It was common practice for people to put a blanket on their back and go through garbage/litter for anything useable. The dress is typical of a Quechua woman recently arriving in the barriada outside Lima from high in the Andes. Photo taken in 1963...
This photo was taken outside our home in the squatter settlement outside of Lima, Peru. The barriada was built on a river bed so the streets were river rock. Meat and produce were purchased at an open air market. Food was cooked on a kerosene...