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| A Food Bazaar While the income of the native is very small, the purchasing power of his money is extraordinary. here eggs are 4 to 8 cents per dozen: good-sized chicken 10 cents: ducks 4 cents: rice 2 cents per pound: milk less than 3 cents a quart: and other staples in like ratio. |
This rare photograph and info. is from ‘Our summer in the vale of Kashmir’ (1915) by Frederick Ward Denys.
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Update: This should be Qaziyar Market, Zaina Kadal.
