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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.
WWII Cannon on Cañón Beach, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 2016
Hacienda El Progreso, Main Street in 1905
Dr. H.F. Peery’s Dead Shot Vermifuge Bottle
Sea Lions on Playa Mann and Cruise Ships in Wreck Bay, 2012
In-situ White Earthenware Plate Fragment with Opaque de Sarreguemines Inscription
Carpintero Midden Profile
Accounting Office and Armchair inside the Hacienda House
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.
The Government House on Hacienda El Progreso in 1905
Locally Harvested Invasive Cedar at the El Progreso Carpentry, 2016
Map of Zone of Special Use (ZUE) in San Cristóbal Island
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.
Stoneware Ink Bottle Embossed Adrien Maurin Paris
Beer Shipment Loaded onto Trucks, Commercial Dock, Wreck Bay
Digital Terrain Model of the Central Mill Area Using LiDAR Returns
The Cemetery at Puerto Chico in 1905
Karin and Manuel Cobos with two-year old Dagfinn, Wreck Bay, 1932.
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.
Open Grazing Land, Santo Tomás, Isabela, 2016