Honduras Photograph Album, ca. 1920-1925

Summary

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 oversize box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album with 200+ b/w photos of Honduran cities (San Pedro Sala, Choloma, Truxillo, Tela, Ornoa, Puerto Cortes, and La Lima), buildings, churches, haciendas, rural areas, coastal shipping facilities, railroads, bridges, mills, and sugar factories. Includes images of U.S. businessmen and Honduran workers, some related to United Fruit Company and Cayarmel Fruit Company, many showing impact of U.S. investment on Honduras in the early 1920s.

Acquisition information:

Physical location:

Del Sur Oversize

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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