Old Dominican Republic

[PICHARDO]

Parque Col?n and Palacio Consistorial, zona colonial, circa 1936

Puente Ozama 1930 after San Zenon

Puerto Plata circa 1919

San Pedro de Macor?s circa 1919

Santiago de los Caballeros circa 1926

Santo Domingo streets getting paved during General Horacio V?squez government circa 1928

 

[justdoit]

Very interesting! Thanks Pichardo...

 

[LaLouve]

Beautiful pictures, Pichardo! Keep them coming and thanks for sharing.

 

[PICHARDO]

The U.S.M.C. force use the colonial zone as their base in 1922

And port facilities...

 

[PICHARDO]

 

[La Rubia]

Incredible Pictures

Wow, thanks for posting these.

Just wondering if they come from the National Archives? There was a DR1 story about changes to the archives in the last couple of days and it seems like that could be the source.

If these are from family/personal photos, you have a national treasure trove for sure.

 

[dulce]

Thanks for shaing the fotos Pichardo.

 

[lbandolero]

Wonderful Thank You

 

[CaptnGlenn]

I LOVE archival photos. Back when I worked in the photo dept. of a major university; I was often assigned to print photos from the negatives in the archives. Some very cool stuff, and a lot of the images here reminded me of that. Thanks Pichardo!

 

[AlterEgo]

Loved seeing these old photos, especially the Aqua Luz in SD, spent a few New Years Eves there dancing the night away back in the late 70s. Once we had kids we stayed at home with the family in SD, eating instead of dancing.

Good memories.

AE

 

[cobraboy]

Best thread ever.

 

[bigwhiskey]

Great photo's

 

[Taino808]

Three thumbs up. !!!

 

[PICHARDO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz6E07VniQw

 

[Bronxboy]

Best thread ever.

I also agree.

I think being single is a good thing for Pichardo.

 

[PICHARDO]

Santiago during Trujillo


Rafael Leonidas Trujillo en Santiago de los Caballeros - YouTube

 

[AlterEgo]

Santo Domingo 1931 - One year after Hurricane "San Zenon" - YouTube

One of my mother-in-law's brothers died in Santo Domingo in that Hurricane when he was 24. The rain had stopped, he went outside, and a flying sheet of metal [probably off someone's roof] hit him in the head and he died of the wound during surgery.

Seeing the photos is amazing.

AE

 

[PICHARDO]

Amphitheater of the RDTV Dominicana

Santo Domingo circa 1930 before San Zenon struck the city.

How the Ceiba of Colon got from as it was as to it's own demise

Ave. Del Benefactor Ciudad Trujillo

Rio Haina Sugar Mill (Central Rio Haina) circa 1950. Largest operating sugar Mill in the world at the time.

Hotel Jaragua, circa 1952

Avenida Maximo Gomez, circa 1950.

Ciudad Trujillo circa 1959

Santo Domingo (former Ciudad Trujillo) circa 1980's

Escuadron de Caza - Bombardero Ramfis

Caribbean Motors pavillion

Compa?ia Frutos Dominicanos circa 1959, in charge of school's breakfasts by order of Trujillo

Feria Ganadera circa 1959

The Partido Dominicano building in Ciudad Trujillo today Ministry of Arts and Culture circa 1959

Republica de Argentina School built by Trujillo circa 1959.

During Trujillo, the today Ministry of Education had to provide real data of how many schools, students in both elementary, mid and high school there was at any given day of the week compared to how he founded it in 1930. This data was plastered in the entry wall of the Ministry. He was used to make unannounced spot visits and expected the data to be up to that day's of his entrance to his eyes.

Estadio Trujillo circa 1959

Banco de Credito Agricola circa 1945

Hospital de Maternidad Julia Molina, Today Hopital Nuestra Se?ora de la Altragracia built by Trujillo circa 1959

The Mental Hopital Dr. Marto known lately as the 28, built by Trujillo circa 1959

Palacio de Justicia circa 1959

 

[AlterEgo]

Ciudad Trujillo circa 1959

My husband and I just looked through all these old photos together, he loved them too. This one stopped us both in our tracks - no Ave. Winston Churchill, only the lower Jimenez Moya section. Only the Embajador Hotel in the middle of nothing.

All the land in this photo near the malecon, where La Feria is today, belonged to his grandparents, it was the Martinez-Gonzalez farm, which stretched from what is today Ave. Lincoln to the Coca Cola factory, malecon to Independencia. He was born there in their home, before Trujillo "bought" the land from them.

I wish there was an older photo that showed the area before Trujillo transformed it.

AE

 

[PICHARDO]

Palacio de Gobierno (Gov. Palace) circa 1911

Ozama river circa 1911

Ozama river, port and command post office circa 1911

SD Commerce Street circa 1911

Ave Independencia circa 1911

Cathedral of SD circa 1912

Calle Colon circa 1910

Calle Arzobispo Merino circa 1910

SD city panoramic from the east to west of colonial zone circa 1910

Colonial Zone slope street by Puerta de San Diego circa 1910

Ozama circa 1912