Food Shopping in 20th Century Brooklyn (Photos)

Farmer’s markets and food trucks are favorite spots for Brooklynites to hunt down ingredients and meals today. In the early to mid-20th century, open-air food markets included pushcart vendors and the huge wholesale market in the Navy Yard known as Wallabout Market.

We’ve uncovered a few photos from the Library of Congress of Brooklynites shopping for food.

Photo via Library of Congress

Shoppers at a pushcart market on Belmont Avenue,Brownsville in 1960.

Photo via Library of Congress

Investigating produce at Salz Brothers Market at the Brooklyn Terminal Market in 1951.

Photo via Library of Congress

An overhead view of a produce laden pushcart on Belmont Avenue, Brownsville in 1961.

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