Unloading bananas to be put in an early ripening room – Historic Reproduction
(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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Unloading bananas to be put in an early ripening room comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Unloading bananas to be put in an early ripening room
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Bananas are unloaded here on their way to an early ripening room, a step that came between the dock and the grocer's shelf. Fruit was shipped green, so importers held it in heated rooms where ethylene gas and controlled warmth turned the skins yellow before distribution. The picture comes from a 1948 issue of *Unifruitco*, the company magazine of the United Fruit Company, one of the largest importers of bananas from Central America and the Caribbean. It shows how much handling and timing went into getting a perishable tropical crop to American tables.
| Created / published | published 1948 Dec. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Credit line: Courtesy of United Fruit Company. No. 4717F. Published in: Unifruitco, Dec. 1948, p. 18. |
| Subjects | Bananas--1890-1940. Fruit industry--United States--1890-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,278 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181939 |
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