Advert for Trotman & Co, grocers

Printer: Wayre, W
Medium: Print on paper
Date: 1880

The supply of fruit and vegetables to industrial cities in Britain was completely transformed by the 19th-century development of railways. Fruit such as figs and prunes - unheard of before - became common in greengrocers' and fruit-sellers' stores, and previously expensive fruit was much more affordable.
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