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  • Young black boy poses next to a bunch of bananas on a tree. Racist caption on back of postcard reads "The banana is not a fruit of a tree but of a giant herb, which, in the tropics, attains the height of 40 feet and leaves of a foot wide and 6 to 10 feet long. A large flower bud of small, purple flowers appears, each flower developing into a small banana pointing upward. Fully as popular with the small darkie as the watermelon wine, the banana coaxes a smile from the little black boy, who pokes his kinky head through a large leaf."
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  • Charlie Welch and Catherine Backus harvesting bananas on Backus Plantation. Welch and Backus were neighbors along the South Fork.
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  • Banana tree with a bunch of bananas.

    Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 20) as "507 Banana Plant and fruit, copyright 1906"
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  • Bunch of bananas on tree.

    Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 30) as "838 Killer Banana Bunch, HH"
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  • Stalk of bananas on tree in Stuart. Building or house in the background.
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  • Hugh Willoughby III (also referred to as "Billy ") wearing a sailor outfit holds a bunch of bananas in one hand a load of sponges in his other hand. The boy stands on a pier with a large anchor immediately behind him and boats on a waterway are visible in the background. Photo published in the January 1921 issue of Power Boating magazine (volume XXIII, No. 1) along with an article written by Edythe Willoughby titled “Cruising Among the Florida Keys.” The article details Edythe and Hugh Willoughby Jr’s travels from Miami to the Florida Keys and won the first prize in Power Boating magazine’s annual cruise story competition in 1921. Photo captioned in the article as “‘Billy Boy’ with sponges and bananas bought at Key West.”
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  • "Bringing in pines and bananas from his little productive farm." Hill residence in background. Listed in FPC record book 1 as "668 Fruit in wagon-in front of studio."

    Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.
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  • Rows of planted banana trees. Postmarked from Stuart on July 19, 1913. Message written in pencil sent to Ireland, Washington.
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  • Edith Coventry in a long dark sailor suit type dress, holding bananas amid papaya trees. Taken during Edith Coventry's 1920 Everglades boat trip.
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