Man in work coat among hanging bunches of bananas – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Man in work coat among hanging bunches of bananas, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Man in work coat among hanging bunches of bananas
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Bananas hang in heavy bunches over a worker in a canvas work coat, a detail that places the scene in a packing or ripening room rather than a field. Banana imports grew into a major American trade in the early 1900s, when fruit companies shipped green bunches by steamer from Caribbean and Central American plantations to ports such as New Orleans, Boston and New York. Ripening rooms, where fruit was held in warm, gas-filled chambers until it reached the right color, were a key step between the dock and the grocer's stand. Pictures like this one document the labor behind a fruit that was then still a novelty for many households.
| Original scan | 3,361 × 4,108 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif12760_SyBaymanmanagerofCuratoloBanan |
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