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Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies 20 Central Cambalache."" – Historic Photograph Print

Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies 20 Central Cambalache."", [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies 20 Central Cambalache."", [between 1910 and 1935]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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Central Cambalache, a sugar mill on Puerto Rico, is the subject of this glass negative, and its title keeps the older spelling "Porto Rico" used in the early twentieth century. The island had been under American control since 1898, and by the 1920s large sugar centrales like this one tied the local economy closely to American capital. The National Photo Company recorded towns, landscapes and industry across the United States and its territories during this period. This copy negative, a 1947 gift from Herbert A. French, shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration in the original coating.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Copy neg. 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,975 × 5,480 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260460

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