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[United Fruit Company banana conveyors, New Orleans, La.] – Historic Print

[United Fruit Company banana conveyors, New Orleans, La.], [ca. 1910] — historic photograph
[United Fruit Company banana conveyors, New Orleans, La.], [ca. 1910]. Historic photograph from the New Orleans collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [United Fruit Company banana conveyors, New Orleans, La.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[United Fruit Company banana conveyors, New Orleans, La.]

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The banana conveyors on the New Orleans waterfront set this view apart, and the record ties it to the freighter Cartaco. The United Fruit Company, founded in 1899, moved enormous volumes of bananas from Central America and the Caribbean through New Orleans, one of the busiest fruit ports in the country. Mechanical conveyors were a practical way to move perishable cargo quickly from ship to shore. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative around 1910, was a commercial firm known for its wide photographic record of American cities, industries and landscapes.

Created / published[ca. 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 6903" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039636. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCartaco (Freighter) Bananas. Fruit industry. Shipping. Cargo ships.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69251

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