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Way down on Babahoyo river hacienda of a rich planter seen from a passing steamer Ecuador – Antique Print

Way down on Babahoyo river hacienda of a rich planter seen from a passing steamer Ecuador, 1907 — historic image
Way down on Babahoyo river hacienda of a rich planter seen from a passing steamer Ecuador, 1907. Historic image from the Steamboats 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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From the deck of a passing steamer, this 1907 view shows a planter's hacienda set back from the banks of the Babahoyo River in Ecuador's coastal lowlands. The river carried boats and cargo toward Guayaquil, and in the early 1900s the surrounding estates grew cacao, the crop that dominated the country's export economy at the time. The view from the water shows how these riverside estates were seen by travelers arriving by boat, and the publisher's copyright registration suggests the photograph was meant for wide distribution.

Created / published1907
NotesH89036 U.S. Copyright Office. · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher.
SubjectsDwellings--Ecuador--1900-1910. Waterfronts--Ecuador--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,608 × 2,187 px · prints to 15 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-STV-271129

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