Man weighing bananas on a Chatillon scale – Antique Print
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Man weighing bananas on a Chatillon scale. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Man weighing bananas on a Chatillon scale
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A grocer stands behind a hanging Chatillon scale, the brass-trimmed dial reading out the weight of a bunch of bananas, a detail that sets this picture apart from the usual market views of produce piled on tables. Chatillon scales, made by the John Chatillon & Sons firm in New York, were a common sight in American stores and markets from the late 1800s into the 1900s, when bananas were becoming a cheap everyday fruit sold by weight rather than by the bunch. The scene shows how shoppers and sellers settled prices at a single glance on the dial. Its market setting places it among the rural and small-town commerce that the gallery's farm and market subjects document.
| Original scan | 4,089 × 3,305 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif12758_EugeneSmallwoodanemployeeatCur |
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