Bananas Collection (#7)

Colombia - Picking and transporting bananas, en route for export to Europe. Date: circa 1910s

Banana palms
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Banana Palms Date: 1927-1933

Bananas for Export
Piles of freshly picked bunches of bananas, ready for export, probably in the West Indies. Date: 1930s

Musa sp. single yellow banana

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Bananas bunch Date:

Bananas waiting to be transported, Fianarantsoa to Manakara FCE train, easterrn area, Madagascar, Africa

New Orleans, a corner of the French Market, c. 1900-10 (b / w photo)
XOS862645 New Orleans, a corner of the French Market, c.1900-10 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

The Meal (The Bananas), 1891 (oil on canvas)
XIR29632 The Meal (The Bananas), 1891 (oil on canvas) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); 73x92 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: Le Repas ou Les Bananes; ); French, out of copyright

Banana Cultivation, Trinidad, c. 1891 (b / w photo)
XJF268000 Banana Cultivation, Trinidad, c.1891 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Royal Commonwealth Society, London, UK; English, out of copyright

West Indian Man of Colour, Directing two Carib Women with a Child, c. 1780 (oil on canvas)
XYC146356 West Indian Man of Colour, Directing two Carib Women with a Child, c.1780 (oil on canvas) by Brunias, Agostino (1728-96); 30.5x25 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891 (oil on canvas)
XOS1127637 Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891 (oil on canvas) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); 113.7x87.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Ave Maria.); French, out of copyright

Baltimore, Maryland, unloading banana steamer, Harbors, Bananas, Ships, Shipping, United States, Maryland, Baltimore, 1890

A Linen Market with a Linen-stall and Vegetable Seller in the West Indies, Agostino Brunias, 1728-1796, Italian

Myanmar. Mt Popa. Dragonfruit for sale in a market

Banana leaf (Musa), detailed view, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Marzipan fruits

Ver-o-peso market - Belem, Brazil
Ver-o-peso market - a market hall in Belem, Brazil located at Guajara Bay riverside. A Heavy load of goods on a large horse-drawn wagon. Date: 1930s

Loading Bananas onto a ship - Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1910

Bananas awaiting transporting by rail - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

Martinique - Elegant Banana Seller
Martinique (an overseas region of France in the Lesser Antilles - eastern Caribbean Sea) - An elegant Banana Seller Date: circa 1910s

Brixton Market, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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Asian Glossy Starling perched on a bunch of bananas Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, Asia Date:

Close up of binch of bananas credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Pink Banana (Musa velutina) in fruit, growing in forest, Canopy Lodge, El Valle, Panama, October

Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) adult, feeding on banana, Canopy Lodge, El Valle, Panama, October

Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) immature, perched on banana frond, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, October

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Madeira - Outdoor Marktet in old town Date:

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Tropical Fruit stall: Sri Lanka. Date:

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Bananas - bunch of fairtrade Waitrose bananas with FT logos from Dominican Republic Date:

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Banana - Fairtrade logo sticker on Waitrose banana from Dominican Republic Date:

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Fairtrade bananas from Dominica on sale at Tesco, UK Date:

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Local Market Date:

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Masai Lady - with a bowl of Bananas on her head Date:

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Bananas - growing on tree Date:

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Bananas - growing on tree Date:

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Bananas - growing on tree Date:

Buying Fruit And Vegetables
United States: c. 1938. A stylish woman in a grocery store holds an eggplant while a clerk picks out a head of cabbage for her

Red Cross Banana Auction
Washington D.C.: November 14, 1925. An auction of bananas for the benefit of the Red Cross

Italian boys earning a living on the street as banana vendors
Indianapolis, Indiana: August, 1908. Italian boys earning a living on the street as banana vendors

A group of natives carying a banana harvest down a dirt road
Jamaica, British West Indies: August, 1956. A group of natives carying a banana harvest down a dirt road

Banana Harvest
Somalia: c. 1960. A young woman with a harvest of bananas

The manager of Curatolo Banana Corp
New York, New York: 1962. The manager of Curatolo Banana Corp. in Brooklyn standing in the refrigerator with rows of stored bananas

A Fruity Theatrical Scene
United States: c. 1950. A theatrical scene with bananas and other fruits

Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus) adult female, feeding on banana, at feeding station in montane rainforest, Andes, Ecuador, November

Banana (Musa sp. ) halved fruit
Banana (Musa sp.) halved fruit

Green Banana Cockroach (Panchlora nivea) introduced species, stowaway within shipment of produce, most likely bananas, adult, cleaning leg, Belvedere, Bexley, Kent, England, November

Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis sclateri) adult male, feeding, raiding banana crop, Fond Doux Plantation, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, December

A young bunch of bananas

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