That is very cool ID, thanks for sharing.
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| Author: | Irish Drifter [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:22 am ] |
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I do not recall if this has been posted in the past but if it has there are a enough new members who missed it so it is worth bringing back. Costa Rica 65 years ago. http://escazunews.blogspot.com/2012/08/ ... -1947.html |
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| Author: | Thirdworld [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
That is very cool ID, thanks for sharing.
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| Author: | BlueDevil [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
Yes, I've seen that clip before. It's cool to see that a trip to Costa Rica back then was truly an adventure. No over-crowded airlines back in those days... just Pan American Airways... LOL. My granddad left behind an old album of 51 pictures he took of CR between 1910 & 1920. I scanned the old photos about 6 or 7 years ago, and burned a disk for the National Museum in SJ. Granddad's pictures were taken during his time with the United Fruit Company. The pictures represent a trail beginning in Cartago and Volcan Irazu and ending in the southeastern Caribbean (Puerto Viejo de Talamanca and Sixaola on the Panama border). It's interesting to see places where I've been in Costa Rica, and the way they were 100 years ago. Thanks, for the contribution, ID. 
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| Author: | Krico [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
very interesting...i thought it said they had the best roads in the world though... |
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| Author: | Irish Drifter [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:49 pm ] |
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Krico wrote: very interesting...i thought it said they had the best roads in the world though... You have to remember that we are talking about 1947 which was 65 years ago. It is possible that the roads were modern and in good shape but I seriously doubt they were among the best in the world.  Maybe in Central America and perhaps even in Latin America.
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| Author: | Scuba1 [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
Thanks for posting - I have seen it but its a great clip! (You better be careful - Jazz may get mad that you are posting links to things    )
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| Author: | LAdiablo [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:56 pm ] |
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thanks for that. can only imagine what downtown would have been like back then. |
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| Author: | Diablo [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
ID-always nice to see this clip, when things seemed so simple and the one piece bathing suits were so dreadful BDevil- can you remember any interesting stories from your grandfather about CR |
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| Author: | Seawub [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
Found a building in that photo that I took a picture of in July. I will have to make a side by side photo and share the link. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7959663280_6c854713d7_b.jpg Looks like the same place to me, let me know if link does not work |
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| Author: | BlueDevil [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
Diablo wrote: ID-always nice to see this clip, when things seemed so simple and the one piece bathing suits were so dreadful BDevil- can you remember any interesting stories from your grandfather about CR My grandfather died 42 years ago. Time fades the memory, but I do remember him telling me about working in Limon province. He also spent some time with United Fruit in Panama and Nicaragua, but the majority of his time was working the banana plantations on the Caribbean slope and along the coast of CR. My grandfather arrived in CR as a 17 year old lad, and was supposed to work as a fireman on the banana trains. He ended up getting an office job as timekeeper, and later advanced to head bookkeeper, but had to travel between the various camps collecting time records and other reports. He used railroad hand-cars to make his runs between the camps. Apparently, during that era, there were a number of competitors to United Fruit. I remember my grandfather telling me about how the competitors would string piano wire across railroad tracks, and a number of workers who used the hand-cars would lose their heads. There were armed attacks as well, so my granddad said he was always armed with a pistol and machete when out in the field. I also remember his stories about snakes falling out of jungle canopies and banana trees, and killing unsuspecting workers . (It's always the gory stuff you remember as a K*D.  ) I never heard any monger stories, though... he probably thought I was not old enough to hear about them... . I remember him telling me about coming down with malaria in Limon Province, and being sent to San Jose for hospitalization. That is where he met my grandmother, a tica, who was born in Barrio Escalante (three blocks up from the Santa Theresa church on Calle 23 and a 10 - 15 minute walk from SL). My tico cousins pointed out the house, where she, and the 7 other siblings were born, after I started coming to CR. I later found out from my tica cousin that my grandmother's dad was from a prominent SJ family and her mom came from a political family in Turrialba. My grandfather eventually returned to the States with his tica bride after spending nearly a dozen years in Central America. They eventually conceived my dad who was born in NYC. My grandmother died in NYC shortly after my dad was born, and my grandfather quickly remarried... to an American. For this reason, my dad knows little about his tico side. On the other hand, his 91-year old tica cousin is a wealth of knowledge about our tico family. Her mind is still like a steel trap, so I don't hesitate to pick it occasionally. When I'm in San Jose, I often wonder if my grandfather entered the old buildings and parks that are still around from 100 years ago. I have an old picture of my grandmother, standing in a fountain that appears to be in an area in front of Casa Amarilla. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to make out the background detail. When I travel to Limon and south, I see many old railroad bridges and trestles that were built for the banana trains in the early 1900s. I know my granddad must have used them on a daily basis a century ago. I have no other Grandpa BlueDevil stories that I can recall. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Costa Rica... and of course, the ticas.
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| Author: | LAdiablo [ Sun Sep 09, 2012 1:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
great stories BD. snakes falling out of canopies AHHH
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| Author: | Diablo [ Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Costa Rica 1947 |
Excellent BD, CR must be a very special place for you with this past This is the reason that I like this site, not the pettiness that seems to exist way too much of here |
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