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La Carreta – Antique Print

La Carreta — historic photograph
La Carreta. 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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The title "La Carreta" points to the two-wheeled oxcart, a common sight on farms and rural roads in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other parts of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, where it carried sugar cane, produce, and families. The caption card gives no date or sitter, so the print's exact origin is unclear. Still, the title suggests a rural, Hispanic Caribbean setting, and the cart itself became a lasting symbol of country life there. The name also echoes René Marqués's 1953 Puerto Rican play *La carreta*, about a rural family's move to the city, which may explain why the title stuck.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124807

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