Guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru, before 1863: men extracting guano from "guano hill"

albumen print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Peru, Chincha Islands
Before 1863
paper

Albumen print, in album 94.107.1, presented to Captain Charles W. Austin on November 1, 1862; scenes from guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru; two men extracting guano from 'guano hill', man at bottom is shoveling guano into wheelbarrow. See "The Great Guano Rush" by Jimmy M. Skaggs, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1994.


1994.107.1.18

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