Guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru, before 1863: llama
albumen print
PHOTOGRAPHSPeru, Chincha Islands
Before 1863
paper
6 x 5-1/2 in.
Albumen print, in album 94.107.1; shares page with 94.107.l.11, album was presented to Captain Charles W. Austin on November 1, 1862; full-length view of llama, has rope tied around neck, rope held by unidentified Peruvian man at right. See "The Great Guano Rush" by Jimmy M. Skaggs, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1994.
1994.107.1.10