Washington, D.C. District grocery store warehouse on 4th Street S.W. Bananas are brought into the warehouse unripe, are put into a special room, and kept at a certain temperature to rippen. Steam, seen in the background, is turned on periodically to keep the air moist. This man is cutting into them
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- 1942-06
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