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101. Lower Elevation Coastal Vegetation San Cristóbal 2014

102. El Rondel Traffic Circle Entrance to El Progreso, in 2012

103. Monetary Note and Coins Issued by Hacienda El Progreso in 1905

104. When Albemarle sailed back to Panamá, Harry Randall moved in with Manuel A. Cobos. Nearly every day he went riding with his host.

105. The Wreck Bay pier in 1938

106. Shell Buttons

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

108. Lined and Banded Earthenware Fragments

109. View Southwest from El Junco 2016

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

111. Fragments of a colorless glass demijohn

112. 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.

113. Concentrations of arboreal vs grass phytoliths and DP ratio signals

114. A selection of alcohol bottle finishes

115. Medicine Jar from the Mill Area

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

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

118. Shell Button

119. Fancy Button

120. 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.

121. Highland Vegetation on San Cristóbal 2014

122. Colorless condiment bottle and a fragment of a tumbler

123. View North from El Junco 2016

124. Doll’s head, legs and arm

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

126. Barluet & Cie./Creil & Montereau White Earthenware Fragment

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

128. 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.

129. Local Student Tour Group, El Progreso, 2014

130. White Earthenware Plate Fragment with Gien Inscription

131. White Earthenware Plate Fragment with Johnson Brothers Inscription

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

133. Map of Land Use in the Zone of Special Use (ZUE) in San Cristóbal Island

134. The Handling of the Hacienda Prisoners in 1905

135. 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.

136. 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.

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

138. Hacienda El Progreso, Main Street in 1905

139. Dr. H.F. Peery’s Dead Shot Vermifuge Bottle

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

141. In-situ White Earthenware Plate Fragment with Opaque de Sarreguemines Inscription

142. Carpintero Midden Profile

143. Accounting Office and Armchair inside the Hacienda House

144. 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.

145. The Government House on Hacienda El Progreso in 1905

146. Locally Harvested Invasive Cedar at the El Progreso Carpentry, 2016

147. Map of Zone of Special Use (ZUE) in San Cristóbal Island

148. Great class distinction, racial prejudice, language problems and religious barriers made communication between Norwegians and local residents difficult in San Cristóbal. Upon their arrival in Galápagos, the Norwegian colonists were quite unprepared for these problems.

149. Stoneware Ink Bottle Embossed Adrien Maurin Paris

150. Beer Shipment Loaded onto Trucks, Commercial Dock, Wreck Bay

151. Digital Terrain Model of the Central Mill Area Using LiDAR Returns

152. The Cemetery at Puerto Chico in 1905

153. Karin and Manuel Cobos with two-year old Dagfinn, Wreck Bay, 1932.

154. The romantic Karin revealed herself also as a woman with great willpower. In 1945 she was overwhelmed with marital problems, obligations as a mother of six, and financial difficulties. She and Manuel separated. With the help of the children and their father, she established her own cattle ranch. In 1952 she moved into the first “Pampa Mia” near Progreso.

155. A Glass Shoulder Seal Marked “RICHARD & MULLER/NEUFCHATEL”

156. Gravel Quarry, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, in 2012

157. Earthen Canal Connected to Large Water Cistern 2017

158. Inkwell Recovered from the Carpintero Midden

159. The Hacienda Sugar Mill in 1905

160. Dutch Oven or Fire Box and Boiler 2017

161. HRT Fire Tube Boiler 2017

162. 1983 was an extremely wet El Niño year, and two years later Galápagos experienced one of the worst droughts in memory. But Snefrid (82) and Karin (77) on “Pampa Mia” hold their own for they know that the pendulum will soon swing back to normal.

163. Digital Terrain Model of the Central Mill with Cross Section Panels Using LiDAR Returns

164. Glass Bottle Necks

165. Feral Goats above Hacienda La Tranquila, La Soledad, San Cristóbal, in 2014

166. The Peons Quarters 1919 Repeat Photo (8) 2015

167. Gun Cartridge Shells

168. No information 1905 Repeat Photo (7) 2015

169. Water Cisterns

170. Cane Press, Spur Wheels and Pinions as Decoration 2015

171. A Possible Comb Fragment