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Banana Docks
Description:
Two banana-laden ships call at the banana docks at the foot of Government Street in Mobile, Alabama. Mobile was once widely known as a banana port. The writer O'Henry mentions Mobile in his work, Cab…
Creator:
Erik Overbey
Date:
c. 1905
Keywords:
ports, ships, vessels, boats, docks
Loading Bananas
Description:
Waterfront laborers load bananas onto rail cars.
Creator:
Erik Overbey
Date:
c. 1920s
Keywords:
bananas, trains, train cars, rail cars, workers, laborers, men, African American men
