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Title
Sugar Harvest in Louisiana
Description
A probably condensed engraving that shows, in a single vista, the cutting of sugar cane at right with an overseer on horseback, which is then carted to an enormous sugar mill--costing an estimated $10 million dollars each in current dollars. While a 1875 publication places the illustration after the Civil War, still there is an uneasy sense of nostalgia for the grand scale of the operation: "Night and day the work of crushing goes on; great columns of smoke rise from the chimneys and join the billowy clouds that roll up from the Gulf of Mexico. The beautiful, darkly green fields of cane disappear, till from the river to the dense swamps that back the plantation all is clear. The planter breathes more freely, the hands have easier times, and the overworked mules are turned loose."<br />
Creator
Waud, A. R. (1828-1891)
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Date
1875-10-30
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Source
Format
jpeg, 2.6 MB
Type
Still image
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Printed engraving