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"Banana Boats, Gulfport, Mississippi. The Gulfport Docks are the second largest in the United States. Approximately 456 ships a year from Honduras, Costa Rica and Ecquador dock here and discharge 16,000 boxes of bananas per hour. Up to 308 employees work here." View of ship docked at port. Side 2.

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  • Item: 32
  • Description: "Banana Boats, Gulfport, Mississippi. The Gulfport Docks are the second largest in the United States. Approximately 456 ships a year from Honduras, Costa Rica and Ecquador dock here and discharge 16,000 boxes of bananas per hour. Up to 308 employees work here." View of ship docked at port. Side 2.
  • Creator(s): Gibson, Gertrude
  • Date: 1969
  • City/State: Gulfport, Mississippi
  • County: Harrison County
  • Call Number: PI/2008.0001
  • Filename: 119064-photo-2.tif