Bananas Collection

Poster advertising Aquila Airways, with flights to Madeira

BANANAS
Banana Monstera Deliciosa, aka Fruit Salad Plant, Cariman, Mexican Breadfruit, Locust & Wild Honey, Windowleaf, Monsterio, Swiss Cheese Plant etc

Advertisement for T Walton Ltd, fruiterer -- for apple cheeks and cherry lips. 20th century

Cutting Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica
Cutting large bunches of Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

Kumbo Market, Cameroon
African women seated in the market place, Kumbo, where they sell items such as sugar and bananas. Market day provides friendly gossip, but they travel far to get there

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Native Boutique Date: circa 1920s

Poster depicting people cutting bananas in Jamaica
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting people cutting bananas in Jamaica

Manchester Ship Canal - Unloading bananas
Unloading bananas from a steamship liner moored up on the Manchester Ship Canal directly into railway wagons on a track on the edge of the quayside

Bristol Market 1930S
A study in light and shade at the fruit and vegetable stall of Bristol Market, England

Street Banana Seller, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Date: circa 1910s

Banana Plantation / Jamaic
A Jamaican Banana Plantation Date: 1905

How to enjoy a banana
A highly suggestive French postcard entitled How to eat a Banana!

Banana seller - Island of Martinique
A wonderful postcard of a West Indian Banana seller from the Island of Martinique

The Language of Fruit - different fruit conveying different emotions and feelings. Date: circa 1920s

Happy banana sellers on a fruit stall on Viti Levu, Fiji
Happy banana sellers on a fruit stall overlooking a beautiful beach on Viti Levu, Fiji in the South Pacific

FRUIT BOWL
A bowl of mixed fruit : apples, peaches, grapes, bananas and oranges. Date: 1981

Yes we have no bananas, cinema audience sing-along
Yes we have no bananas, cinema audience sing along magic lantern projection slide, early 1900s

When Can I Have A Banana Again
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for When Can I Have A Banana Again, words and music by Nat Mills, Gaby Rogers and Harry Roy

Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H
Transland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Une Trouvaille
Oil painting showing an excited bird making the discovery of a huge bunch of bright yellow bananas. Date: circa 1931

Comic postcard, Man enjoying a picnic on the beach Date: 20th century

Fruit stall, East End market, London
Fruit stall in a market in Londons East End. Date: circa 1950s

Fruit of the Country Bananas - Palma, Canaries, Spain
circa 1910s

Railway tramcar or riding trolley, Mozambique
Railway tramcar or riding trolley on a banana plantation in Mozambique. 19th century

Unloading bananas from steamship 1891
Fruit steamships were solely used for tropical fruits, such as bananas, cocoa-nuts, oranges, pineapples and other fruits. 1891

Cartoon, Taking him at his word

Man in traditional costume, carrying bananas, Madeira
Man in traditional costume, carrying a bunch of bananas on a stick, Madeira. Date: circa 1904

Unloading a cargo of bananas from Jamaica to Bristol. 1902

Packing bananas, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
People packing bananas for export in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1910

Cartoon, Two German spies. Two fat men at a table laden with food agree that its worth being spies and risking their lives, when they can eat so well. 1916

Marzipan Fruits and Veg Date: 1935

Jamaican export of bananas 1901
Revival of trade with Jamaica, shipping bananas. As the bananas were brought on board, one of the ships hands seated beside the gangway

Jamaican export of bananas 1890s
Loading unripe bananas on a ship for there long journey. Date: circa 1890s

RACIAL / MARTINIQUE 1927
A smiling woman selling bananas in Martinique Date: 1927

CARRYING BANANAS / WINDIE
A fruit market at Fort de France, Martinique. One man carries a tray of melons on his head, while a woman carries an enormous bunch of bananas on hers. Date: 1931

MOUSE LEMUR - eating Banana (Microcebus rufus). Madagascar

Somali Fruit Traders - Aden, Yemen
Somali Fruit Traders - Aden, a seaport in Yemen Date: circa 1910s

Fruit seller in street market, Aden
Fruit seller in a street market, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930s

Loading Bananas - Port Antonio, Jamaica. Date: circa 1910s

Young man on a fruit stall in outdoor market, Eccles
A young man works on a fruit stall in the Eccles outdoor market. Date: circa 1977

Affront from the Rear by Charles Crombie
A British officer, enjoying a meal in a restaurant is alarmed by the shadow of a fruit bowl being carried by a waiter. Date: 1915

Native fruits of Ghana displayed on a table
Two sweet young Ghanaian boys stand next to a table heaving under the weight of Native fruit and vegetables of the country. Date: circa 1910s

Market women and their Bananas - Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: 1909

Unloading Bananas, New Orleans
Unloading and processing of imported bananas in New Orleans, USA. The fruit is conveyed directly from the holds of the arriving ships into the dock into the refrigeration wagons (right)

Belize - Manatee Lagoon - Fruit Day
Belize (formerly British Honduras) - Manatee Lagoon - Water Buffalo cart transporting bananas on Fruit Day. Date: 1915

Music cover, I ve Never Seen a Straight Banana, words and music by Ted Waite 1926

Colourful arrangement of fruit on a log, including a pineapple, bananas, grapes, apples, oranges and lemons. Date: circa 1960s

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