The caption says he was a fruit seller and you still get them wandering the beaches in high summer.
Our favourite was the coconut vendor with his distinctive cry of “Cocco Bello” often accompanied by a hand bell and embellished with the promise that “on this hot day I can refresh you” and “I have all you want.”
He would walk the length of the long beach at Rivabella three or four times a day with the pre-cut slices of coco nut in a big plastic container of water.
And of course you still see the fruit sellers plying their trade from big open topped vans in most streets.
I would love to know exactly what he cried out but that has been lost in time.
Picture; Naples circa 1890, from Napoli coom’era, 2013, courtesy of the publishers, Intra Mo