S.S. Atenas moored at Old Havana Harbor

ID: 4299 ~ Source: The Historic New Orleans Collection, acquisition made possible by the Diana Helis Henry Art Fund of The Helis Foundation with additional funds from the Neal Auction Company, acc. no. 2011.0431.1

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

This 15-foot mural was commissioned for the United Fruit Company when they moved their headquarters to 321 St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans. O. Henry coined the term "Banana Republic" in relation to the United Fruit Company's involvement in sometimes corrupt transactions.

This file appears in: William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

William Sydney Porter: Becoming O. Henry

By Woody Brown

In February 1896, William Sydney Porter was indicted for embezzlement of funds from the First National Bank in Austin, Texas, where he had been recently employed. In July of that year, instead of…