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1890 Valparaíso, Chile

Valparaíso's harbor is captured in this 1890 photograph, at a time when the port ranked among the busiest on South America's Pacific coast, serving as a key stop for ships rounding Cape Horn before the Panama Canal existed.

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Plaza Victoria, Valparaíso (circa 1890), Valparaíso, 1890

Plaza Victoria, Valparaíso (circa 1890) 1890

Puerto de Valparaíso, dockside carts and ships (1890), Valparaíso, 1890

Puerto de Valparaíso, dockside carts and ships (1890) 1890

Valparaíso, street toward the Aduana (customs house), Valparaíso, 1890

Valparaíso, street toward the Aduana (customs house) 1890

Plaza sotomayor en 1888

Muelle Fiscal, 1888 (Félix Leblanc) - Wikimedia Commons, Valparaíso, 1888

Muelle Fiscal, 1888 (Félix Leblanc) - Wikimedia Commons 1888

Vista Jeneral desde el Muelle Fiscal, 1888 - Wikimedia Commons, Valparaíso, 1888

Vista Jeneral desde el Muelle Fiscal, 1888 - Wikimedia Commons 1888

Alamcenes Fiscales, 1888 - Leblanc, Valparaíso, 1888

Alamcenes Fiscales, 1888 - Leblanc 1888

Muelle de Pasajeros, 1888 - Félix Leblanc, Valparaíso, 1888

Muelle de Pasajeros, 1888 - Félix Leblanc 1888