Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0251Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is a narrow cobblestone street with buildings lining either side, several people are gathered around a cow and a calf. Above the image "T277 (Star)" is printed, below the image "13315T The Narrow Streets of La Guayra, Venezuela - Native Method of Distributing Milk Unadulterated." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
13315
DELIVERING MILK IN NARROW STREETS OF LA GUAYRA, VENEZUELA
La Guayra is the port of the city of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, which is located six miles over the mountains, but by railroad is about 30 miles away. It is said to have been established as a protest against the too rigid rule of the Spanish governor of Caravalleda, once a thriving city to the westward. When in 1856 the people of Caravalleda found his restrictions intolerable they abandoned his city and founded La Guayra. One can scarcely comment their judgement, for the city had no natural harbor, and is situated on a narrow flat of land backed by a perpendicular mountain wall which reflects the fierce afternoon sun. It is shut in from the prevailing northeast winds by the cape which juts out of the mountain. The temperature of La Guayra night and day, winter and summer, remains at about 100(Degrees) F. With heat so intense and continued it is little wonder that milk to be sweet must be delivered from the "original package."
La Guayra is small, its unfavorable climate limiting its population to workmen and business men. The English have constructed a breakwater and piers, which have greatly improved the port. The houses are built in the Spanish stye, around open courts, beautiful with flowers, shurbs, and singing birds, entrance to which is usually made by a single archwya. These inner courts or patios so characteristic of residental architecture in spanish countries are the places of hospitality and of the life of the households. Usually they are delightuflly furnished with easy chairs, tables, and the like.
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