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2023.055.3.0062Description
Sepia tone stereograph. Image is of a group of men working on a coffee plantation, The man ins the forgrand is tending to the field, Two men are walking back toe the structures carrying large baskets, a group of thee men are standing in the background. On the top right corner of the backing "S 40" is stamped. Below the imae "(77)6875 - Drying coffee, on a coffee plantation near Cordoba, Mexico. Copyright Underwood & Underwood." is printed. To the left of the image "European Publishers Underwood & Underwood London Ltd." is printed. To the right of the image "Underwood & Underwood New York & Ottawa, Kas. Works, Arlington," is printed.
The following is printed on the reverse:
6375, Geography - Physiography - Cordoba, a town in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, lies fifty-five miles southwest of the port of Vera Cruz, in a highly fertile valley. Near by towers the volcano of Orizaba, 2,880 feet above sea level. Its population in 1905 was 7,974 inhabitants.
Products and Industries -- Here before us the long, straight furrows of coffee berries, which have been placed to dry in the sunshine on a cemented drying floor. The natives are hoeing them over with implements of different sizes, so that each berry may be duly exposed to heat and light. At night they are given protection from dew or rain. Sometimes, when raised on a small scale, the berries may be exposed on mats in an open dooryard. These berries when dry, which may take many days or weeks according to the weather, will be taken into cement buildings there to be stored and possibly husked. The latter process, however, is generally done at the place of final shipment rather than on the plantation.
Cordoba is one of the principal coffee producing centers of Mexico, although the surrounding district also produces sugar and tobacco. It was a town of considerable importance in colonial times, but fell into decay after the revolution. The railway from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, which passes through it, and the development of the coffee production, have helped the city to recover a part of its lost trade and prestige.
(In italics) Refere again to this view when considering Agriculture, Peopla dn Homes, Home Economics, Biography (Cortez, Jaurez, Daiz).
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Drying coffee, on a coffee plantation near Cordoba, Mexico
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