 The term, "Street Cries," is written with a capital "C" to distinguish the vendors' melodic sounds from the general noise of the street.Street Cries began to disappear from the mid-20th century as permanent markets supplanted the informal and itinerant street trade.The "Street Cries" of major cities such as London and Paris became such an iconic feature of street life that the subject stimulated the interest of poets, writers, musicians and artists.