Frank Hardy Made My Photographs Two

This is the New York harbor and I am not sure the direction or where this photo was taken.  I want to say that the island in the top right of the frame is Ellis Island, but that is entirely a guess.  The tip of land to the right of the island is where the Statue of Liberty is located and I am sure of that.  The sign in the foreground reads ” Great White Fleet ” and ” United Fruit ” .  United Fruit Company has had an interesting history, which would take too long to go into here.  Two of it’s products were Chiquita Bananas and Dole Pineapples.  Here is a link to United Fruit.

The Great White Fleet was the name of the shipping company that United Fruit owned and operated to transport their products around the world.  The link above will also give you some information on the fleet and it too has had a very interesting history.  If you like international intrigue, corruption, and the take-over and control of small Latin American countries by the United States and it’s corporations, you are at the right place.  These buildings in the foreground are the warehouses of United Fruit in New York / New Jersey.  If anyone recognizes any of the areas in the photos, please feel free to comment.  Thanks again for looking …