MARTINIQUE - SAINT-JAMES PLANTATIONS - J.DEPAZ & CAPITAI - Lot 103

MARTINIQUE - SAINT-JAMES PLANTATIONS - J.DEPAZ & CAPITAINE MOREAU (act.ca.1890) Set of photographs showing the manufacturing stages and facilities of the Saint-James rum plantation and distillery, Saint-Pierre, Martinique, ca.1890. Photographs. 16 period photoglypics mounted on cardboard with signature stamps of the authors and the mayor of Saint-Pierre Georges-Augustin César-Laîné (1846-1898). 2 typewritten plates on the history of Saint-James plantations are enclosed. Port, sugarcane plantations, workers plowing, wooden dwelling, view from mountain, Saint-James industrial center, sugar mill, rum factory (sic), group of Indian women, men in botanical garden, waterfall, group of blacks, view of Indian village, cross-section of plantation: destruction of snakes. Images: 15.7 x 19.7 cm; mounts: 23.5 x 30.6 cm