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Overlooking Caracas, Capital City, c1920
This stereoview features text on the front border, reading "Keystone View Company" on the left, "Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood," and "Manufacturers MADE IN U. S. A. Publishers." The right border displays "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, Engla[nd]." (partially obscured). A number "T58" is visible at the top center. The caption below the images states "V21890 T Overlooking Caracas, the Capital of Venezuela. "The Land Where it is Always Summer."" The reverse of the card carries the number "V21890" and the title "OVERLOOKING CARACAS, CAPITAL OF VENEZUELA."
The image presents an expansive, elevated view of Caracas, Venezuela, nestled within a mountain-fringed valley. The city is densely packed with buildings, many exhibiting Spanish colonial architectural styles with stucco exteriors and sloping tiled roofs of various colors, though the image is sepia-toned. A prominent white church-like structure stands on a hill in the mid-ground, surrounded by winding paths. The description on the back identifies Caracas as both the capital and commercial center, with a population of about 80,000, and notes its narrow, cobblestone streets and "narrow gauge tramways, with miniature cars of only four benches." The text also highlights Caracas as the birthplace of Simon Bolivar, mentioning the centenary of the Battle of Ayacucho, fought on December 9, 1824, which was celebrated in 1924, thus dating this stereoview to around the 1920s. There is no handwritten message present on this stereoview card.
The historical significance of Caracas as the birthplace of Simon Bolivar, "The Liberator," is emphasized, detailing his role in freeing Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador from Spanish dominion. The one-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho, which sealed the independence of Latin American Republics, was observed in 1924 across South America and in the United States, with a wreath placed on Bolivar's statue in New York's Central Park. The bottom of the reverse side is marked "Copyright by The Keystone View Company."
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