Album de la Estancia "Chapadmalal", Mar del Plata, F.C. Sud, República Argentina /
Bound album of photographic reproductions, self-published by the author, who was a wealthy sportsman, breeder of fine pedigree cattle and race horses, and the owner of the estancia "Chapadmalal", one of the largest and most luxurious haciendas near Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Arg...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish English French |
| Language Notes: | Texts and captions in Spanish, English, and French. |
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[Mar del Plata, F.C. Sud, República Argentina] :
[Miguel A. Martinez de Hoz],
[between 1900 and 1920?]
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| Summary: | Bound album of photographic reproductions, self-published by the author, who was a wealthy sportsman, breeder of fine pedigree cattle and race horses, and the owner of the estancia "Chapadmalal", one of the largest and most luxurious haciendas near Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. This album represents a graphic example of the rich large concentrations of land ownership in Argentina during the early 20th century. Photographs show views of the estancia with facilities for the raising of blooded livestock (cattle, horses, sheep and ponies); owner's residence, other buildings, farm machinery, fields of grain, portraits of prize-winning animals, etc.--Adapted from description at Howard A Karno Books website and from bibliographic record for a similar item in Library of Congress database. |
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| Item Description: | Some pictures lack captions; a few have captions in Spanish only. Not the same edition described at Howard A. Karno Books website, which has only 84 pages of photos and.an approximate date 1908. |
| Physical Description: | 103 unnumbered leaves of plates (3 folded) : chiefly illustrations ; 18 x 28 cm |