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RE: [CBQ] What could these crates be?

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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:25:14 -0500
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Sings “Come Mister Tally Man, tally my bananas……………”

 

 

RLM

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of William 
Jackson
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 22:29
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] What could these crates be?

 






This thread is making me go bananas. Ha !

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On Mar 19, 2014, at 11:25 PM, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com wrote:

  

Just for  "grins and giggles"...anybody know what those "units" of bananas 
carried by the workers is called?? 

 

I'm going to bed now...Let's see if anybody answers by morning.....

 

Pete



-----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?

  

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.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10026?size=_original#caption

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9690?size=_original#caption

Ken Martin

On Mar 19, 2014, at 6:17 PM, Leo wrote:

> 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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