A photograph and its story



Hello everyone!

This is not one of the best photos I have, but that day was one of the best I have ever experienced.
This photo was taken by my mother 3 years ago. The place where I am in the photograph is Iquique, specifically in the Humberstone Saltpeter Office. I been wanted to know the Saltpeter Offices for a long time since I love to know about the history of Chile and every time that in the history classes of my school they talked about the "cuestión social" or the "nitrate era" in Chile, I more I wanted to know this place and know what the Saltpeter Offices were like and how the workers lived.

I like this photo because it reminds me of that moment of excitement and enthusiasm that I had for getting to know this place, it also comes to mind everything that I could learn there, which was: knowing the lifestyle, knowing how the workers were paid, see how people lived in that place and learn how the work of extraction of the saltpeter was carried out.

Thank you for reading!




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  1. Antonia Morales Uribe27 de noviembre de 2020, 9:21 p.m.

    The picture is really pretty!!! I have never known Iquique and I love your story because it tells something about our country that not many know.

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  2. Magda Núñez28 de noviembre de 2020, 6:41 a.m.

    Wow this picture is so cool. I wish I could go to Iquique when this pandemia ends but it is too difficult to know when this could end.

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  3. Alessandra Rubio29 de noviembre de 2020, 8:33 a.m.

    What a nice photo and cute because it transmits a good story

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  4. Daniela Muñoz5 de diciembre de 2020, 12:17 p.m.

    Hi Ignacia!!. I really like Iquique and once I went to the Humberstone nitrate office and I always remember the big swimming pool

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