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[Aerial view of Cap Haitien] – Historic Photograph Print

[Aerial view of Cap Haitien], 1953 July 19. — historic photograph
[Aerial view of Cap Haitien], 1953 July 19.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Looking down on Cap-Haïtien, this view takes in the town's harbor and the steep hills rising close behind it. The city began in 1670 as Cap-François, founded by French settlers, and grew into one of the richest ports of colonial Saint-Domingue before the revolution that led to Haiti's independence in 1804. The catalog dates the picture to the 1930s, when Haiti was under United States occupation and aerial views were becoming a common way to map coastal towns, though it also lists a 1953 date, so the exact year is worth confirming.

Created / published1953 July 19.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
SubjectsCap-Haïtien (Haiti)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,070 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165449

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