<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Street,_Valletta" class="extiw" title="en:Republic Street, Valletta">Kingsway, Valletta</a> in the 1910s.
<p>Other interesting features include a little girl in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/g%C4%A7onnella" class="extiw" title="en:għonnella">għonnella</a>, a mobile barrel (water cart) douching the street is in the middle of the road, boaters on men, an officer wearing a light coloured uniform - possibly a policeman.
</p><p>On the right side, the Pohoomull Brothers from India's store offering 'Oriental textiles'. The Pohoomull Brothers were the predecessors of many other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Maltese" class="extiw" title="en:Indian Maltese">Indian Maltese</a> families. They applied to set up shop in Malta in 1887. "By 1910, more than 10 Sindhi firms had a business in British run Malta, which was a node in a global trade network. This small number of Sindhis held shops in the central shopping thoroughfare of Valletta, Strada Reale, to cater for a high-end tourist market ..."
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The next shop toward St.Elmo is "A' La Ville de Londres" - and part of the sign above can be seen. The shop windows are covered to protect the items from the sun.
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1910-01-01
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