Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Bananas are brought into the warehouse unripe, are put into a special room, and kept at a certain temperature to rippen. Steam, seen in the background, is turned on periodically to keep the air moist. This man is cutting into them with a knife, testing the ripeness of the bananas
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html