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Dominican Republic modernizes – Historic Reproduction

Dominican Republic modernizes, [1946] — historic photograph
Dominican Republic modernizes, [1946]. 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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Dominican Republic modernizes comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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From the air, this view of Santo Domingo presents the capital as the country's promoters wanted it seen in 1946, with its streets and districts laid out for the camera. The city had been named Ciudad Trujillo since 1936, after the dictator Rafael Trujillo, and the print was issued by the Dominican Information Center in New York as part of a wider effort to promote the nation abroad. Santo Domingo was founded in 1498 and is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, so it is worth looking for the contrast between its older colonial core and the newer construction spreading beyond it.

Created / published[1946]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.Aerial photographs 1940-1950.
NotesArchive of Hispanic Culture Collection. From: Information Center, Dominican Republic, New York, N.Y.
SubjectsSanto Domingo (Dominican Republic)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,312 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-213350

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