Sugar Refinery in course of construction at Cartavia, Peru (No. 66) – Vintage Wall Art
![Sugar Refinery in course of construction at Cartavia, Peru (No. 66), [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7e/7e2ff4cca3ea-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 Sugar Refinery in course of construction at Cartavia, Peru (No. 66) in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sugar Refinery in course of construction at Cartavia, Peru (No. 66)
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Construction of a sugar refinery at Cartavia, Peru, is the subject of this view, one of a series the National Photo Company made in the early twentieth century. Peru's north coast was home to large sugar estates that depended on mills like this one to turn cane into marketable product, and the works shown here would have been a significant investment for the estate that built it. The image survives as an 8 by 6 inch glass negative, and its date is an estimate based on negatives in the same range. Streaks and surface flaws from the deteriorating coating are visible, which is typical of glass plates of this age.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1935] |
|---|---|
| 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. 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,178 × 5,553 px · prints to 24 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260470 |
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