Boys filling buckets of water at Columbus fountain in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Columbus fountain was the place where the great discoverer, Christopher Columbus, first quenched his thirst after arriving in Puerto Rico.




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A family in the doorway of their home in Santurce, Puerto Rico

A family in the house they will soon be forced to abandon in Santurce, PR.

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Beautiful Pictures of Bayamon, P.R.

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Street vendor selling pork on a street in Santurce, Puerto Rico

Street vendor selling pork products on a street in Santurce, Puerto Rico. 1942.

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Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico

Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico.

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Farm laborer working in a sugar field near Guanica, Puerto Rico

Farm laborer working in a sugar field near Guanica, Puerto Rico in January 1942.

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The first Puerto Rican troops to join the American Army in 1899

The first company of native Puerto Ricans enlisted in the American Colonial Army.

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