[Mexico]. [Commercial Agriculture]

Monte Verde Photographs [cover title]

[St. Louis: ca. 1905]. [16] leaves, each with a mounted photo measuring approximately 4x5 inches. Oblong quarto. Original leatherette wrappers, lettered in silver. Light rubbing and wear to wraps. All photos captioned in print on mounts; informational text box applied to inside front wrapper. One photo detached from otherwise clean. Very good. Item #5607

An early 20th-century promotional booklet for the Monte Verde plantation, operated near Vera Cruz by the Continental Commercial Company of St. Louis. The work is comprised of sixteen halftone photographs showing the grounds, the laborers, and the site’s pineapples, chestnut trees, lemon trees, banana trees, coconut trees, rubber trees, and palm trees. The last six photographs are all related to the cultivation of coffee. According to the book’s introductory text, the photographs were taken by the manager of the property. The Continental Commercial Company was founded in 1903 and had at least four separate plantations along the Veracruz and Pacific Railway. Not in OCLC.

Price: $650.00