This collection mostly contains administrative records of the department, including inspection reports of private markets, applications for vendors, files for specific markets, and other material. The volumes include newspaper clippings of commodity prices. Some items in these files predate the creation of the Department of Public Markets in 1931. They were produced under the Department of Public Property and became the responsibility of the new department after this date.

This collection mostly contains administrative records of the department, including inspection reports of private markets, applications for vendors, files for specific markets, and other material. The volumes include newspaper clippings of commodity prices. Some items in these files predate the creation of the Department of Public Markets in 1931. They were produced under the Department of Public Property and became the responsibility of the new department after this date.