Washing copper ore at the mines in Corrocoro, Bolivia – Antique Photo Print
![Washing copper ore at the mines in Corrocoro, Bolivia, [between 1908 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/35/35dae65c3b77-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.)
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A window into the past: Washing copper ore at the mines in Corrocoro, Bolivia, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Washing copper ore at the mines in Corrocoro, Bolivia
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Corocoro, a copper-mining town in the Bolivian highlands, is the setting for this view of the work of washing crushed copper ore to separate the metal from the surrounding rock. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that sold commercial views of places around the world in the early 1900s, made the negative sometime between 1908 and 1919, though the title comes from unverified company notes. Copper was central to Bolivia's export economy during these years, and scenes like this recorded the manual labor behind that trade. Streaks and blemishes on the glass reflect deterioration in its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1908 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,949 × 4,261 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249186 |
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