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