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61. Rogerio Alvarado was married to Josefina, Manuel A. Cobos' older sister. He lived most of the time in Guayaquil.

62. View of Worker's House, Hacienda El Progreso in 1888

63. Paul Bruun was captain of the Manuel J. Cobos for about 18 months before he started trading with the Norge. The island community was dependent on the old schooner to obtain provisions from the continent. Delays and fuel shortages proved fatal for Bruun, her former skipper. When this photo was taken in 1934, the schooner had been re-named San Cristóbal.

64. Manuel J. Cobos poses with Workers, Hacienda El Progreso in 1888

65. When Jens Aschehoug and Per Bang visited Galápagos in 1922, the steam-powered sugar factory was in full operation, but decay had set in.

66. Manuel A. Cobos (4th from left) invites the Floreana party for sight-seeing at the sugar factory. Cobos wears a broad-rimmed hat, riding breeches and a revolver holster across his chest.

67. Manuel J. Cobos poses with Workers, Hacienda El Progreso in 1888

68. Hacienda El Progreso's Bodega at Puerto Chico in 1905

69. The local matazarno tree was excellent for house construction, but trunks of this size are not to be found in Galápagos. Photo is probably of a mainland tree.

70. Local Student Tour Group, El Progreso, 2014

71. Gálapagos Academic Institute of Arts and Sciences and Gálapagos Science Center, Playa Mann, in 2012

72. The Handling of the Hacienda Prisoners in 1905

73. The view looking towards Wreck Bay shows the rails leading to the pier, and what was for a long time the archipelago's only lighthouse. “Johnson from London” lived in the shack next to the light.

74. Left: Manuel A. Cobos and Dagfinn on horseback, Progresso. Right: Karin, Tony, Dagfinn and Manuel Cobos. The photograph was taken in 1933 and was sent to friends Ruth and Alf Ødegård who, at that time, were back in Norway. The picture does not reveal anything about the great finanical crash which had already ruined both Manuel and his brother-in-law, Rogerio Alvarado.

75. WWII Cannon on Cañón Beach, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 2016

76. Hacienda El Progreso, Main Street in 1905

77. Sea Lions on Playa Mann and Cruise Ships in Wreck Bay, 2012

78. Accounting Office and Armchair inside the Hacienda House

79. Bacalao, coffee, sugar, yucca flour, corn and cattle were the most important export products on San Cristóbal. Here, the Manuel J. Cobos is loaded with sacks from the trolleys on the long pier at Wreck Bay.

80. The Government House on Hacienda El Progreso in 1905