[Continental Commercial Company]
Early 20th-Century Promotional Booklet for a Plantation in Monte Verde, Mexico, 1900s
Half-tone photo-lithographs (16)
6 x 7 inches overall.
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A rare, early-20th century promotional booklet showing the Monte Verde plantation in Vera Cruz, Mexico, operated by the St. Louis-based Outfit the Continental Commercial Company. Included are sixteen halftone photographs...
A rare, early-20th century promotional booklet showing the Monte Verde plantation in Vera Cruz, Mexico, operated by the St. Louis-based Outfit the Continental Commercial Company. Included are 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.
The Continental Commercial Company was founded in 1903 and had at least four separate plantations along the Veracruz and Pacific Railway.