Hacienda El Progreso issued its own currency. Workers could be paid in local bills and coins or wages could be kept in ledgers. This example, published in Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon (Bognoly and Epinoza 1905:100) is of a registered one sucre note signed by Manuel J. Cobos. The introduction of national coinage and tokens specific to particular businesses was one aspect of mid-19th century modernization.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Bognoly, J. and Espinosa J. (1905) Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon. Comercio:Guayaqil, p.100
A complete Holloway Gout ointment jar was recovered by the town carpenter from the midden on his property. Thomas Holloway was a patent medicine tycoon from London, and similar Holloway ointment pots have been recovered from late nineteenth century contexts in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Pottery; Medicine
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig. 5.8
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
This photograph of Hacienda El Progreso was taken in 1888 during a scientific visit by the "Albatross." It shows worker's houses and gardens on the north side of the village to the east of the hacienda house. In the background can be seen the cleared landscape with fenced pasturage.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
National Archives and Records Administration Albatross Expedition NARA-22-FA-88
The Norwegian ferro-concrete ship "Albermarle" left Oslo on September 2, 1926 with 78 settlers bound for Galápagos. The colonisation scheme was organized by Harry Randall (originally Petersen). Orginially planning to colonize Floreana, they eventually negotiated with Rogerio Alvarado and Manuel A. Cobos to settle on San Cristóbal.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo by Robert Ødegård in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son; 1927 Campo Noruego;
Taken by Alexander Agassiz in 1891, this view of Puerto Chico is one of the few images of the warehouse area in existence. Behind the tress to the left can be seen the jetty into Wreck Bay, and an awaiting schooner. The barrels in front show articles of conveyance for export and import. The warehouse and lighthouse are located to the right.
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Stores-Retail; Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (Galapagos Islands)
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Stores-Retail; Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (Galapagos Islands)
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1891
Date searchable:
1891
Date searchable:
1891
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Agassiz, A. (1892-1893) Reports on the Dredging Operations off the West Coast of Central America to the Galapagos, etc. by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" Bull Mus Comp Zool 23: 1-90 Plate XV; also NARA 22-FA-91
This image was taken inside the park directly to the south of the higher elevation ZUE in which El Progreso is located. This Arid Zone is dominated by deciduous plants, including Prickly Pear , Candelabra, Lava cacti, shrubs, herbs, and smaller trees like Palo Santo .
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Landscapes
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2014
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-06
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
IMGP2602
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
The main entrance into El Progreso from the coast is found at El Rondel, which is decorated with wheels, pinion gears, and crusher from Hacienda El Progreso. The high road to the left runs by the hacienda house. The middle road passes by the midden, directly to the left, and the lower road bypasses most of the town as it continues further into the highlands.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Housing; Transportation
This photograph from the Historic Archive of Guayas shows workers harvesting cane. Although the image is dated to between 1900 and 1909, it must have been taken after 1904, and as ownership is attributed to Rogerio Alvarado, it may have been taken in 1909 after he had assumed control.
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories; Sugarcane Products; Agricultural lands
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Sugar Factories; Sugarcane Products; Agricultural lands
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1900-1909
Date searchable:
1900-1909
Date searchable:
1900-1909
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Archivo Histórico del Guayas http://fotografiapatrimonial.gob.ec/web/es/galeria/element/1223;
Hacienda El Progreso issued its own currency. Workers could be paid in local bills and coins or wages could be kept in ledgers. The coins, published in Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon (Bognoly and Epinoza 1905:101) were made of vulcanite on the mainland, in Chanduy, by Anacarsis Medina, an old business contact of Cobos.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Date searchable:
1905
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Bognoly, J. and Espinosa J. (1905) Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon. Comercio:Guayaqil, p.101
Harry Randall (originally Petersen) organized the largest colonisation scheme of Norwegians in Galápagos. Eventually negotiating with Rogerio Alvarado and Manuel A. Cobos to settle on San Cristóbal, Randall discovered that neither held any legal claim to lands or cattle. Nevertheless, the scourge of red ants and pigs devastated their temperate crops, and by 1930 few of the Norwegian settlers remained; a few relocated to Santa Cruz.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo courtesy Sylvia Randall in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos, Oslo: Grodahl & Son; 1927 Campo Noruego;
This image was taken during the 1938 visit by the "Valero III" of the Allen Hancock Scientific Expedition. "Wreck Bay is served by an old wooden pier surmounted by a narrow gauge steam railway in the heyday of Rancho El Progreso. Wooden pilings and rough hewn planks [Matazarno] used in its construction are remarkable for their hardines and seeming imperviousness to the ravages of time (Meredith 1939:203)".
