Guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru, before 1863: pier view

albumen print

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

Albumen print, in album 94.107.1, shares page with 94.107.1.14, album was presented to Captain Charles W. Austin on November 1, 1862; scenes from guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru; starboard views of unidentified barks; at right is wooden pier, unidentified small craft tied to pier at left. See "The Great Guano Rush" by Jimmy M. Skaggs, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1994.

UNIDENTIFIED bark; UNIDENTIFIED small rowing craft
1994.107.1.15