In the rum district, St. Pierre, Martinique, F.W.I. – Antique 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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In the rum district, St. Pierre, Martinique, F.W.I. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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In the rum district, St. Pierre, Martinique, F.W.I.
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Few places in the Caribbean carry a darker record than St. Pierre, and this stereograph shows its rum district roughly a year after the town was destroyed. In May 1902, the eruption of Mount Pelée devastated the port and killed an estimated 28,000 people, most within minutes. Before that disaster, St. Pierre was a center of Martinique's rum trade, and the card's catalog tags, which include liquor industry and disasters, reflect both parts of its story. Keystone View Company stereo cards like this one were sold to American viewers eager to see distant places.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 14319. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Industry--Liquor; Geogr.; Disasters. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,425 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149132 |
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