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United Fruit Company (60)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w50vp (corporateBody)

Charles Van Wyck Brooks served aboard a United Fruit Company steamship for two weeks in the summer before he entered Harvard. NYC; Boston, MA. The United Fruit Company was formed in 1899 when the Boston Fruit Company merged with several other companies. It engaged in the production, transportation, and marketing of bananas, sugar, cocoa, abaca, and other tropical agricultural products. The United Fruit Company ultimately owned or leased property in...

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California Fruit Growers Exchange (20)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m4c7d (corporateBody)

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California Fruit Exchange (4)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn08t3 (corporateBody)

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Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation (5)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs0j2p (corporateBody)

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California Fruit Canners Association (4)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g6b45 (corporateBody)

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Boston Fruit Company (3)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s2430d (corporateBody)

The Boston Fruit Company was founded through the efforts of Lorenzo Dow Baker and Andrew W. Preston. In 1870, Baker purchased a cargo of bananas during a stop in Jamaica, and then sold them in New Jersey for a handsome profit. Baker joined forces with Preston, who owned a small fruit commission business in Boston. Baker delivered shipments of bananas from Jamaica to Boston, and Preston distributed the product. The demand for bananas grew exponentially throughout the decade. With the help of s...

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Fruit Dispatch Company. (3)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz1j38 (corporateBody)

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Fruit, Frances. (2)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz54fc (person)

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Pacific Fruit Express Co. (3)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6813q3t (corporateBody)

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Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange. (3)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj6b94 (corporateBody)

The Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange in Los Angeles County (originally named the Duarte Fruit Exchange, then the Duarte-Monrovia Citrus Association), was one of the original seven members of the California Fruit Growers Exchange when the latter was formed in 1893.

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