Genre: photographic print / Location(s): galapagos island and el progreso (galapagos islands) / Format: image - Humans, History and Ecology in Galápagos - Digital Exhibits Search Results

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

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.

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

Hacienda El Progreso's Bodega at Puerto Chico in 1905

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.

The Handling of the Hacienda Prisoners in 1905

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.

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.

Hacienda El Progreso, Main Street in 1905

Accounting Office and Armchair inside the Hacienda House

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