Tenerife old photos from a byegone age
January 25, 2010 4 Comments
We have put together a collection of old photos of Tenerife, there must be many more lurking out there and we will add to this gallery as we find them. If anyone has any digital images please let us know and we will add them to our blog for everyone to see.
The first camera which produced a dry plate negative for producing multiple copies of photos was invented in 1871 by Richard Leach Maddox. By 1884, Eastman (Kodak) had invented paper based film and by 1898 cellulose film was patented which led to the first mass produced camera. The Kodak Brownie camera was on sale during 1900 but cameras for 35mm film were not available until 1915.
Tenerife is 10 million or more years old which means the history of Tenerife has only been recorded on film for a virtual snapshot in time. There are not many old photos of Tenerife published on the internet although we suspect there are many more preserved in museums, published in history books or gathering dust in an attic somewhere.
We hope you enjoy our collection of old photos of Tenerife that we have pulled together and that we are able to add more in the future.
Just click on any image to see it full size, then click on your back space key to go back and select another. If you want to see an enlarged image just click on the full size image.
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- CD Tenerife 1961
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- Cruise ship arriving in Tenerife circa 1950
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- Early mountain top observatory Tenerife
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- Granadilla de Abona circa 1920
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- Guimar Town circa 1910
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- Icod de Los Vinos 1893
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- La Laguna 1893
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- Los Cristianos 1920
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- Los Gigantes Plaza unbuilt 1960
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- Main Street in Guimar circa 1920
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- Panoramic Photo of Santa Cruz taken in 1893
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- Partial View of Adeje in 1918
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- Partial View of Guimar date circa 1910
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- Plaza Alfonso XII La Orotava 1920
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- Plaza Candelaria 1940
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- Puente Galceran 1940
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- Puerto de la Cruz 1924
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- Santa Cruz 1883
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- Santa Cruz 1924
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- Santa Cruz 1937
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- Santa Cruz Avenida de Anaga 1940
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- Santa Cruz Casino and Alameda 1940
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- Santa Cruz Harbour 1950
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- Santa Cruz Harbour and Hamilton Dry Dock circa 1910
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- Santa Cruz harbour scene circa 1930
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- Santa Cruz Plaza de Espana 1940
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- Santa Cruz Plaza de Espana 1947
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- Santa Cruz Plaza de Espana 2 1940
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- Santa Cruz Port 1932
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- Santa Cruz Port 1937
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- Santa Cruz street scene circa 1920
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- Tenerife Banana Market 1910
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- Tenerife Campesinos 1920
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- Tenerife Volcano eruption Chinyero 1909
See Specifically old photos of Los Cristianos
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I’ve been on holiday to Los Cristianos many times over the last 15 years and always wondered about its origins and how it developed into a tourist resort. Many thanks for sharing your old photos.
Our pleasure, we are pleased you enjoyed them.
Muchas gracias por estas fotos,
saludos desde Los Cristianos.
A lovely collection. If I’m not mistaken the 4th photo down on the left “La Laguna 1893″ is actually La Noria in Santa Cruz, with the tower of the Iglesia de la Concepción in the background. It has not changed much in over 110 years!