Title

'Mighty Earthquake Fissure - "Lac du Nord". Soufriere Volcano, Guadeloupe, French West Indies', c193 Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Mighty Earthquake Fissure - "Lac du Nord". Soufriere Volcano, Guadeloupe, French West Indies', c1930s. La Grande Soufriere is s an active stratovolcano on the French island of Basse-Terre, in Guadeloupe. On February 8, 1843, an eruption caused by an earthquake killed over 5,000 people. From "Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa., New York, Chicago, London]

Date

1930

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F28_402

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,0Mb (2,6Mb) / 15,4in x 15,6in / 4620 x 4687 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors people male man men arts rocks rock West Indies Lesser Antilles science geology book guy geological geography volcanic volcano earthquake century barefoot thirties literature natural phenomena B&W two people bare feet Central American rock face Guadeloupe basse terre Day cinematography black & white black and white 1930s 20th century stereoscope Basse-Terre The Print Collector geographical feature TGN outside photograph portrait Unknown French West Indies Tour of the World Keystone View Company La Grande Soufriere photograph portrait