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1938
Date searchable:
1938
Date searchable:
1938
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands); Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands); Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Meredith, D.W. 1939. Voyages of the Valero III, 2nd ed.Book Haven Press, LA p.203; Allen Hancock Scientific Expedition.
This photograph was taken during the visit of the Valero III by the Alan Hancock Pacific Expedition, possibly in 1935. The vegetation in the image suggests that it was taken in the lowlands; however, it is interesting to see the condition of the road leading to the hacienda during the 1930s.
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Landscapes; Transportation
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Landscapes; Transportation
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1935
Date searchable:
1935
Date searchable:
1935
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
CC. McLean Fraser (1943) General Account of the Scientific Work of the Velero III in the Eastern Pacific, 1931-1941. Part II Geographic and Biological Associations. Allen Hancock Pacific Expeditions 1(2). University of Southern California Publications, Los Angeles. USC Libraries. Allen Hancock Foundation Collection. California Academy of Sciences.
This is an interior plan of the hacienda house in the village, which appeared in an article about the assassination written by E. Alfonso Webster for the Guayaquil newspaper El Telégrafo. It indicates: 1. stairway; 2. location of the chair in which Manuel J. Cobos was seated; 3. his office; 4. bedroom; 5. the window through which he jumped; 6 the location from which the assassin Puertas shot him.
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Housing; Assassination
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Housing; Assassination
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1904
Date searchable:
1904
Date searchable:
1904
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
El Telegrafo 1904 Los Crimenes de Galapagos, Asesinato de Cobos y Reina; (Webster 1904:152)
At the time of her father’s death Josefina Cobos was living in Guayaquil and married to Rogerio Alvarado who assumed control of El Progreso in 1909. He, immediately announced ambitious plans to colonize other islands, introduced his own currency, and laid claim to the entire island, as the hacienda was being encroached upon by ex-peons and colonists. Alvarado’s business dealings quickly placed El Progreso into debt with mainland banks and Guayaquil businessman Lorenzo Tous.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands);
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Date searchable:
1927
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
Photo by Robert Ødegård in Hoff, S. (1985) Drommen om Galapagos. Oslo: Grodahl & Son;
Refined white earthenwares (REW) from Hacienda El Progreso were dominated by industrial lined and banded decoration. Sherds with banded decoration were the most common of RWE decorations. This emphasis on banded decoration is typical of the latest styles in Latin American tastes after 1880.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Pottery; Ceramics
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig. 5.6
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
This image was taken from El Junco, view Southwest. A higher elevation Fern-Sedge or Pampa Zone, begins above 500 masl. Above 400 masl is the Miconia Zone, once dominated by Miconia shrub but severly reduced through animal grazing and exotic introductions.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Mountains; Landscapes
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2016
Date searchable:
2016
Date searchable:
2016-07-24
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
IMGP3166
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
This photograph of Hacienda El Progreso was taken in 1888 during a scientific visit by the "Albatross." It shows a worker's house in the village to the east of the hacienda house. In the background can be seen the cleared landscape with fenced pasturage.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes; Housing
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Format:
image
Rights:
Copyright
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:
2019
Commentary:
National Archives and Records Administration Albatross Expedition NARA-22-FA-91
We recovered fragments of at least one demijohn, a high-capacity bottle with a wide mouth was used to transport wine for decanting into smaller bottles. It suggests that South American elites were used to the idea of purchasing wine in demijohns, which were usually shipped in a woven basketry cover and/or straw packing and a wooden crate.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:
San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador; Glassware; Wine bottles
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Date searchable:
2019
Genre:
Digital image
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
image
Identifier:
Fig.5.4
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
This photograph from the library files of El Progreso is attributed to 1947. It shows a smaller village forming a plaza dominated by the church which is under construction in the location where it exists today. The view is west to east and shows some increased vegetation in the surrounding landscape. This image was used in Repeat Photo #5.
Abstract:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Villages; Landscapes
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1947
Date searchable:
1947
Date searchable:
1947
Genre:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Genre Facet:
Photographic Print; Digital image
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Location(s):
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Location(s) Facet:
El Progreso (Galapagos Islands)
Commentary:
1947 Digital Files of the Bibliotéca El Progreso. Edy Bismark Becerra Hernández