Filling, weighing and sewing sacks of raw sugar at Plantation mill, Hawaiian Islands – Vintage Wall Art
![Filling, weighing and sewing sacks of raw sugar at Plantation mill, Hawaiian Islands, [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/55/5506197c3fe0-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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This rare historic photograph captures Filling, weighing and sewing sacks of raw sugar at Plantation mill, Hawaiian Islands in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Filling, weighing and sewing sacks of raw sugar at Plantation mill, Hawaiian Islands
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Sugar processing was among the largest industries in the Hawaiian Islands in the early twentieth century, and this glass negative records the bagging end of that work at a plantation mill. Workers are shown filling sacks with raw sugar, weighing them and sewing them shut, the final steps before the crop was shipped out of the islands. The National Photo Company made many views of Hawaiian industry during these years, often for promotional use, so the scene reflects how plantations presented their operations to the public. The title comes from the company's own data and has not been independently verified, and the negative shows some streaking from age on its coating.
| 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,933 × 5,329 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260282 |
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