# @mdhistory on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CrMKxjUh7Q7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19780242-mdhistory-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/77b20ee325.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-04-18T20:00:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

## Caption

It’s #NationalBananaDay! At MCHC, we’re celebrating by looking back at the history of bananas. During the late nineteenth century, bananas were much harder to import and export, making the everyday fruit a luxury item.

In this photograph from our Emily Spencer Hayden Collection, Maryland photographer Emily Hayden and her husband Charles gobble down bananas with friends, confirming the fruit as a particularly special delight.

Take today to go bananas and explore more quirky photos of this fruit in our digital collections, linked in our bio.

#Baltimore #Maryland #History #Culture #MarylandHistory #Bananas #HistoricPhotography

(Image of Emily Hayden and husband Charles Hayden eating bananas with friends, 1889. H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Center for History and Culture, Emily Spencer Hayden Photograph Collection, PP92.)

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nationalbananaday, baltimore, historicphotography, history, maryland, marylandhistory, bananas, culture

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