Belize in the 1800's and early 1900's

AKKS · September 13th, 2012, 10:20 PM

Belizeans ("British Honduras" as it was know as back then)

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Panoramic of Belize City in 1914

A few more from Belize

MORE COMING!!!

AKKS · September 15th, 2012, 09:40 PM

MORE From Belize:
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St. John's Hurricane before 1931 Hurricane

From 1764!!!

From 1859!!!

1972

World War I Volunteers

REALLY OLD ONES
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Apparently, among the last few born Africans:
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Kriols:
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Garifuna family:
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More From Belize in the year 1900:

Stann Creek:

Canandian-born Mahogany cutter on the bottom left.

103 Year Old drunkard on the bottom right. He was born a slave.

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Group of Labourers. Hill Ropeworks Co. near Stann Creek.
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"Cool-ies" in Hill's Bank

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Old Railroad system
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Belize - a set on Flickr

Sivar74 · December 21st, 2012, 01:58 AM

Amazing pics. love this kind of pics... thank for post...

***Tillor87*** · December 21st, 2012, 06:46 AM

Nice!!

Jaykar · December 23rd, 2012, 08:47 PM

Amazing pics!

Toño_G89 · January 3rd, 2013, 07:32 AM

THANK YOU! I really love Belize City and the colonial history of your beautiful country.

***Tillor87*** · April 3rd, 2013, 05:32 AM

I have two questions

1) Why did they change the name from British Honduras to Belize?

2) From this pic, I see lots of nice buildings... are they still there or were some of them destroyed because of hurricanes ?

AKKS · April 3rd, 2013, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tillor87

I have two questions

1) Why did they change the name from British Honduras to Belize?

Belize was always known as Belize by Belizeans. Belize City was always Belize City, and the Belize river was always named that. But legally the country was named "British Honduras", probably because it is geographically so similar to Honduras. It was probably symbolic since it was so far from other British colonies, and so people would know instantly where it was lol. It was a stupid name and I'm soooo glad Belize has had it's rightful name for 40 years.

Did you know until 1973, most people in the English speaking world, referred to Honduras as "Spanish Honduras"?

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2) From this pic, I see lots of nice buildings... are they still there or were some of them destroyed because of hurricanes ?

They are mostly still there. They were mostly rebuilt. Because of Hurricanes, Belize has been destroyed and rebuilt probably 4 or 5 times

. We are resilient people

***DarkGold*** · April 4th, 2013, 05:54 PM

Interesting pictures! Keep it coming!

AKKS · May 15th, 2013, 05:31 PM

ChukieDiddieboppy · May 15th, 2013, 06:13 PM

Beautiful collection of historical photos - I love this kind of stuff.

My uncle used to travel from El Progreso, Honduras to Belize City, and he even lived there for a couple of years - This all happened in the 1940's. He used to tell us how nice of a place Belice City was.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards.

Chuckie.
05.15.2013

AKKS · May 15th, 2013, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChukieDiddieboppy

Beautiful collection of historical photos - I love this kind of stuff.

My uncle used to travel from El Progreso, Honduras to Belize City, and he even lived there for a couple of years - This all happened in the 1940's. He used to tell us how nice of a place Belice City was.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards.

Chuckie.
05.15.2013

Very welcome. I have been to San Pedro Sula and Roatan.

d1e9o11 · May 17th, 2013, 03:12 AM

Esta foto está espectacular!!

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Originally Posted by AKKS

September 15th, 2012, 09:40 PM	#2
AKKS Belizean 2 The Bone Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 161 Likes (Received): 85	MORE From Belize: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr St. John's Hurricane before 1931 Hurricane From 1764!!! From 1859!!! 1972 World War I Volunteers REALLY OLD ONES image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Apparently, among the last few born Africans: image hosted on flickr Kriols: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Garifuna family: image hosted on flickr More From Belize in the year 1900: Stann Creek: Canandian-born Mahogany cutter on the bottom left. 103 Year Old drunkard on the bottom right. He was born a slave. image hosted on flickr Group of Labourers. Hill Ropeworks Co. near Stann Creek. image hosted on flickr "Cool-ies" in Hill's Bank image hosted on flickr Old Railroad system image hosted on flickr Belize - a set on Flickr __________________ www.soundcloud.com/akks87 Last edited by AKKS; September 25th, 2012 at 04:15 PM.

December 21st, 2012, 01:58 AM	#3
Sivar74 Renovado Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Posts: 496 Likes (Received): 55	Amazing pics. love this kind of pics... thank for post... __________________ You make wanna be like one of those girl from the 1950´s wearing those big pearls... I´ll cook your breakfast, coffee on your desk, yes...I migth burn you toast but baby, i´m still the bestest

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Toño_G89 Caballero de San Carlos Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tizimín Yuc. Posts: 27 Likes (Received): 0	THANK YOU! I really love Belize City and the colonial history of your beautiful country. __________________ YUCATÁN MÉRIDA VALLADOLID TIZIMÍN Sus ciudades, pasado, presente y futuro. PTO. PROGRESO Puerto de entrada al Mundo Maya.

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*Tillor87* Moderador Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 90 210 Guararí Hills Posts: 22,705 Likes (Received): 232	I have two questions 1) Why did they change the name from British Honduras to Belize? 2) From this pic, I see lots of nice buildings... are they still there or were some of them destroyed because of hurricanes ? __________________ CRCRCRCRCR C O S T A .. R I C A SIETE PROVINCIAS San José \| Alajuela \| Heredia \| Cartago \| Guanacaste \| Puntarenas \| Limón

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Jaykar Ex-Caribbean Mod Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 23,013 Likes (Received): 1001	Amazing pics!

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ChukieDiddieboppy Denizen-Cosmic Billiards Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverdale, Bronx, NYC. and El Progreso, Yoro. Posts: 5,078 Likes (Received): 99	Beautiful collection of historical photos - I love this kind of stuff. My uncle used to travel from El Progreso, Honduras to Belize City, and he even lived there for a couple of years - This all happened in the 1940's. He used to tell us how nice of a place Belice City was. Thanks for sharing. Regards. Chuckie. 05.15.2013 __________________ Riverdale, Bronx, NYC ***Honduras, Cuna Del Maximo Paladin CentroAmericano, Francisco Morazan***

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