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Originally Posted by L-Pink
Due to slow transportation and no refrigeration I would think your choices of fruit/vegetables would be limited and not as fresh as you might think. And meat without refrigeration ......
I eat lots of fruit/veg's and do often wonder if washing even helps if chemicals were used in the growing process.
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Yes and now. Remember that at the time of that photo the " City " was not as big as it is now and there was still some farming land around it.
So while specialty things had to be brought in, other things were very local.