Elegant passersby in a Trieste square

A scene of everyday life in early 1900s Trieste: three elegant passersby — two women with hats and parasols and a man in a light suit — cross a paved square in the city centre. In the background, carriages, market stalls and the masts of moored boats bear witness to the city's lively commercial life. The awning in the foreground and the refined fashion evoke the atmosphere of Habsburg Trieste.