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Material Information
- Title:
- French Farmer (1930s)
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publication Date:
- 1930
Notes
- Abstract:
- These distinctive French nationals were immigrants from St. Bart's, and
St. Eustatius, who produced eye-catching craft items. The photograph shows them
bringing bunches of bananas down the hilly slopes of St. Thomas's North Side,
the cool windward side of the island, with its frequent showers that makes the area
conducive for vegetable and fruit farming. The wooden boxes carrying the unripe
bananas, replaced woven baskets made of grass that they had earlier brought
to St. Thomas. The white clothing was a French signature, setting these farmers
apart from others. Panama hats were woven from grass that covered the hills
of not-yet-developed hillsides.
- General Note:
- Item was digitized and contributed to the collaborative Digital Library of the Caribbean by the University of the Virgin Islands.
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