Photo Cluster USNA1-3.1. The
Matagalpa-Jinotega road.
Above:
First photo caption:
"Jinotega-Matagalpa road ½ mile west
of Matagalpa." Second photo
caption: "Matagalpa-Jinotega
road looking North." Third
photo caption:
"Jinotega-Matagalpa road approaching
Jinotega." Probably to promote
investment in its improvement, the
Marines took pains to photograph the
rough, rocky road between Matagalpa
and Jinotega.
Caption of last photo reads:
"Matagalpa-Jinotega road, looking
Southwest, 20 miles from Matagalpa.
The road can be seen in lower left
hand part of picture represented by
the faint white line."
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Photo Cluster USNA1-3.2. Coyol-Hill and the
Matagalpa-Jinotega road.
On rear: "Approach to
Coyol-Hill looking west, showing
stone revetment."
On rear: "14 miles from
Matagalpa looking South. There is no
dirt on this road, it being of bed
rock."
On rear: "Condition of road
approaching Jinotega, on
Matagalpa-Jinotega Road."
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Photo USNA1-3.4. Jinotega plaza.
On rear: "Jinotega -
Nicaragua, Plaza along main street
showing wall of stone and mortar."
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Photo USNA1-3.5. Jinotega plaza with
children.
On rear: "Jinotega -
Nicaragua. Plaza. Hills in
background are to West of town,
Terrain on all sides of town except
to Northwest is of this same
character."
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Photo USNA1-3.6. Jinotega landing
field
with bullcart and laborer.
On rear: "Bull-cart or Ox-cart
or Bullee-cart which is hauling dirt
to fill up holes in the landing
field. Maybe the mud shows,
for it is everywhere." Also
labeled "Landing Field at Jinotega."
No date, ca. 1929.
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Photo Cluster USNA1-3.7. Bridge on León
road.
Identified as "bridge on León road."
Where? On the way to
Somotillo? Another
illustration of the country's
rudimentary transport
infrastructure, one the Marines and
Guardia wanted to and did improve.
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Photo USNA1-3.8. Residential
street near Corinto along
the coast.
Labeled "residential street" in the
photo album, with an inscription
(lower left) that seems to read
"Calle de Corinto," which might have
been a posh residential zone on the
outskirts of Corinto along the
beachfront; several other photos in
the collection (which are not
included here) show what look like
vacation homes near the Pacific
Coast, perhaps where Marine officers
went on R&R.
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Photo USNA1-3.9. National Palace,
Managua.
Caption reads: "Palacio
Nacional where Congress met."
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Photo USNA1-3.10. Fuertecito on the Río
San Juan.
Caption reads: "El Fuertecito (small
fort), name furnished by Carlos
Bravo Secretary of General Moncada.
Built by Spaniards in 1523 according
to Bravo. This picture shows
only the walls, all that remains of
the fort. From them the
present long dock for the S.S.
Victoria extends (built by Pusey
about 1872) and brought into lake
via San Juan River before earthquake
shallowed river. Officers in
this picture are Captain H. M. H.
Fleming, Captain Edward C. Burwell
(in command of Guardia Nacional
here), Captain Robert Kilmaryin and
Major 'E'."
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Photo USNA1-3.11. Iglesia Vera Cruz Ruins,
Río San Juan.
Caption reads: "Ruins de la Iglesia
de Vera Cruz. Very old ruins of an
ancient church. It was destroyed
during a war between Salvador and
Nicaragua in 1844. The trees that
are noted growing out of the runs
walls are called Matapalo by the
Natives." José Mejía
Lacayo offers the following
correction to this caption: "Morel
de Santa Cruz listed the churches in
Managua in 1751: «Las iglesias
de Veracruz, San Miguel, San Mateo y
San Sebastián, hállanse repartidas
por el pueblo y son de la misma
fábrica que la parroquial».
José María Valle (aka Chelón) and
Bernabé Somoza laid siege and took
Managua in 1845, as part of
Malespín's war or 1844 war."
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Photo USNA1-3.12. Granada street
scene.
Caption reads: "18-1.
Practically the same as 17-12.
2 Officers in picture. (Granada
scene)." Coding system
unknown.
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Photo USNA1-3.13. Marines
posing at Granada monument.
Caption reads: "Monument at
Granada with Marines sitting in
front of it. On the monument
are the words: 'Granada a las
Glorias de 1821'. Also 'Honor
a los Heroes de 1821'. 4
Marines are shown also."
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Photo USNA1-3.14. Chinandega's
destruction, February 1927.
No caption. Probably
Chinandega after the battle of
February 1927 at the height of the
Civil War.
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Photo Cluster USNA1-3.15. Managua
earthquake of March 31, 1931.
"Managua from the Cathedral, March
31, 1931".
No caption (1931 Managua
earthquake).
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