Banana Conveyors in Operation, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910
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Bananas raised on Central American plantations traveled to North American grocery store shelves via a transportation system controlled by competing fruit companies and their government allies. Ships hauled the commodity to U.S. ports in the Gulf of Mexico, including New Orleans, Louisiana. The conveyor belts at this unloading facility moved stalks of bananas, each weighing around 86 pounds, out of the ship's hold and into a warehouse.
Bananas raised on Central American plantations traveled to North American grocery store shelves via a transportation system controlled by competing fruit companies and their government allies. Ships hauled the commodity to U.S. ports in the Gulf of Mexico, including New Orleans, Louisiana. The conveyor belts at this unloading facility moved stalks of bananas, each weighing around 86 pounds, out of the ship's hold and into a warehouse.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1910
Creators
Glover, L. S. (Lycurgus S.), 1858-1935
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Photographed by Lycurgus S. Glover. Published by Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
37.102.P.071793
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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