Hi Paulo, I would love to see these pictures of Funchal. Can you try and flip them to me. Thanks eusebio da silva corriea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paulo Gomes Jardim" <darwin@spamcop.net> To: <PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:26 PM Subject: [PRT-MADEIRA] Old Funchal Pictures > Hi, > > Today my sister forwarded me a set of old pictures (daguerreotipes) from > Funchal, most of them from the XIX century, which may interest you as they > depict the city as it was at the time the madeira exiles left for the New > World. > > They include: > > 1. Funchal West (Stª Catarina) and the old port. The "pontinha" still > doesn't exist here. > 2. The old seaside boulevard, as viewed from Stª Catarina, including the > "Pilar de Banger" and the old beach. > 3. Funchal West, beach side, as viewed from the "cais". > 4. Largo de S. Tiago and begining of Stª Maria street, where it is today > the "Barreirinha beach" entrance. We can view Funchal city and the port in > the behind. > 5. Campo da Barca, during a celebration. We can see some public > transportation, perhaps the "American cars". > 6. The arrival of sugar canes to the old Hinton sugar mill, on what it is > today 31 Janeiro street. > 7. Pico's castle and St John. > 8. Another sugar cane delivery picture, this time at Largo do Torreão. > 9. Old city entrance. To the left there is St. Lawrence palace, the > governor housing and main city fort, and to the right we can see the old > Golden Gate cafe (which had another name, Kit Kat's or something, at the > time) > 10. St. Lawrence Palace and the Queen's Square, as seen from the East. > 11. The Largo do Colégio with the Jesuit church. The palace on the extreme > right has been demolished since then, and that's where the Justice Palace > is now located. > 12. Largo do Colégio on the late 30's, early 40's of 20th century. > 13. Largo do Chafariz as it was on the 19th century. On the street we can > see the trails of the "American car". > > I can forward then to anyone interested, but be aware that they are about > 2.5 megabytes on size. > In case you are interested just ask me to my personal mail (the one I'm > using to post this message). > > Paulo > > > -- > " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- > Horacio > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >