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[Central America] – Historic Print

[Central America], 1948 — historic photograph
[Central America], 1948. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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A window into the past: [Central America], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Little is recorded about this 1948 photoprint beyond its title, "Central America," and a caption card that files it under farm crops and fruit. It was issued by the United Fruit Company, the American firm that by the late 1940s had built large banana plantations, railways and port facilities across Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica and other parts of the region. Pictures like this one were often used to promote the company's agricultural operations, so they reflect the influence of foreign corporate interests on Central American farming. The caption details are unverified and should be read with that in mind.

Created / published1948
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotoprint by United Fruit Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farm crops--Fruit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,240 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157891

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