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[Immigrants being transported on horse-drawn wagon, Buenos Aires, Argentina] – Vintage Print

[Immigrants being transported on horse-drawn wagon, Buenos Aires, Argentina], [between ca. 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph
[Immigrants being transported on horse-drawn wagon, Buenos Aires, Argentina], [between ca. 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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Among the many scenes of arrival in Buenos Aires, this photograph stands out for its focus on the cart itself, a horse-drawn wagon carrying newly landed immigrants through the city. Buenos Aires was among the largest destinations for European migrants in the decades before 1930, and a great many of them, chiefly from Italy and Spain, reached the city's port and moved on by whatever transport was available. The picture comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, whose photographs were gathered by a husband-and-wife team of travel writers and lecturers who documented daily life around the world. Notice how the crowded load and the animals show the rough, practical side of urban travel before motor vehicles became common.

Created / published[between ca. 1890 and 1923]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1930.
NotesFrank and Frances Carpenter Collection.
SubjectsImmigrants--Argentina--Buenos Aires--1890-1930. Carts & wagons--Argentina--Buenos Aires--1890-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177678

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