Several days ago, Susan McGlynn of the Insider’s Guide to Oaxaca posted this photo on the Insider’s Facebook page, with the question, “Oaxaca in the 1940s or maybe 50s?. DO YOU KNOW WHICH CORNER OF OAXACA THIS IS???”
The architecture looked very familiar and then there were those trees in the distance… I was pretty sure I knew which corner this was, so off the camera and I went.
It’s looking north on Flores Magón at the intersection of Las Casas. That’s the Government Palace in front of the trees of the zócalo at the end of the street. Outside the shot and to the left of the cars in the foreground is Mercado Benito Juárez. Perhaps all is a little clearer in color…
That cinnamon colored building in the foreground is the Trebol Hotel and the single-story white building next to the Government Palace is La Lagunilla, which must have been in business when the original photograph was taken, as the sign says it was founded in 1921.
This was fun!
Great fun, indeed. Thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome!
Thanks for this, Shannon, it’s wonderful that you went to that corner and took another pic! How funny that you should say that about La Lagunilla because last night i was in traffic on 20 Nov. and stuck in front of La Lagunilla de MODA, and it said FOUNDED IN 1921, and since I know the owner (owner of MAKEDONA store AND EL GRIEGO RESTAURANT) i know how old he is and when he came to Oax. from Greece so i wondered….. i guess he bought the store from someone who founded it in 1921. LOVE OAXACAN HISTORY!!! I love your blog, Shannon!
Thanks for the La Lagunilla history lesson. I’ll bet they didn’t sell Oggi jeans back then!
thanks for the link to “insiders guide to Oaxaca” and her facebook page!!!! so much info!
Yes, a terrific find. Yesterday met, for the first time, Insiders Guide creator and guiding force, Susan McGlynn.