900(?). Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Roland Fellous, Sarcelles