Macondé – Baie du Cap – 1970s
Macondé – Baie du Cap – 1970s
Port Louis – Taxi Minor à la Gare Routière
Avec le boum économique de l’après-guerre, Maurice voit émerger une classe moyenne qui s’intéresse de plus près à l’automobile. C’est ainsi que l’on voit apparaître sur les routes de l’île la Morris, Minor, une petite voiture anglaise. Les industries sucrières sont les premières à se l’approprier, suivi des chauffeurs de taxis. C’est l’époque de la …
Curepipe – St. Therese Church – 1920s
Curepipe – Municipality – The Town Hall – 1920s
Curepipe – The Town Hall and the Municipal Garden – 1924
Port Louis – The Theatre – 1910
Curepipe – The Town Centre Viewed from the Air – 1940s
It is fascinating what we can see from this image. The old market in its splendor, the Merven Building not yet constructed, the train station and curepipe line, St Helene Church, a big colonial building (among the lots others) in front of the Curepipe Town Hall, wonder what it could be… Just amazing!
Curepipe – The Town Hall Garden and Paul and Virginie Statue – 1924
Port Louis – The Central Market Entrance – 1938
Port Louis – The Central Post Office – 1965
The Central Post Office, even though the image dates the 60s, the Central Post Office dates well before the 1900s and is a structure still standing today. Of course, the environment is no longer the same as were these parking space we can see in the foreground now has been replaced by the motorway.
Port Louis – La Chaussee Street – 1890
La Chaussée Street during the Colonial Era, and the Signal Mountain well seen in the background. The bridge visible in the foreground is most probably from the Ruisseau du Pouce, whereby all rain water coming from the mountains flow though this ‘canal’.
Grand Bay Public Beach – 1970s
The Grand Bay Public Beach in the 1970s.
Curepipe – The Royal College – 1950s
Curepipe – The Municipal Library and St. Therese Church – 1950s
Vacoas – The Market – 1965
At the time when people has the culture of being well dressed wherever they went. Even riding a bicycle and going to the market meant to be ‘classic’!
Port Louis – The Theatre and Pope Henessy Street – 1952
Port Louis – Desforges Street and the Municipal Building – 1952
Curepipe – Immeuble Merven and Vintage Cars – 1950s
GRNW – The Suspended Bridge and the Koenig Tower – 1960s
