In the beginning - Tenerife Photographs

[canarianchicken]

I have been collecting old photographs and postcards of tenerife for some time now. They are relatively cheap to buy and some are easy to fing over the internet. Here are a couple that some of you may find of interest.


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This old postcard show the Torres del Sol in the forground of Los Cristianos, you can see the beginnings of Las Americas in the background. This postcard is early 70's.


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Even further back in time is this photograph of the Los Gigantes Plaza, where the church now stands. This photograph shows it's early days of construction in 1960


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Unrecognisable now, but this is infact the Avenida de Suecia in 1965. Isn't it amazing how quickly this area was transformed.

[Malteser Monkey]

fantastic that's great !

can't wait to see some more.

there was a website with some of Arona on will try and find it in a bit !

[Harmonicaman]

Here it is (http://expediatenerifeproperty.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/tenerife-old-photos-byegone-age/) MM...

[canarianchicken]

OK ... here are some more ......


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Los Cristianos Beach in 1960

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New construction in 1968 in Los Cristianos

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This is a photo of one of the streets in Santa Cruz around 1920. It looks so much nicer then than it does now.

[Malteser Monkey]

Here it is (http://expediatenerifeproperty.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/tenerife-old-photos-byegone-age/) MM...

Ok you !!! that's not it:raspberry2: but that is a much better one !!!:D:cheeky: thanks

i will find it HM

[canarianchicken]

I have some really nice postcards which I will scan over the next couple of days to share with you. They all range from 1900 ish to about 1935. Santa Cruz just looks such a lovely place in those days. What glares out at you with the old poscards is that both Teide and the Drago tree, Icons that they are, remain ever the same amongst all the change that has gone on around them.

[Zara]

Here's another couple of websites Monkey

http://imagetony.multiply.com/photos/album/37/Los_Cristianos_Tenerife_-_many_old_photos_from_1960s_-_before_tourism_came_to_the_south_of_the_island.

http://bilder.immobiliencanarias.de/

http://www.fotosantiguascanarias.org/buscador/album_pag.php?st=4&A=Tenerife&B=Cualquiera&DECADA=Cualquiera&Submit=Consult&page=1

[MarionEd]

Does anyone know where I could find an old photo of Puerto de Santiago?

[cinnamon]

The fedac (http://www.fotosantiguascanarias.org/fotos.php?cat=001002) page is actually an archive with historical images of tenerife/canaries.:)

[Harmonicaman]

The fedac (http://www.fotosantiguascanarias.org/fotos.php?cat=001002) page is actually an archive with historical images of tenerife/canaries.:)
Here's a crop of one of the pictures in there. Look how immaculately kept the walls and terrace s were in the old days...
http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy13/harmonicaman_photos/Capture-26.png

[bonitatime]

Thhis is the best range of photos I have seen and the FEDAC pàge is great.
I have a selection of old postcards from the turn of the century I will try to find a moment to scan.

[Goldenmaniac]

Does anyone know where I could find an old photo of Puerto de Santiago?The town hall have a book with photos from the Argyo collective (pottery museum) not expensive about 10ish euros as far as I remember

[Sylla]

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This is how the Hotel Taora in Puerto de la Cruz used to look like....

[canarianchicken]

Here are a couple of old postcards .... don't things look different? Click on them for a larger image.

This is the Gran Tinerfe in 1972

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