Les Halles in the morning. Photographer Harold Chapman recalls that after the market closed for the day, all the food unsold in the streets was bulldozed into piles, put into wagon trains, and put on barges to be taken down the Seine to be disposed of. This was the time for a mad rush of people trying to pick out those scraps and remnants missed by the bulldozer. The road sweeper is sweeping up all the fragments into little piles to be disposed of by the second grand sweep-up. Ladies are bending down there, rapidly going over picking out the best fresh tomatoes from Provence and other perfectly edible fresh vegetables harvested only a few hours ago. This meant that the people of Paris were able to eat well. The broom is made of bound birch twigs. Piled up behind the women are empty fruit boxes. The brightly lit covered through road between the Baltard pavilions stretches into the distance, with the lit up pavilion arches. Quartier des Halles, 1er arrondissement, Right Bank, Paris, France, circa 1960s.