Packaging coffee for shipment, State of São Paulo, Brazil

By the late nineteenth century, Brazil was the world's leading coffee exporter. Coffee was sent by road to Santos, which became the country's most important port for coffee exports. The coffee industry stimulated the growth of all agricultural and industrial sectors. Today, coffee remains one of Brazil’s principal products.

coffee plantation

CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1914.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
USA DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b30320
URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b30320


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