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Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies. Central Guanica – Historic Photograph Print

Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies. Central Guanica, [between 1910 and 1935] — historic photograph
Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies. Central Guanica, [between 1910 and 1935]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company 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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A window into the past: Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies. Central Guanica, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico, West Indies. Central Guanica

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This view shows Central Guánica, the sugar mill and company town on Puerto Rico's southern coast, which the title records as "Porto Rico" in the period spelling. Sugar dominated the island's economy after the United States took control in 1898, and large centrals like this one, financed largely by American investors, drew workers and reshaped the surrounding landscape. The National Photo Company traveled widely to document such places for commercial sale and promotion in the early twentieth century. The picture survives as a copy of an 8 by 6 inch glass negative, and its surface streaks come from the natural decay of the original emulsion.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1935]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan7,170 × 5,561 px · prints to 24 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260462

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