Thompson Image: 0187: [Palermo] Title: | | [Palermo] | Image Number: | | 0187 | Creator: | | Dorothy Burr Thompson | City: | | Lisbon | Country: | | Portugal | Date: | | 1925 | Format: | | Interpositive | Dimensions: | | 11.5 X 7 | Notes: | | Praça do Comércio, this time at its northwest corner, near the entrance of Rua Áurea (Golden Street). The women in the foreground are called varinas or peixeiras (fish-sellers); they carry their fish in a canastra, a traditional kind of flat basket made of ribbon-like strips of peeled off chestnut wood. The tramway on the left comes from Rua do Arsenal (Arsenal Street) and heads off to Rossio (or Rocio, as it is shown on the front). Identification of photo by Antonio Santos (May 2015). | Repository: | | ASCSA ARCHIVES | Collection Title: | | Dorothy Burr Thompson | Image Width: | | 2065 | Image Height: | | 1182 |
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