Pomegranate Sellers, Kokaran Road, Kandahar (1878-1880)

This photograph of pomegranate sellers in Kandahar is from an album of rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The merchants are clustered about the side of a main road. Kandahar, located in southern Afghanistan, is renowned for its pomegranate production, and the country’s pomegranates, which have been a staple crop in the region for centuries, are considered among the best in the world. Pomegranate trees are indigenous to the region from Iran to the Himalayas and have been cultivated in the Mediterranean and elsewhere since ancient times.

Source: Library of Congress