Friday 22 July 2011

Marilia-SP Cidade-moça (Maiden city)

Giovanni Battista Darin's family moved to Marilia-SP in November 1927 before the place was a municipality. They hailed from São José do Rio Pardo-SP in the northern part of the São Paulo state and settled in a wooden house built in the corner of Rua Minas Gerais [nowadays Rua 9 de Julho] and Rua São Luiz.

In 1932 they moved to a wooden house on Avenida Rio Branco; later on in the early 40s they moved to a wooden house on Rua Campos Salles, 350. 

Circa 1948-1949, Giovanni Darin built a brick house on Campos Salles, which still stands today.

Here are some of the Family's photos through the decades.

A familia de João Baptista Darin mudou-se para Marilia-SP em Novembro de 1927.
Betty, Beatriz holding Paulo Roberto & Rosa Darin on Rua Campos Salles - 1953.
Marilia's main drag - Av. Sampaio Vidal circa 1949.
São Bento's Park as I remember it in the 1950s. Those cement frogs squirted water from their mouths.
Rua Prudente de Moraes block between rua São Luiz , rua 4 de Abril & Avenida Sampaio Vidal... the main shopping area in the 1950s.
a very young Beatriz in Herculândia-SP. 

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