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Santa Rosalía in 1918

güéribo - 4-9-2015 at 12:00 PM

Photo of Santa Rosalia in 1918. From a nice blog article (in Spanish) about León Diguet. The blog contains some neat historic photos.





güéribo - 4-9-2015 at 12:07 PM

Pretty interesting. Looks like a precursor to manufactured housing. The photo caption reads:

"What would become the port captain offices, recently disembarked at the port of Santa Rosalía in 1894."

güéribo - 4-9-2015 at 12:10 PM

And one more . . . the Eiffel church, Santa Rosalía, 1909.

rts551 - 4-9-2015 at 12:13 PM

What a great piece of history the blog brings to us! Thanks Santa Rosalia has always fascinated me.

güéribo - 4-9-2015 at 12:24 PM

I just discovered it myself. If you can read Spanish, it's a cool history resource with articles on Baja Sur history and more.

But even if you can't, there are cool photos to see, like this one:

Abril 20, 1957
Fishers Hotel Calle Hidalgo en San José Cabo
Propietarios del Hotel: Don Juan Ortíz y Doña Carmen Fisher C.
Fotografía de Howard E. Gulick



güéribo - 4-9-2015 at 12:27 PM

Actually, I just noticed that there's a translate button on the side. So it can be read it slightly-strange English.

rts551 - 4-9-2015 at 12:27 PM

The Fishers are descendents of whom (everything I have read takes the Fishers back to one person)? Another great piece of history originating in Santa Rosalia.

bufeo - 4-9-2015 at 12:37 PM

Great find, güéribo.
Gracias.

Allen R.

BajaBlanca - 4-10-2015 at 09:04 AM

incredible photos!

rts551 - 4-10-2015 at 10:29 AM

Frank Fischer jumped German ship in Santa Rosalia.

http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/baja/crosby/crosby08.html

güéribo - 4-10-2015 at 10:33 AM

Very cool. I love that Crosby website.

rts551 - 4-10-2015 at 10:35 AM

Can't imagine trying to make it from Santa Rosalia/Cachania to San Ignacio on foot in those days.

basautter - 4-10-2015 at 05:11 PM

Awesome photos. Thanks for sharing :coolup:

Pablito1 - 4-11-2015 at 07:10 AM

Many thanks for the post. It reminds me of a long ago conversation that we had with Papa Fernandez. He was working at the mine and I think he said that in 1918 went aboard ship "me embarque" were his words for a trip to San Pedro California to bring timbers for the mine. I don't remember however how long he worked at the mine.

Regards, Pablo

David K - 4-11-2015 at 07:28 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Pablito1  
Many thanks for the post. It reminds me of a long ago conversation that we had with Papa Fernandez. He was working at the mine and I think he said that in 1918 went aboard ship "me embarque" were his words for a trip to San Pedro California to bring timbers for the mine. I don't remember however how long he worked at the mine.

Regards, Pablo


Pure gold! Thanks for the story!