Magdalena Bay, Mexico, 1908 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 image of Magdalena Bay, Mexico, 1908. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Man of War Cove, Magdalena Bay, March 13, 1908
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Magdalena Bay, Mexico, 1908
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Magdalena Bay in 1908 was a remote stretch of the Pacific coast of Baja California, then a federal territory of Mexico under the government of Porfirio Díaz. The bay's sheltered, shallow waters supported a small population of fishing families and a few coastal settlements, and the region was far from the railroads and mining districts that drew most of Mexico's investment at the time. Visiting vessels were infrequent, so contact with the mainland and with Mexico City came mostly by sea and by slow overland routes. Within a few years the national political order that Díaz had built would be shaken by the Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910 and reached even the most isolated Pacific shores.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | fitch, h. r. (herbert r.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Mexico |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,315 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Man of War Cove, Magdalena Bay, March 13, 1908 |
| Reference | MEXICO Magdalena Bay 1908 |
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