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Baja in 1899
Came across a great historical Baja book, free for viewing, on Google books. Beautiful photos, maps, and text in English and Spanish.
"El territorio de la Baja California, Mexico : su agricultura, comercio, mineria e industrias, en Ingles y Espanol."
"The territory of Baja California, Mexico : its agriculture, commerce, mining and industries, in English and Spanish."
by John R Southworth
Published 1899
Click below for the link to Google books. You can save it to your hard-drive and read it at your leisure.
Baja 1899
Here's an example of one of the lovely photos--the women of Baja in 1899:
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And one more . . . boating on the Mulege river.
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Caption reads simply, "Group of Indians."
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Sounds interesting.
[Edited on 10-20-2014 by Mexitron]
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The book looks very interesting. Would you please explain how one can read this book on or off line. I clicked everything including buy it but nada.
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Hi--I'm sorry it's not coming up for you.
On my computer, I can read the book right from the screen (from the link I posted). There's also a red "READ EBOOK" button on the left side. When I
hover the mouse over it, without clicking, there is a "download .pdf" option. That saves the file to my computer, so I can read it offline.
Does this "reader" link work for you?
reader link
If these don't work, it may be because you're not a registered google user. I believe you have to have a google account to read google e-books.
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Nope....no red button to read.
Although I did find this book I could buy..........
Codigo Civil Del Distrito Federal Y Territorio De La Baja-California
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I think these photos predate even DK's collection?
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Awesome find!!! 
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greengoes--
I think a google account might be the issue. If you want to sign up, use this link. Then it should give you access to all the Baja book resources.
google account
The book you found is a listing of different laws/statutes of the era (in Spanish).
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| Quote: | Originally posted by güéribo
greengoes--
I think a google account might be the issue. If you want to sign up, use this link. Then it should give you access to all the Baja book resources.
google account
The book you found is a listing of different laws/statutes of the era (in Spanish). |
Signed in with google account, no book for me.
fireballs warned me about links. Have you met him yet?
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Greengoes, wasn't that you and your cat on the boat in the Mulege river? I thought you posted that picture from your family album "Katz Enterprises
Mulege Company Picnic".
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The book looks very interesting. Would you please explain how one can read this book on or off line. I clicked everything including buy it but nada.
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Greengoes, wasn't that you and your cat on the boat in the Mulege river? |
hahaha hi doc, what's shaking? If that was mi gato down there he would be a mudcat which some say is a distant relative to a mudkipz.
The interesting thing about those images is they are no where on the Intertubes.
Whoever jerbo is the pictures he is posting are very unique.
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That's wonderful. I can't open the book either, but I am thrilled to see the picture of the boat on Rio Mulege. In the photo archive of San Ignacio
we have another shot taken that same day, of the boat pulled up to the shore. I knew it was Mulege because of the elegant clothing of the people, but
did not have the date. Were there any more pictures of Mulege or San Ignacio?
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Hi, Juanita. Let me check. I'll try to post the best of the photos here. Stay tuned.
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Here are three more . . .
Todos Santos
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Thank you! What fun they had in the old days!
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Really cool look back, thank u
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Hi, Juanita.
Have you read the article, "The Vanished Tribes of Lower California" by Edward H. Davis? It's on the San Diego History site:
Vanished Tribes article
It has some San Ignacio photos that might interest you.
From the article:
Edward H. Davis (1862-1951) traveled west from New York for health reasons in 1885. He was a surveyor in San Diego County and eventually settled in
Mesa Grande, becoming a rancher, lodge owner, skilled illustrator, and photographer. He became good friends with his Indian neighbors and promoted
their pottery making and basket weaving. Concerned about the declining Indian population, Davis began documenting their culture.
He wrote the diary published herein in March to May 1926 and illustrated it with photographs, all of which are in the Davis collection at the San
Diego History Center.
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Great stuff güéribo!
The photo on page 256 of the Vanished Tribes article is not "Mission San Pablo" as the 1926 caption states, but is actually the Mission Santa
Gertrudis visita ruins of San Pablo... located east of Vizcaino in the San Pablo canyon. The adobe ruins are little changed when compared to recent
photos, thanks to the lack of roads and dry climate. They resemble Mission Santa María so much, many early Baja authors thought they found a lost
mission and called it 'Dolores del Norte' (which INAH still does)!
Keep sharing your history discoveries! BRAVO!!
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