History Hub
Welcome to the History Hub at the San Diego History Center!
We’ve created the History Hub to keep you up to date on the San Diego History Center and our locations in historic Balboa Park and the Junipero Serra Museum in Presidio Park.
This is the place to find the latest information on our exhibitions, public and educational programming and interactive events.
This is the place where you can find our news releases, TV appearances, newspaper and magazine stories. When we make the News, you’ll find it here!
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Three b/w photographic prints of a view of fishermen’s boats and houses on the shore of Juanitzio Island in Lake Patzcuaro.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-855/ 88:17050-855/ JANITZIO ISLAND/ LAKE PATZCUARO/ MICHOACAN/ PUREPECHA INDIANS/ DEC. 1945/ Fishermen’s boats and huts/ on Isla of Janitzio, Lake/ Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico/ 12/12/45/ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
Image 2: [Same as Image1]
Image 3: OP 14961-855/ 88:17050-855/ JANITZIO ISLAND/ LAKE PATZCUARO/ MICHOACAN/ PUREPECHA INDIANS/ DEC.
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of a view of fishermen’s nets hung from poles and drying on the shore of Juanitzio Island in Lake Patzcuaro.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-856/ 88:17050-856/ JANITZIO ISLAND/ LAKE PATZCURO/ MICHOACAN/ DEC. 1945/ Fishermen’s nets drying./ Isla de Janitzio, LAKE/ PATCAUARO, MICHOACAN/ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
Image 2: OP 14961-856/ 88:17050-856/ JANITZIO ISLAND/ LAKE PATZCURO/ MICHOACAN/ DEC. 1945/ Fish nets drying – Isld of Janitzio/ Lake/ Dec 11 1945/ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Three b/w photographic prints of overturned railroad coaches on a narrow gauge railway in Tomellin canyon between Oaxaca and Mexico City. A man crouches in the foreground. Davis was pulled through one of the windows of the train.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-857/ 88:17050-857/ OAXACA/ OAXACA/ Train wreck near Oaxaca/ Dec 22 1945/ I was hauled out through one of/ these windows./ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
Image 2: OP 14961-857/ 88:17050-857/ OAXACA/ OAXACA/ Overturned coaches on narrow/ gauge RR in cañon bet.
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of overturned railroad coaches on a narrow gauge railway in Tomellin canyon between Oaxaca and Mexico City. Davis was pulled through one of the windows of the train. A few people sit atop the overturned coaches. Another group of people are on the rise beside the track.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-857/ 88:17050-857/ OAXACA/ OAXACA/ Train wreck near Oaxaca/ Dec 22 1945/ I was hauled out through one of/ these windows./ [Stamped:] ED. H.
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of a Mexican man and young soldier posing near train tracks between Oaxaca and Mexico City. The young solider helped to pull Davis from a train wreck (see OP 14961-857 through 860). It took nine hours for a relief train to arrive after the train wreck.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-859/ 88:17050-859/ OAXACA/ OAXACA/ Boy soldier +/ Mexican from train/ wreck Dec 22 1945/ Soldier boy helped/ me. IT TOOK 9 HOURS/ FOR RELIEF TRAIN TO ARRIVE/ [Stamped:] ED. H.
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