Title

Loading bananas at Oracabessa, Saint Mary, Jamaica

Photographer

Preview

Uniform Title

The Bryant Slides Collection

Photo Description

This image shows workers near a banana loading area, while donkey pulled carts wait. Once the bananas are unloaded from the carts they will be placed on awaiting boats in the bay of Oracabessa, Saint Mary, Jamaica. One of Oracabessa’s famous residents was Ian Fleming. Fleming built his house GoldenEye, nearby, where he wrote many of his James Bond books. Slide labeled Aracabessa Banana Sheds.

Keywords

Agricultural industries; Bananas; Caribbean Sea; Carriages and carts; Jamaica; Oracabessa; Transportation

Subject

Agricultural industries -- Jamaica – Oracabessa; Transportation -- Jamaica -- Oracabessa -- 1950-1960; Carriages and carts -- Jamaica -- Oracabessa -- 1950-1960; Bananas -- Jamaica – Orcacabessa; Caribbean Sea

Format

image/jpeg

Size Original

35 mm

Coverage-Temporal

Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Oracabessa, Saint Mary

Identifier

DP0003467

Identifier (Genre)

Transparencies

Rights

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576

Recommended Citation

"Loading bananas at Oracabessa, Saint Mary, Jamaica" (1959). British West Indies Jamaica Slides. 72.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/bwi-slides-jamaica/72