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Written by Pascual Jimenez Carrasco and presented last night at the Auditorium and Congress Centre "Infanta Elena" in a crowded ceremony presided by the mayor of Eagles.
Numerous foreign aquiline and met last night in the Auditorium and Congress Centre "Infanta Elena" to attend the presentation of the book "Postcards and prints of Eagles (1873-1955)" Pascual Jimenez Carrasco.
The event was attended by various councilors of Eagles and was chaired by the mayor, Bartolomé Hernández Giménez, who was accompanied by: Luis Diaz Martinez, the official historian of the town, Ramon Jimenez Madrid, professor of Spanish literature, John Grima Cervantes , editor of this publication, and the author of the book.
According to Pascual Jimenez "this work is a journey into the past of Eagles, through its history graph, consisting of some 350 images, including postcards and prints of the nineteenth century, spread over 250 pages."
Among the curiosities which includes this book is a spectacular panoramic triptych of the population, conducted in 1890 by Enrique Marin Medical Health Port Eagles.
In addition, a study of the pioneer photographers in the area, such as Carrillo, one of the first to produce postcards and photographic collections.
Its pages bring us closer to Matrán or Jorge Roman, who in 1930 photographed the passage of the Zeppelin aircraft on Eagles in the same way that shows the planning and architectural changes in this period.
During the presentation, the local chief executive praised the work of Pascual Jimenez, who stressed that "to perform amazing part of models of famous monuments of the city, now shows a facet unknown to him, since from the age of thirteen, has been gathering Easter postcards Eagles, acquiring them at fairs or via the Internet. "
According to Bartolome Hernandez, thanks to this book know that Eagles is one of the municipalities with more postcards published in black and white, second only to Murcia and Cartagena.
The main reason is the existence of the commercial port, which allowed ships and steamers docked all along our coast and its occupants seize the opportunity to acquire these images from the same town or from another location on the itinerary, were sent to their relatives in Britain, France, Belgium and Germany, places where most of the snapshots, with very few that remain in our country.
In short, this is a photo album with exceptional quality that will surprise the reader with an interesting and entertaining journey into the past of Eagles.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas
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