TommyMacLuckie
10-16-2011, 10:46 AM
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has been running historical parts of the history of New Orleans and the newspaper and 10-15-11's bit was on Sam Zemurray, United Fruit and how New Orleans was the number one importer of bananas:
1910: New Orleans goes bananas | NOLA.com (http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/10/1910_new_orleans_goes_bananas.html)
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http://media.nola.com/tpphotos/photo/2011/10/10114437-standard.jpg
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1910: New Orleans goes bananas | NOLA.com (http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/10/1910_new_orleans_goes_bananas.html)
http://media.nola.com/tpphotos/photo/2011/10/10114438-standard.jpg
http://media.nola.com/tpphotos/photo/2011/10/10114430-standard.jpg
http://media.nola.com/tpphotos/photo/2011/10/10114437-standard.jpg
http://media.nola.com/tpphotos/photo/2011/10/10114439-standard.jpg
http://media.nola.com/tpphotos/photo/2011/10/10114429-standard.jpg