A hand for bananas cut in multiples off the stalk and the complete stalk for
what would be in the crates in question.
Mike Thomasson
Austin
---- Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com wrote:
> Just for "grins and giggles"...anybody know what those "units" of bananas
> carried by the workers is called??
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> I'm going to bed now...Let's see if anybody answers by morning.....
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> Pete
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 10:11 pm
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] What could these crates be?
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> Talking about bananas here are a couple of early pictures of unloading
> bananas from a boat in New Orleans. Nice details on the early FGE reefer.
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> http://www.shorpy.com/node/10026?size=_original#caption
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> http://www.shorpy.com/node/9690?size=_original#caption
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> Ken Martin
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> On Mar 19, 2014, at 6:17 PM, Leo wrote:
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> > So is it correct to believe these banana crates moved as REA express on
> > passenger trains as opposed to LCL on frt and locals ?
> >
> > Also would be interesting to know if the crates were loaded at New Orleans
> > or at various wholesalers after delivery of a carload.
> >
> > Leo
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