A coolie hut at Kingston, Jamaica – Antique Print
![A coolie hut at Kingston, Jamaica, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/cecdca8b396a-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of A coolie hut at Kingston, Jamaica. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A coolie hut at Kingston, Jamaica
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This stereograph shows a thatched-roof dwelling that its original caption calls a "coolie hut," a term from the 19th century for laborers, many of them Indian indentured workers brought to Jamaica after emancipation in 1834. Stereo cards like this one, published by M.H. Zahner with Griffith & Griffith, were popular with travelers and home viewers who wanted glimpses of tropical life. The card is undated, so its exact making is uncertain. Its focus on a humble home, rather than a grand building or street view, shows how these views sometimes recorded working-class housing alongside more picturesque scenes.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo published by M.H. Zahner (Griffith & Griffith). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Thatched-roof houses; Jamaica--Kingston; Photog. I. (2); Dwellings; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 798 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139946 |
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