Guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru, before 1863: buildings associated with guano trade

albumen print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Peru, Chincha Islands
Before 1863
paper
5-5/8 x 7-1/2 in.

Albumen print, in album 94.107.1, presented to Captain Charles W. Austin on November 1, 1862; scenes from guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru; view of wooden buildings associated with guano trade, built above rock tunnels, blurry view of unidentified rowing craft below. See "The Great Guano Rush" by Jimmy M. Skaggs, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1994.

UNIDENTIFIED pulling boat
1994.107.1.16