This photograph was taken by Ralph Stock (1921) The Cruise of the Dream Ship. 1st ed. London: William Heinemann, top plate opposite P.85. Labelled "Mounted, reading from left to right: Commisario, Owner, and Accountant of__" it shows Manuel A. Cobos, the deputy and accountant at Hacienda El Progreso, in 1919.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso;
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands);
In 2016, the project rented the town bus to take the village school children on a field trip to Laguna El Junco. We were lucky, as the day was marked by spectacular weather. El Junco is often draped in clouds and mist.
Subjects:
Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
Subjects Facet:
Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Schools; Community Archaeology
This photograph was taken during the visit of the Albatross in 1888 and provides a aview of the worker's quarters directly to the east-northeast of the hacienda house. In the distance can be seen open pastures leading up to Cerro San Joaquin to the right. The plate is used in Repeat Photo #4.
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
Creator:
Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:
Dr.Peter W. Stahl
Date:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
Date searchable:
1888
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:
National Archives, LICON. 22-FF. Series FFA. Records of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Cyanotypes: Cruises of the Albatross, Fish Hatcheries, and Marine Specimens, 1879-1922. Album 1: 1-117; Album 2: 267-386; Album 3: 118-266. Box 1 of 15.
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)
This is an interior plan of the government 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. the window through which Leonardo Reina jumped; 3. the window through which Fuentes jumped; and 4. where Sr. Reina was assassinated.
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)
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 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.