The young fellow with his outstretched hand is paying for a "press". For the really young folks, the seller had a large block of ice in his cart which he grated with a cup-like apparatus. The grated ice was compressed in that cup, removed and dipped into a very colourful syrup. The cart at the extreme right probably contained "penny bread" and it looks like you could buy a carbonated drink called JU-C. "Market" place was located to the right and was very busy on Saturday.
.Market place on Saturday (in town) was and probably still is a very busy place. Produce came from all over the island but if you wanted to save a few cents or dollars, you would go to Fountain early in the morning. This is a place with buyers and sellers: a place to chat, maybe some "Comess":
The two ladies with the light coloured dresses might be saying: "girl! you would'nt believe what happen to me last night - that man of mine came home late and ......". The rest I will leave to your imagination but you know it had to be good!
Marcos Reilly submitted this photo which is probably dated around 1910.
Note the elegant clothing that seems to cover most of the body. I wonder if the weather was much cooler at that time.
