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Unloading bananas from United Fruit Company boat docked at Pratt Street, Baltimore

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Sepia-toned photograph of bananas being unloaded from a United Fruit Company boat docked at Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. United States Department of Agriculture Inspector John F. Earnshaw (taller Caucasian man dressed in a suit, white collar, and tie, standing left center) is aboard the boat during the unloading. On board also are numerous workers (mostly African American men) unloading the bananas, as well as other men who may be representatives of the shipping company. (Photograph 110 taken from the A. J. Olmsted Collection of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.)
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Digital Reproduction Of 1 Black And White Photograph, 16x 21 Cm.
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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African Americans
  3. Baltimore
  4. Banana Trade
  5. Food Inspectors
  6. Loading And Unloading
  7. Maryland
  8. Merchant Ships
  9. United Fruit Company

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