Unloading Bananas, Mobile, Alabama, 1895-1910
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Artifact Overview
Bananas arrived on grocery store shelves via a transportation system controlled by competing fruit companies and their government allies. Refrigerated railcars moved the crop from plantations in Central America to ports in the Gulf of Mexico. Steam vessels, supplemented with sails, transported bananas across the Gulf to U.S. ports. This photograph shows dockworkers in Mobile, Alabama, unloading the precious cargo.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1901
Subject Date
1895-1910
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
37.102.P.013514
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 9.25 in
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