Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, [Hawaiian Islands]; cargo capacity 12, – Vintage Print
![Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, [Hawaiian Islands]; cargo capacity 12,, [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/29d65852a687-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, [Hawaiian Islands]; cargo capacity 12,, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Steamer loading sugar alongside dock in Honolulu, [Hawaiian Islands]; cargo capacity 12,
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A steamer taking on sugar at a Honolulu dock sets this picture apart from the many harbor views of the islands. Sugar was the dominant crop of the Hawaiian Islands in the early 1900s, grown on large plantations and shipped in quantity to refineries on the U.S. mainland, so scenes like this were a routine part of the port's life. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., firm that documented American cities, ports and industries in the years around 1910 to 1920, and this glass negative is dated only approximately to that span. Faint streaks across the plate come from the original coating breaking down over time.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Subjects | United States--Hawaii--Honolulu. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,859 × 5,322 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260273 |
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