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Argentina - Buneos Aires – Vintage Wall Art

Argentina - Buneos Aires, [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph
Argentina - Buneos Aires, [between 1890 and 1923]. 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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Dock scenes like this one were a staple of the Carpenter travel photographs, and this view of the waterfront at Buenos Aires shows the port that made the city one of South America's busiest. Through the early twentieth century, Argentina shipped large quantities of beef, wheat, and wool to Europe, and the harbor was the point where that trade came together. Frank Carpenter, a journalist who wrote widely about foreign countries, and his wife Frances assembled such images to illustrate their lectures and writing about commerce and daily life abroad. The picture's date range, between 1890 and 1923, places it during the period when the city's port was growing rapidly.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1923]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Argentina. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geog.; Docks.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,101 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158749

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