Tin Peddler's cart, Charles S. Pickering, Georgetown, Massachusetts. Note attached to the picture "The craftsman worked in his shop all winter, and in the summer he went to the boondocks to sell his ware. He frequently took feathers in payment instead of cash."
According to information on back of photo, "Collection of Negatives of Historical and Architectural Subjects, Essex Institute, Salem Mass." Essex Institute merged with Peabody Museum of Salem to become Peabody Essex Museum in 1992.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. From the Collection of Negatives of Historical and Architectural Subjects, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. See note in description.
