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Vince
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Pompano- Manuel Diaz is a great diver and fisherman. I have been diving with him many times in the Mulege area. That is a great photo of him! I
bought my lot from him in 1965 or so, he still comes by and visits. Now his kids are doing all the fishing.
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Hi Vince...there is only one Manuel, for sure..a real legend.
A man who wears many hats, he is something more than a fisherman today...multi-talented, so to speak...here he is doing chef's duty on a patio cookout
in Coyote Bay, 1976. Can you guess which beach house?
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Yup...this be vintage, all righty..
1961. My first dorado at 17, but not in Baja... Acapulco waters, close in. It was my buddy's first sail also. A far cry from catching bullheads
and walleyes in a North Dakota prairie river.
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Those pictures are all wonderful, thank you all for sharing them.
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Paulina
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Let's see more!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
Last but not least, this isn't Baja or Mexico. This photo was taken in Cuba, my Grandfather's other favorite fishing ground. He was a great fan of
Ernest Hemingway (unfortunately) and visited there often. This last photo was taken at Sloppy Joe's Bar in 1950. My grandparents are the couple on the
right, Vivan and Paul Manuel.
Thank you for all your kind comments. It was fun re-living some of his vintage photos.
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Paulina, fantastic stuff. Sloppy Joes, as I know it, is there in Key West and a great place to hang out.
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The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Pompano
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Remembering pre-Castro Cuba....1958-59
A Batista-Cuban soldier below the hotel balcony. Photo taken with a trusty Brownie Hawkeye camera...remember those?
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Pompano
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Back to vintage fishing photos...
Here is one of Ray Cannon at a long-defunct Mulege fishing/fly-in resort. This was on the north side of the river.
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Pompano
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San Felipe giant tortuava...around 1930
These giants were fished almost to extinction by anglers and netters. Nowadays the incidental catch of one results in release, but today's fish are
not this huge. One day, perhaps, if we continue to learn lessons from yesteryear.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
I have a few vintage fishing photos hanging around the house from my Grandparent's era that I'd like to share. These first two are of Andy Anderson.
He and my grandfather Paul Manuel were Baja/Mexico fishing fanatics.
Enjoy!
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This is the earliest photo of Andy that I have, taken at Hotel Playa de Cortez. Not sure of the date, but I love the style of fishing atire.
This is Andy a few years later in 1956, and he still hasn't changed his style. |
Paulina,
What a great history in those photos. Thanks for sharing them. The picture from Cuba is my favorite. Could have been a scene out of the Godfather!
Ken
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here's one taken close to mulege
angler lady unknown to me.
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formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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What great photos we're seeing on this thread! I hope we see more. We've spent the past two days looking at roughly 480 slides (so far)of the Estero
Beach, Punta Banda, Ensenada area using a Yankee Viewer. We are trying to pick our favorites to be archived, or scanned / transfered to digital
format. I know there are many online choices out there, but I would be interested in knowing if anyone has any experience in doing it at home with a
scanner of some type. In other words, I want to do it.
We have many, many more and my eyes are going blurry!
If anyone has done this, or has any helpful info for us it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Paulina y Dern
ps. We found one of the blowhole at La Buf, taken from out at sea, era early 50s, and NOTHING was there.
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Pompano
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A few decades back....but 'vintage?'..makes us seem old!
When we used to dive a lot...I'm the one in the hood.
A pargo and langosta near Pta. Chivato.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
A Batista-Cuban soldier below the hotel balcony. Photo taken with a trusty Brownie Hawkeye camera...remember those? |
Thank you for this picture, Pompano, it brings back some memories. I wonder what hotel it was taken from? And if you were there for the 26 de Julio
celebration in 1959? I flew there from Miami, where my mother and I were vacationing with friends. My mom had an ear problem and couldn't fly, but
our friends were going to Havana and I got to go with them.
We spent our first night at the Havana Riviera, a fancy hotel on the Malecon. There were no tourists, just hundreds of campesinos, farmers from
all over the country who had fought for Fidel's cause. They wore big straw hats, and machetes hung from their belts. They walked through the lobby
in big groups, overwhelmed by the elegant, glittering modern lobby.
In the morning we moved to a walk-up room in a small hotel downtown. In our short time there we toured Morro Castle, where we were told of the
torture by Batista's soldiers against the political prisoners that were jailed there. It was chilling. We took a bus out into the countryside one
day. The land was incredibly lush and beautiful, and we saw a c-ckfight-- the real thing, not a tourist attraction.
But the big event was the celebration marking the date of the beginning of the revolution. It seemed as though the entire country had come out to
the center of the city! We were of course kept waiting endlessly, and the electricity in the air became almost unbearable, and then-- Fidel emerged
on a high balcony! The crowd went crazy!! There was music and balloons, and thousands of doves flying above us. We were hugged, kissed, and danced
all over the plaza. And then the speech began and went on... and on....
A little off subject, so back to those wonderful pictures, please.
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Roger, I really enjoy the old Baja pictures... even if posted before! Thank you!!
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Roger- Just figured out which house the photo of Manuel was in. I might have even been there! Pat and I flew down about 2 months ago, had a very
nice time, spent about a week. Caught some green jack, which are fun but not as tasty. May go down again after semana de santos. Vince
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
I have a few more to share. I'm chosing this one first because this friend of my grandpa's was quite the snappy dresser. |
They really knew how to dress up back then. Here's a picture of mom and dad from the thirties. We call it the bonnie and clyde picture. Dad never
really liked to get gussied up and it shows. But the way that leg is crossed - that was a typical of dad.
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How to pic,s
Where can I found the info on how to post pic,s? I have always wanted to post a few but don,t know how
Have some neat pic,s,such as my young daughter riding a live turtle for an example,you know just every day stuff
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http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=23589#pid2147...
Try that thread, baitcast...it has a lot of information for posting pics on Nomads. Good luck.
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