Fascinating Historical Photos of Las Palmas, Spain, from the 1950s and 1960s

During the Spanish conquest of Tenerife and La Palma islands, Tenerife served as a major supply port for ships bound for Spanish America. Las Palmas, officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is the capital of Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands of Spain. A gully in the center of the city once separated the historical quarter from the more cosmopolitan and commercial boroughs in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The oldest houses date back to the late 15th century and are found in the colonial quarter (Vegueta), along with the cathedral of Santa Ana (built in 1497) and the house of Christopher Columbus. The Canario Museum holds relics of the extinct island inhabitants known as the Guanches (see Guanche and Canario) and the Pueblo Canario, a collection of buildings built in the old Canarian style.

Las Palmas has numerous theater, cinema, opera, concert, visual arts, and dance performances. It hosts the Canary Islands Music Festival, the Theatre and Dance Festival, and the International Film Festival. The main City Festival, celebrating the founding of the Fiestas de San Juan, is held in June. Carnival in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is one of the top attractions for tourists.

Here are some fascinating photos of Las Palmas from the 1950s.

#1 Hafen von Las Palmas, 1960s

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#2 Gran Canaria Spanien – Kinder am Strand von Las Palmas, 1960s

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#3 Bathing beach in Las Palmas, 1960

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#4 Folkloric performance in Las Palmas, 1960

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#5 Las Palmas, 1960s

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#6 Folkloric dance in Las Palmas, 1960

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#7 Crater landscape on Gran Canaria, 1960

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#8 Folkloric dance in Las Palmas, 1959

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#9 Passenger ship in harbour of Las Palmas, 1960

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#10 Golfplatz auf Gran Canaria, 1959

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#11 Las Palmas, 1960s

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#12 Woman of a folkloric group in Las Palmas 1960

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#13 Coastal landscape on Gran Canaria, 1960

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#14 Hafen von Las Palmas, 1960

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#15 Badestrand in Las Palmas, 1950s

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#16 Gran Canaria Spain, 1950s

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#17 View of a street of Las Palmas with the house of Christopher Columbus, Canary Islands, Spain, 1960.

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#18 View of Las Palmas, 1960

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#19 A beach of Las Palmas, 1960

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#20 A general view of a market on January 10, 1964 in Las Palmas, Spain.

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#21 A market in Las Palmas, 1964

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#22 Las Palmas, 1964

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#23 Las Palmas, 1964

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#24 Las Palmas, 1964

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#25 Las Palmas, 1964

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#26 Las Palmas, 1964

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#27 Pottery originating from Los Guanches, aborigines of North African origin, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, 1955.

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#28 Canarian fight in Las Palmas, 1965

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#29 Pottery originating from Los Guanches, aborigines of North African origin, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, 1955.

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#30 Pottery originating from Los Guanches, aborigines of North African origin, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, 1955.

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#31 Cathedral of Las Palmas, 1965

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#32 Canarian fight in Las Palmas, 1965

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#33 Barrel loading in Las Palmas, 1965

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#34 Cathedral of Arucas, Las Palmas, 1965

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#35 Workers in the port of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, 1965.

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#36 Police on the beach, 1950s

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#37 A group of peasant women doing washing in stream by road near Las Palmas, 1962

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#38 British boxing champion, Henry Cooper sitting on a beach at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria with his wife and son, 1965

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#39 The port at Las Palmas on Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, 1965.

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#40 A traffic policeman near the Parque San Telmo in Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, 1955.

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#41 The Christian Radich, a three masted sailing ship travelling up the Thames to berth in West India Dock after coming second in a race from Brest to Las Palmas.

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#42 Loading of tomatoes in the harbour of Las Palmas, 1950s

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#43 Las Palmas harbor, 1957

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#44 Traffic accident in Las Palmas, 1950s

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