Arabber
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An arabber also A-rab is a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers still walk the s
Arabbers selling produce from horse-drawn carts, Union Square, Baltimore, 2011
David and Harry Silverman in their fruit peddling cart, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1920
Street children
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Street children are poor and/or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the definition of street children is con
Arabber
…Baltimore. They rely on street cries to attract the attention of their customers. The term arabber is believed to derive from the 19th century slang term "street Arabs". Arabbing began in the early 19th century when access to ships and stables made it an accessible form of entrepreneurship. African American men entered…
Street Child in Mombasa Kenya
Gavroche, a fictional character in the historical novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, is inspired by the street children who existed in France in the 19th century.
Multiethnic group of "street gamins" in Istanbul (then known in English as Constantinople), 1921
Children sleeping in Mulberry Street, New York City, 1890 (Jacob Riis photo)