ALFREDO
SALDIVAR
MEXICO
CITY CONNECTION
PLAZA
DE LA REPUBLICA, MONUMENTO A LA REVOLUCION
BY
THOMAS YANUL - PAGE 4
THE
MAP, RIGHT, 1919 - MADE BY
THE
BRITISH ARMY- NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE DOTTED LINES INDICATE.
IN
THE MODERN VIEW, THE LARGE
BUILDING
WITH RED ROUNDED ROOF ON LEFT SIDE, JUST ABOVE CENTER, IS THE FRONTON MEXICO
SOCIAL CLUB, ITS THE SAME AS THE BUILDING SEEN IN THE OLD VIEW TO THE
LEFT.
ANY
COMMENTS ON THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
IF
YOU USE A LITTLE GEOMETRY AND
DRAW
A LINE OF SIGHT IN THE OLD PHOTO, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE HOME WAS LOCATED
IN THE CORNER OF THE BLOCK, LOWER
RIGHT
IN THE NEW PHOTO, WHERE THE COPYRIGHT OF OSCAR RUIZ IS.
I
NEED ADDITIONAL OLD VIEWS OF THE PLAZA
TO
HELP PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THIS HOUSING BLOCK.
I
BELIEVE THE COURTYARD PHOTOS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE INDICATE THE LIVING QUARTERS
ARE AT THE VERY END OF THE ROOFTOP VIEW SHOWN HERE. THE LAST WHITE STAIRCASE
ROOF ENTRANCE IN THE DISTANCE.
THE
NEGATIVE ENVELOPE WAS MARKED
"C.
MIRAMON CASA" ITS SIMPLY CONJECTURE, BUT COULD THIS MATRIARCH BE RELATED
TO PRESIDENT MIGUEL MIRAMON ?
TIME
WILL TELL....
IN
EXAMINING THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES,
ESPECIALLY
THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, IT
APPEARS
THERE IS RUBBLE ON THE FAR LEFT, WHERE THE OLD PARLIAMENT BUILDING WAS.
THIS MIGHT DATE THE IMAGES TO ABOUT 1930, GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE.
PHOTOGRAPHER
ALFREDO SALDIVAR COPIED
HIS
ENGRAVED CALLING CARD. THE ADDRESS IS:
"
4A, HUMBOLDT NO. 37 "
NO CITY, BUT ASSUME MEXICO CITY
I SUSPECT SALDIVAR WAS NOT A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER BUT A SERIOUS AMATEUR.
NO CITY, BUT ASSUME MEXICO CITY
I SUSPECT SALDIVAR WAS NOT A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER BUT A SERIOUS AMATEUR.