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Title	Unloading bananas, New Orleans, LA.
Description	Men unloading bananas in a warehouse. Men stand by conveyor belts and dollies; bunches of bananas lay on the conveyor belts. There are piles of bananas on the ground and on carts. Text printed on verso reads, "At New Orleans, the world's greatest banana port, more than 700 ships arrive each year loaded, each with 25,000 to 50,000 bunches of this popular fruit. At the banana wharves, the individual bunch is carried from the hold of the ship to the door of the refrigerator car on mechanical conveyors." Made by E.C. Kropp Co., number 23213N. Postmarked 1933 on verso.
Subject	Bananas Warehouses Conveying systems Laborers
Location Depicted	New Orleans (La.)
Date Original	1933?
Object Type	Postcards
Source	3x5 color postcard, made by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisc. Item no. 008.208 in the Newton Owen Postcard Collection, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/ulua001/#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection	Newton Owen Postcard Collection, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/ulua001/
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Format	image/jpeg
Ordering Information	To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copies Please cite the Image Number when ordering.
Image Number	ULUA.008.208
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