At the docks loading beans (sacked) on lighters, Valparaiso, Chile, So. Am. – Antique Wall Art
(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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At the docks loading beans (sacked) on lighters, Valparaiso, Chile, So. Am. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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At the docks loading beans (sacked) on lighters, Valparaiso, Chile, So. Am.
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At the docks in Valparaiso, sacks of beans are being loaded onto lighters, the flat-bottomed barges that carried cargo between ships anchored offshore and the shore. Valparaiso was among the busiest ports on South America's Pacific coast in the early twentieth century, and its harbor handled a steady flow of goods bound for markets around the world. The stereograph was issued by the Keystone View Company, an American firm that mass-produced stereo cards so armchair viewers could see distant places in three dimensions. The caption index also files the scene under coffee, a reminder of the trade that passed through the port.
| Created / published | c1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 21838. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ships; Ind.--Coffee. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 778 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155742 |
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