In 2013, a great-greater little girl of Louis Cordelle, Myriam Cordelle, travelled to Argentina and on a documenthe photos taken a century ago by his elder and photos of the same places in 2013.
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Hélène and Jean aboard the "Atlantic", 30-5-1907, passage of the Tropic of Cancer
family portrait, circa 1907
John around 1907
Suzanne circa 1907
At Flores around 1907
(1907-1910)
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In 1907, Louis, Helen and their two children left Buenos AiresLouis began to make photographs of Verascope, from 1907 to 1939, almost 1200 of them all preserved with negatives, positives and projection devices.
See in particular for the trip to Argentina:
Port of call in Portugal page 37601
The stopover in Dakar page 37602
The stopover in Rio de Janeiro page 37603
The stop in Santos page 37604
Here are some scenes of the local life page 3762, and a few others of travel to the Iguazù Falls page 3764 and more 37641, 37642, 37643, 37644, at a time when there were no roads, no railways, no planes to go there.
Louis Cordelle was in a Chemins de Fer company granted to a French company: the CGBA page 3763. See some memories of this company: page 37631 visits to families, 37632 inauguration, 37633 construction sites, 37634 workshops, 37635 CF exposure.
August 1908, 2nd residence, Yerbal 2789, in the district of Flores
The patio in Flores
Jean plays the train in front of Suzanne. We recognize several elements that have been preserved in Vierville
a "saltery" in Flores, with friends
on the balcony of their first residence, Calle Larrea, 26-06-1907
Louis in his garden in Flores
Jean and a tamed nandou (American ostrich)
a meal in the dining room in Florès
