This may be one of the most unusual trade shows in America, one where vendors are hawking democracy itself.

Among the vendors hawking an active lifestyle, one stood out for its brisk return business: the beer stand.

On the other side, along the tracks, vendors hawked cigarettes and fruit to the passengers.

A blind vendor was hawking it from a curb on Wilshire.

On a Saturday, the square in the center of town was overrun with vendors hawking every imaginable fresh food.

Vendors hawked ice cream to the leathernecks as they came ashore.

Vendors hawked sandwiches and souvenirs all over the building.

There is also an orchestra of vendors hawking souvenirs.

The music is raw and hard, and in between songs you can hear vendors hawking their wares.

Next door, another vendor hawked tin boxes of bullets from the Soviet Union.